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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: 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: 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: 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

Title: Greetings from Deep River, Iowa, Main Street, Bird's Eye View, Christian Church, Deep River High School
Description: Two views of Main Street, bird's eye view of Deep River, Christian Church, Presbyterian Church, and high school. 1911 postmark. Number 11017.
Date Created: 1911
PID: grinnell:18265

Title: Helen Blair, Davenport, Iowa
Description: The Helen Blair was built in 1897 in Marietta, Ohio. In July of 1910, the Helen Blair steamboat struck a hidden obstruction in the channel of the Mississippi River causing her to sink in about 7 feet of water. The damage was estimated at $2,500 and she was raised and repaired. The boat was dismantled in 1920. 1911 postmark. Number 594-A.
Date Created: 1911
PID: grinnell:16960

Title: High School, Gowrie, Iowa, Gowrie High School
Description: Looking at the front entrance to a two story brick and stone building. 1911 postmark.
Date Created: 1911
PID: grinnell:15868