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Title: Antique car, Donnan, Iowa
Description: Looking at a family in a possible 1915 Oldsmobile. Donnan was named in honor of William G. Donnan (1834-1908), who served the area in the House of Representatives from 1871-75. The town's population slowly eroded over the years; by 1990 the population had dropped to 7, and the remaining residents voted to disincorporate. 1916 postmark.
Date Created: 1916
PID: grinnell:16839

Title: Courthouse, Creston, Iowa, Union County Court House, Union County Courthouse
Description: Looking northwest at the third courthouse built in Union County. After several attempts to move the county seat from Afton to Creston, the courthouse was located in Creston and completed in 1890 at a cost of $22,000. It was replaced by the current courthouse, built in 1952, at 300 North Pine Street, Creston, Union County, Iowa. Number 70898.
Date Created: 1916
PID: grinnell:14685

Title: Hotel Dempsey, Davenport, Iowa
Description: On front: Hotel Dempsey, fireproof, garage in connection. The 3 story brick and stone hotel was constructed in 1913 and the building is located at 408 Main Street, Davenport, Scott County, Iowa. 1916 postmark.
Date Created: 1916
PID: grinnell:16956

Title: I want you to come to Grinnell, Iowa. The classy town, Grinnell, Iowa
Description: Cartoon of man driving early 1900 automobile with "I Want You To Come To Grinnell, Iowa. The Classy Town". 1916 postmark. Number S.186.
Date Created: 1916
PID: grinnell:14395

Title: La Fayette Hotel, Clinton, Iowa, Cromwell Hotel, Lafayette Inn, Lafayette Hotel
Description: Looking south east at the "state of the art" venue for vaudevillians who frequented Clinton and often stayed there. The hotel opened in 1906 and was named after its key investor, Layfayette Lamp. It is currently known as the Lafayette Apartments and located at 143 Sixth Avenue South, Clinton, Clinton County, Iowa. On the Lincoln Highway, Horton & Warden. First Trans-Continental Sign erected on the Lincoln Highway. --title page. 1916 postmark. Number R-46249.
Date Created: 1916
PID: grinnell:13503

Title: Plane crash of Billy Robinson, Grinnell, IowaC, Corpse, Wreckage, Death
Description: Billy Robinson's broken body lying next to his monoplane. W.C. "Billy" Robinson was an early aviator who set an American nonstop distance flight record in 1914. He became the second officially appointed air mail carrier in the U.S. He built his own airplane & invented a rotary airplane engine. Robinson was killed in 1916 at age 31 in a plane crash while attempting to set an altitude record. Title supplied by cataloger.
Date Created: 1916
PID: grinnell:14511