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Title: Arbor Lake, Grinnell, Iowa
Description: 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.
Date Created: 1910
PID: grinnell:14502

Title: Arbor Lake, Grinnell, Iowa
Description: 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.
Date Created: 1910
PID: grinnell:14497

Title: Marshall County Courthouse, Doctor S.A. Cravath's home, Grinnell, Iowa
Description: Dr. Cravath gave up medicine to go into newspaper work and purchased half interest in the Grinnell Herald Register in 1872 until 1891. He was also president of the First National Bank and later he was president of the Grinnell Merchants Bank. 1910 postmark.
Date Created: 1910
PID: grinnell:13941

Title: Grinnell Hospital, Grinnell, Iowa
Description: Looking west from Park Street. Grinnell's first municipal hospital was opened in 1908 at Sixth Avenue & Elm Street. The building is now a private residence. 1910 postmark. Number 938.
Date Created: 1910
PID: grinnell:14514

Title: Steiner Hall, High School, Grinnell, Iowa
Description: Looking northwest from Fourth Avenue. The first Grinnell high school was built in 1904. An addition that expanded the building to include junior high students was completed in 1921. 1910 postmark. Number 937. It now houses the Grinnell Community Center.
Date Created: 1910
PID: grinnell:13805

Title: Monroe Hotel, Hotel Monroe, Grinnell, Iowa
Description: Looking northeast from Third Avenue. The Monroe Hotel was built in 1899. When the rail travel declined, the hotel fell on hard times and was torn down in 1970. Number 1220.
Date Created: 1910
PID: grinnell:13692

Title: J.B. Grinnell's house, Fourth Avenue and Park Street, Grinnell, Iowa
Description: Looking south. Home of J.B. Grinnell and his wife Julia. The cellar was a registered stop in the Underground Railroad. A portion of the house was moved to Broad St south of Third Ave until the late 1970's.
Date Created: 1910
PID: grinnell:14528

Title: Norris Livery Stable, Stewart Public Library, Looking northeast from Broad Street, Grinnell, Iowa
Description: Title supplied by cataloger.
Date Created: 1910
PID: grinnell:13566

Title: Spencer Building, Main Street, Grinnell, Iowa
Description: Looking northwest at Main Street from Fourth Avenue with Spencer Building in foreground. Number 62.
Date Created: 1910
PID: grinnell:13646

Title: Nelson & Sons Sample Day, Grinnell, Iowa
Description: Looking southwest from Fourth Avenue. Nelson & Sons carried dry goods and groceries and held sample days for the town. Title supplied by cataloger.
Date Created: 1910
PID: grinnell:13989

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