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Title: Aurelia High School building, Aurelia, Iowa
Description: Two story wooden high school building built in 1883 and torn down in 1922. 1911 postmark.
Date Created: 1911
PID: grinnell:14468

Title: Bank and Masonic Hall, Danbury, Iowa, Hedrick, D.H., Danbury Trust and Savings Bank
Description: The Danbury Trust and Savings Bank was built in 1911 and housed the bank on the first floor, and the Masonic Hall on the second floor. D.H. Hedrick served as the first president and the bank had a capital of $25,000. 1911 postmark.
Date Created: 1911
PID: grinnell:16211

Title: Baptist Church, Bedford, Iowa, First Baptist Church, First Baptist Church - Saved by the Blood
Description: Looking southeast at a two-story brick church built in 1900 at a cost of $16,000. Located at 808 Main Street, Bedford, Taylor County, Iowa. 1911 postmark.
Date Created: 1911
PID: grinnell:13864

Title: Busy day, Cumberland, Iowa
Description: Looking south on a bustling Main Street at a millinery shop and variety store on the left and the bank on the right with a church steeple in the background. 1911 postmark.
Date Created: 1911
PID: grinnell:16218

Title: C. & N.W. Wreck, May 30, 1911, Chelsea, Iowa, Chicago & North Western Wreck
Description: May 30, 1911 Chicago & North Western train wreck near Chelsea, Iowa in Wright and Tama counties. A passenger car is leaning precariously off of the tracks while people young and old look on. 1911 postmark.
Date Created: 1911
PID: grinnell:13892

Title: C.N.W. Depot, Colo, Iowa, Chicago and Northwestern Railroad Depot, Colo, Iowa
Description: Looking east at a train arriving at the depot. The C&NW was the dominant railroad in Story County for 130 years and provided the first “modern” form of transportation in the County. People traveled by rail and most commerce became dependent on the railroad. In the 1950s, highway transportation overtook rail as the primary means of moving people and goods. The railroad flourished and floundered over its 130-year history until April 1995 when it was acquired by the Union Pacific Railroad. 1911 postmark.
Date Created: 1911
PID: grinnell:14688

Title: Cedar River, Charles City, Iowa
Description: View of Cedar River with canoe and paddles in the foreground. 1911 postmark. Number 1105/1.
Date Created: 1911
PID: grinnell:14103

Title: Central Building, Iowa State College, Ames, Iowa, Beardshear Hall, Iowa State University
Description: Looking northwest at the Central Building. It was built in 1908 costing just over $400,000. In 1938, it was renamed Beardshear Hall after William M. Beardshear who was president of the college from 1891 to 1902. 1911 postmark. Number 5342. Located at 515 Morrill Road, Ames, Story County, Iowa.
Date Created: 1911
PID: grinnell:13492

Title: Chicago, Milwaukee, and St. Paul Depot, Emmetsburg, Iowa
Description: Looking south at a one-story wooden building with men and horses parked on the tracks near the building and a windmill and water tower in the background. Note the Wells Fargo and Company Express sign on the front of the building. 1911 postmark. Number 2.
PID: grinnell:15996

Title: Cutting the new Nishnabotna, Avoca, Iowa, Nishnabotna River, East Branch West Nishnabotna River, West Nishnabotna River
Description: Dredging the Nishnabotna River. The east and west forks of the Nishnabotna River make up the third largest tributary of the Missouri River in Iowa. The name "Nishnabotna" comes from an Otoe (Chiwere) word meaning "canoe-making river". 1911 postmark. Number 2172. Series 2.
Date Created: 1911
PID: grinnell:13681