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Animal cage, Bever Park, Cedar Rapids, Iowa, Bever Park Zoo
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Description
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Visitors of all ages surrounding an animal cage. Bever Park was established in 1893, after the death of prominent Cedar Rapids businessman Sampson Bever, whose family owned the wooded land. The Bever Park Zoo, which would become home to lions, bears, alligators, monkeys and other animals, opened in 1901, and trolley service to the park, then two miles outside of the Cedar Rapids city limits, began in 1904. 1910 postmark. Number 49.
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Date Created
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1910
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PID
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grinnell:14127
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Arbor Lake, Grinnell, Iowa
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Description
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Looking northeast at shoreline with sailboats and boathouse. Arbor Lake, named for Arbor Day, when hundreds of trees were planted there, was created in 1902 as a storage reservoir to provide soft water for manufacturing firms.
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Date Created
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1910
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PID
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grinnell:14502
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Arbor Lake, Grinnell, Iowa
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Description
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Looking northeast at shoreline with boathouse. Arbor Lake, named for Arbor Day, when hundreds of trees were planted there, was created in 1902 as a storage reservoir to provide soft water for manufacturing firms.
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Date Created
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1910
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PID
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grinnell:14497
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Title
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Baptist Church, Grinnell, Iowa
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Description
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Looking northeast. In October 1864, the Baptist Church removed from its first location at 2nd & West Street and placed at 4th Avenue & Broad Street. It was torn down in the early 1950s. Number 156804.
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Date Created
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1910
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PID
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grinnell:14019
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Big store, Newton, Iowa
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Description
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Crowd gathering around a three-story brick building with a birthday party sign hanging from the side. Notice other torn signs hanging in the power lines.Number 2880.
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Date Created
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1910
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PID
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grinnell:14311
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Birds-eye view looking north, Garwin, Iowa
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Description
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Looking down the railroad tracks at the town of Garwin, Iowa, with a grain elevator in the background. 1910 postmark.
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Date Created
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1910
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PID
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grinnell:14420
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Title
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Grinnell College, Blair Hall porch, Iowa College, Grinnell, Iowa
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Description
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Looking east. Blair Hall was constructed in 1882-1886 and razed in 1961. Cost was $37,200 excl. grading and landscaping. Originally housed the college chapel, the departments of chemistry, natural science, mathematics, and physics.
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Date Created
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1910
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PID
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grinnell:13833