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Floral display, Crapo Park, Burlington, Iowa
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Description
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The 85 acre Crapo Park is a city park with arboretum and botanical garden located alongside the Mississippi River. The park was completed in 1896 through the efforts of Philip M. Crapo, a local businessman and philanthropist. The landscape engineering firm of Earnshaw & Punshon of Cincinnati, Ohio, designed the park. It is listed in the National Register of Historic Places. 1912 postmark.
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Date Created
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1912
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PID
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grinnell:14471
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Fountain and arch, Crapo Park, Burlington, Iowa
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Description
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The 85 acre Crapo Park is a city park with arboretum and botanical garden located alongside the Mississippi River. The park was completed in 1896 through the efforts of Philip M. Crapo, a local businessman and philanthropist. The landscape engineering firm of Earnshaw & Punshon of Cincinnati, Ohio, designed the park. It is listed in the National Register of Historic Places. 1912 postmark. Number 2902.
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Date Created
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1912
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PID
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grinnell:14575
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Lake Starker, Crapo Park, Burlington, Iowa, Starker Lake
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Looking east at Crapo Park's Lake Starker which was originally a prairie pothole and was first designed as a compacted mud-bottom lake in 1895. Later, in the 1920's it was redesigned and engineered with a hard surface bottom and walls. The 85 acre Crapo Park is a city park with arboretum and botanical garden located alongside the Mississippi River. The park was completed in 1896 through the efforts of Philip M. Crapo, a local businessman and philanthropist. The landscape engineering firm of Earnshaw & Punshon of Cincinnati, Ohio, designed the park. It is listed in the National Register of Historic Places. 1912 postmark. Number 12194.
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Date Created
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1912
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PID
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grinnell:13638