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Title: Akron Public School, Akron, Iowa
Description: The two-story brick building was built in1882, at a cost of $10,000. Additions were made in 1907 at a cost of $6,000. 1912 postmark.
Date Created: 1912
PID: grinnell:14286

Title: Alta State Bank, Alta, Iowa
Description: A corner view of a two-story brick building with Doctor Johnson's office and a barber pole on the left and a telegraph office and shoe store on the right. Number 8.
Date Created: 1912
PID: grinnell:14272

Title: Birdseye view, Dana, Iowa, Dana, Samuel, Bird's eye view
Description: Aerial view of Dana, Iowa, with a shoe store on the right foreground and a church bell tower in the center background. Dana was incorporated in 1907 and was named after Samuel Dana, a pioneer settler who was a godfather in the project of establishing a trading center in the early days. 1912 postmark. Number 7.
Date Created: 1912
PID: grinnell:16214

Title: Drive in Union Park, Des Moines, Iowa
Description: View of garden in Union Park which is located at 725 Thompson Avenue, Des Moines, Polk County, Iowa. 1912 postmark. Number 6417.
Date Created: 1912
PID: grinnell:18829

Title: Electrical storm at Alton, Iowa, Alton Star Restaurant, Alton Savings Bank
Description: Looking west at the business district during an evening storm in Alton, Iowa. Note the restaurant sign on the left and the hardware and bank signs on the right. One photo is transposed onto another. 1912 postmark. Number 1734.
Date Created: 1912
PID: grinnell:14267

Title: Gym, Charles City College, Charles City, Iowa, German-English College, German-English Normal School, Gymnasium
Description: Two-story wooden building. Sponsored by the Northwest German Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church, the German-English College was built in 1892. The name of the college was changed to Charles City College in 1894. The college fielded teams in football and basketball, included a women's basketball team in 1914. The college was open until 1914 when it merged with Morningside College in Sioux City. 1912 postmark. Number R-21634.
Date Created: 1912
PID: grinnell:13843

Title: High school, Albia, Iowa, Albia High School
Description: In 1868 the independent district of Albia erected a three-story brick building at a cost of $28,000, but in 1878 it was destroyed by fire. A new structure was built in 1879 at a cost of $30,000. 1912 postmark. Number 2224.
Date Created: 1912
PID: grinnell:14282

Title: I.O.O.F. Building, Coon Rapids, Iowa, Independent Order of Odd Fellows Building
Description: Looking north at the I.O.O.F. building built in 1911. Coon Rapids Lodge, No. 459, I. 0. 0. F. was organized in the autumn of 1882 and is still located at 509 Main Street, Coon Rapids, Carroll County, Iowa. 1912 postmark.
Date Created: 1912
PID: grinnell:16249

Title: Looking southwest on Main Street, Allerton, Iowa, Farmers National Bank, Dougherty & Merritt, Grocers
Description: Looking southwest at the Farmers National Bank, Dougherty & Merritt, Grocers, and a restaurant in downtown Allerton before the 1927 fire which destroyed six buildings. 1912 postmark. Title supplied by cataloger.
Date Created: 1912
PID: grinnell:13459

Title: Street car entrance to Fairmount Park, Council Bluffs, Iowa, Graham, Andrew C.
Description: Looking at streetcar line in Fairmount Park. Acquisitioned and developed by Andrew C. Graham (“father of the Council Bluffs park system"), Fairmount Park was once considered the greatest park in the area and has a history of being one of the premier parks in the country. It featured a greenhouse, ice skating, sledding, a petting zoo and an old bell tower. 1912 postmark. Number 8152.
Date Created: 1912
PID: grinnell:16240