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Title: Arbor Lake, Grinnell, Iowa
Description: 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.
Date Created: 1907
PID: grinnell:14496

Title: Broad Street, Grinnell, Iowa
Description: Looking north on unpaved Broad Street with store fronts and the Congregational Church in background. 1907 postmark. Number 2391.
Date Created: 1907
PID: grinnell:13998

Title: Cooper School, Grinnell, Iowa
Description: 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.
Date Created: 1907
PID: grinnell:14508

Title: German Reform Church and Parsonage, Melbourne, Iowa
Description: Wooden church with belfry and parsonage on dirt road. 1907 postmark.
Date Created: 1907
PID: grinnell:14345

Title: High school, Grinnell, Iowa
Description: Looking northwest. The first Grinnell high school was built in 1904. An addition that expanded the building to include junior high students was completed in 1921. 1907 postmark. Number 2363. It now houses the Grinnell Community Center.
Date Created: 1907
PID: grinnell:13802

Title: Hospital, Brooklyn, Iowa, Stephenson House, Residence of Dr. C.D. Busby
Description: The hospital was built as a home in 1875. The original builder used the building as a saloon before it became a hotel known as the "Stephenson House". Listed on the National Register of Historic Places. 1907 postmark. Dr. C. D. Busby purchased the hotel and made it not only his residence but also turned it into a hospital. He later closed the hospital, but continued to live there. It was later used again as a hotel and restaurant. Located at 154 West Front Street, Brooklyn, Poweshiek County, Iowa
Date Created: 1907
PID: grinnell:13391

Title: Iowa Veterans Home, Log cabin, soldiers, Log cabin, soldiers
Description: View of log cabin at entrance to Marshalltown's Veteran Home. 1907 postmark.
Date Created: 1907
PID: grinnell:13762

Title: Main Street looking east, New Sharon, Iowa
Description: Looking east on Main Street in New Sharon, Iowa. 1907 postmark. Number 32.
Date Created: 1907
PID: grinnell:14332

Title: Main Street, looking east, Marshalltown, Iowa
Description: Looking east with street cleaners. Listed in the National Register of Historic Places under Marshalltown Downtown Historic District. 1907 postmark. Number 14578.
Date Created: 1907
PID: grinnell:13969