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Title: Court Street, Bedford, Iowa, Bell Telephone Company, Bedford Commercial Historic District
Description: Looking northwest on Court Avenue with the Taylor County Courthouse appearing behind the trees in the background. The first building from the left was reportedly built in 1856 as a three-story buiding with the third floor removed in 1933. At the time of this photo, the drugstore was housed on the first floor and the Bell Telephone exchange was housed on the second floor. The Listed in the National Register of Historic Places under Bedford Commercial Historic District. Number 11.
Date Created: 1922
PID: grinnell:14577

Title: Elm Street, Cresco, Iowa, O'Malley, F.
Description: Looking northwest on Elm Street with a view of the P.F. O'Malley building on the left with O'Malley's Department Store. 1911 postmark.
Date Created: 1911
PID: grinnell:16973

Title: Front Street looking east, Brooklyn, Iowa
Description: Looking northeast from Front Street in Brooklyn, Iowa. There is a barber pole in front of the first building. 1909 postmark. Number 61797.
Date Created: 1909
PID: grinnell:18201

Title: Front Street looking east, Brooklyn, Iowa
Description: Looking northeast from Front Street in Brooklyn, Iowa. There is a barber pole in front of the first building. Number 61797.
Date Created: 1910
PID: grinnell:18272

Title: Main Street Looking East, Dallas Center, Iowa, Brenton, William H., Dallas Center Fire Department, Walnut Street, Brenton Brothers Bank, Loring, J.O.
Description: Looking east on Main Street (now Walnut Street) with the firehouse on the right foreground with bell tower and the Brenton-Richmond Building (built 1901) and the J.O. Loring, Brenton Brothers building (built 1899). In 1881, the first Brenton Bank was organized in Dallas Center by William H. Brenton, a local farmer. Upon the death of their father in 1893, Charles and Clyde Brenton formed a team of Brenton Brothers. On the left is the McLean Building Number 1.
Date Created: 1903
PID: grinnell:16964

Title: Main Street looking north, Aurora, Iowa
Description: Looking north on Main Street. A restaurant is on the left and a hardware/furniture store is on the right. The town of Aurora was officially incorporated on May 25, 1899. 1909 postmark.
Date Created: 1909
PID: grinnell:14479

Title: Main Street, Andrew, Iowa
Description: Looking north on Main Street with horse and carriage and windmill in background. 1903 postmark.
Date Created: 1903
PID: grinnell:14249

Title: Main Street, Ashton, Iowa, Third Street Bridge
Description: Looking east at the business district in Ashton, Iowa. The third street truss bridge, built in 1907 by the Canton Bridge Co., of Canton, Ohio, is shown in the background which spans Otter Creek. Originally named St. Gilman, Iowa, in 1872 and renamed Ashton, Iowa, in 1882 after May Ashton, the daughter of a railroad man who traveled in the area. The town was incorporated in 1885.
Date Created: 1920
PID: grinnell:14580