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Title: Bethany Church, Belle Plaine, Iowa, Bethany United Evangelical Church
Description: The Bethany Church was dedicated on December 9, 1894, costing $2,500. Number 21850.
Date Created: 1905
PID: grinnell:13916

Title: Britt Coliseum, Britt, Iowa, The Coliseum
Description: Looking at a two-story brick dance hall in Britt, Iowa. The Coliseum was a popular place for well-known bands of the day.
Date Created: 1920
PID: grinnell:16034

Title: Dysart Canning Factory, Dysart, Iowa
Description: Looking southwest at at several buildings that form the Dysart Canning Factory. The factory was built in 1906 and dismantled in 1941.
PID: grinnell:16021

Title: Main Street, Chelsea, Iowa
Description: Looking north on Main Street (now Station Street) business district in Chelsea, Iowa. Huiskamp Shoes sign on side of building. The town of Chelsea was laid out in 1863 by Seneca Breese and J. Hunter within one square mile area about ten miles east of Tama City. 1908 postmark.
Date Created: 1908
PID: grinnell:14091

Title: Mother House and grounds, Mt. Carmel, Dubuque, Iowa, Mt. Carmel Motherhouse, Mt. Carmel Convent
Description: Land was purchased in 1889 with part of the money the Sisters of Charity of the Blessed Virgin Mary (BVM) received as part of an indemnity of $6,400 for buildings of theirs burned in Philadephia. The school and convent in Dubuque was moved south of Dubuque. The convent was called Mount Carmel and and the land, St. Joseph's Prairie. Mount Carmel Motherhouse sits on 110 acres overlooking the Mississippi River. In the past, the building was the spiritual home for nearly 600 Sisters in the community. The motherhouse is also the administrative center of the congregation. Number 22538.
Date Created: 1915
PID: grinnell:16033

Title: Newton High School, Newton, Iowa
Description: The Newton High School was erected in 1907 at a cost of $72,000. It was built on the most modern and approved plans for school buildings, even to the items of sanitary drinking fountains. In 1957 high school grades 10-12 were moved to the new high school and the this building became part of the junior high campus. 1908 postmark.
Date Created: 1908
PID: grinnell:14451

Title: Part of Dunkerton, Iowa
Description: A winter bird's eye view of Dunkerton, Iowa, with a church steeple in the center. Number B3109A1.
PID: grinnell:16028

Title: Presbyterian Church, Avoca, Iowa
Description: Looking at front entrance of two-story brick church building from the street.
Date Created: 1905
PID: grinnell:14222

Title: Public library, Eagle Grove, Iowa, Eagle Grove Public Library, Carnegie library, Eagle Grove Historical Society
Description: Looking northwest at an example of Carnegie Library architecture in the Beaux-Arts style completed in 1903 by architects Smith and Gage from Des Moines, Iowa. It is currently being used as the Eagle Grove Historical Society. Listed in the National Register of Historic Places. Located at 210 West Broadway Street, Eagle Grove, Wright County, Iowa. 1908 postmark.
Date Created: 1908
PID: grinnell:16018

Title: River front showing New Locust Street Bridge and Municipal Building, Des Moines, Iowa, Des Moines River, Des Moines City Hall, Walnut Street Bridge
Description: Looking southwest at the three-story Beaux Arts style Municipal Building and the Walnut Street Bridge from the Locust Street Bridge. The Des Moines City Hall building (Municipal Building) was designed by Proudfoot and Bird and built by Charles Weitz's Sons Construction Company of Des Moines in 1911. The Walnut Street Bridge is a closed-spandrel arch bridge which was built in 1911 by John Wheeler Construction Company of Geneva, Illinois. Its total length is 503.3 feet. 1913 postmark. Number 6420.
Date Created: 1913
PID: grinnell:18783