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Title: "We Like Center Point. So Will You", Center Point, Iowa, C.R.I. & P. Station and Commercial Park, Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Station, First M.E. Church, First Methodist Episcopal Church, Center Point Canning Factory, Ditching for the water works mains, Main Street looking south, Commercial Park, High school building
Description: Montage of 8 Center Point, Iowa landmarks including the Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad Station, Commercial Park, Center Point Canning Factory, High school building, Methodist Episcopal church, ditching for the water works mains, and Main Street. 1913 postmark.
Date Created: 1913
PID: grinnell:13390

Title: Des Moines River, Des Moines, Iowa
Description: Looking at the west bank of the Des Moines River. 1913 postmark.
Date Created: 1913
PID: grinnell:16134

Title: East side, Main Street, Center Point, Iowa
Description: Looking southeast at the business district of Center Point, Iowa with a view of the meat market, meals & lodging sign, barber pole and two street cars which have been superimposed on the postcard. Number 7
Date Created: 1913
PID: grinnell:14110

Title: Fejervary Park, Davenport, Iowa
Description: View of the gardens at the 75-acre, Fejervary Park which is located at 1800 West 12th Street, Davenport, Scott County, Iowa. The property for Fejervary Park was given to the city by Celestine Fejérváry, a daughter of Nicholas Fejérváry. He was a Hungarian nobleman who came to Davenport as a refuge in 1853 following the failure of an insurrection in his native Hungary. The park was the site of Fejervary’s estate. He chose the location for his home because the steep bluffs with a view of the Mississippi River reminded him of his home on the Danube River. 1913 postmark.
Date Created: 1913
PID: grinnell:16204

Title: Floral designs, Crapo Park, Burlington, Iowa, Shaw's Ornamental Gardens
Description: Shaw's Ornamental Gardens are formal flower gardens of geometric designs patterned after Shaw Gardens in St. Louis, and help establish the character reminescent of 19th Century gardening. The 85 acre Crapo Park is a city park with arboretum and botanical garden located alongside the Mississippi River. The park was completed in 1896 through the efforts of Philip M. Crapo, a local businessman and philanthropist. The landscape engineering firm of Earnshaw & Punshon of Cincinnati, Ohio, designed the park. It is listed in the National Register of Historic Places. 1913 postmark.
Date Created: 1913
PID: grinnell:14472

Title: Hercules Manufacturing Company, Centerville, Iowa
Description: Looking northeast at Hercules Manufacturing which evolved from a patented stump puller created in 1901 by Miles Batemen and B.A. Fuller. In 1911, "The largest plant of its kind in the world" was built" and placed at the east side of 21st Street at the junction of the Burlington and Rock Island Railroads. Verso says "Hercules Triple Stump Puller and High Grade Crucible Steel Castings". 1915 postmark. Number R-39938.
Date Created: 1913
PID: grinnell:14457

Title: High school, Ames, Iowa
Description: The older part of the high school (on left with five chimneys) was built in 1881-82. The eight-classroom addition on the right was built around 1900. In July of 1937, it was razed in preparation for the new high school building. 1913 postmark.
Date Created: 1913
PID: grinnell:14456

Title: High school, Corning, Iowa, Corning High School
Description: View of the entrance to a two-story brick school building built in the late 1890's at a cost of $10,250. 1913 postmark. Number 39822.
Date Created: 1913
PID: grinnell:16247

Title: I.C.R.R. depot, Archer, Iowa, Archer Depot, Illinois Central railroad depot
Description: Looking southwest at a two story wooden depot building with Archer printed on the side, milk cans on platform and grain elevator in the background. 1913 postmark.
Date Created: 1913
PID: grinnell:13779