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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. 1907 postmark.
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Date Created
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1907
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PID
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grinnell:14496
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Bear's den, Bever Park, Cedar Rapids, Iowa, Bever Park Zoo
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Description
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Visitors near Bear's Den. 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. 1907 postmark. Number 28.
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Date Created
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1907
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PID
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grinnell:14135
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Broad Street, Grinnell, Iowa
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Description
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Looking north on unpaved Broad Street with store fronts and the Congregational Church in background. 1907 postmark. Number 2391.
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Date Created
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1907
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PID
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grinnell:13998
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Cooper School, Grinnell, Iowa
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Description
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Looking northwest. Cooper School was built in 1889 and named for Co. S.F. Cooper, the first teacher in Grinnell. The building was closed in 1974 and sold it to Grinnell College. Cooper was torn down in 1994. 1907 postmark.
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Date Created
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1907
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PID
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grinnell:14508
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Corner Front & Jackson Streets, Brooklyn, Iowa, Dr. A.C. Landes
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Description
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Looking northwest from the corner of Front Street and Jackson Street in Brooklyn, Iowa. There are several men and young boys standing in front of what appears to be a grocery store. To the right of the store is a sign reading Doctor Landes as well as on the window above the store. 1907 postmark.
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Date Created
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1907
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PID
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grinnell:14443
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Dirt road, Belle Plaine, Iowa
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Description
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Dirt road with utility poles on the right near Belle Plaine, Iowa. 1907 postmark.
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Date Created
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1907
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PID
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grinnell:14189