Looking southwest at the St. John Lutheran Church constructed in 1868 and the belltower was added later. Located at 300 South Third Street, Bellevue, Jackson County, Iowa. 1914 postmark. Number 27.
Looking northeast at a two-story brick church constructed in 1911 at a cost of $7,000. The small wooden one-story building next to it is the parsonage built in 1914. The church building burned down November 19, 1949, and a new building was built in 1951. 1914 postmark.
Train on the tracks in front of two oil barrels and a plant building with Illinois Oil Company on it in Bellevue, Iowa. The Illinois Oil was begun by Frank Welch in the small Iowa town of Mediapolis, but he relocated to Rock Island in 1907 because of its proximity to the Mississippi River and railroads, according to the landmark application. 1914 postmark.
