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Title: Birds eye view of Arthur, Iowa, Bird's eye view of Arthur, Iowa, Birdseye view of Arthur, Iowa, Hoaglund and Son General Store
Description: Looking northeast at the business district of Arthur, Iowa, including the Hoaglund and Son General Store with a water tower in background. The town was incorporated in 1897. A yellow and purple banner says Arthur, Iowa. "If You were Here in Arthur, Iowa Rain or Shine Any Old Weather Would be Fine."--title page. Number 2103.
Date Created: 1910
PID: grinnell:13427

Title: St. Mary's Catholic Church, Catholic Church, Grinnell, Iowa
Description: Looking northeast on corner of Broad Street and Fifth Avenue with automobiles and U.S. route 32 sign. St. Mary's Catholic Church was built in the mid-twenties and dedicated in February 1927. Built in the Romanesque style. Cost was $59,000. Number 872.
Date Created: 1940
PID: grinnell:13643

Title: York Lumber, Clark Lumber Company, Grinnell, Iowa
Description: Truck pulling wagon full of lumber in from of warehouse. Sign says "We use lumber from the Clark Lumber Co." Verso says: "The 600 block of Broad, I remember this as York Lumber, J.B. Grinnell's big home was to the right after being moved from its location East of Central Park. All this was cleared for Mayflower homes in the 1980s". Title supplied by cataloger.
Date Created: 1920
PID: grinnell:13589

Title: Marshall County Courthouse, County court house, Marshalltown, Iowa
Description: Looking northwest. Construction of the Marshall County Courthouse began in 1884 and was finished in 1886 costing $150,000. Located at 1 East Main Street, Marshalltown, Marshall County, Iowa. 1910 postmark. Number 1604. Series 252.
Date Created: 1910
PID: grinnell:13721

Title: Jasper County Court House, Jasper County Courthouse, Court house, Newton, Iowa
Description: Looking northwestt from First Street. The court house construction was completed in 1911 using Bedford (Indiana) limestone, lined with brick and costing $140,825.71. Located at 101 1st Street North, Newton, Jasper County, Iowa. Listed in the National Register of Historic Places. Number 14.
Date Created: 1911
PID: grinnell:13499

Title: Rexall Drug Store, Fourth Avenue East from Main Street, Grinnell, Iowa
Description: Looking east from Main Street with delivery truck "Rexall Special Delivery" and bicyclist. On verso: "A good shot of 4th in 800 blk. notice the awnings. About 1920 to 1925. The Sullivan Bank is there and the Model T could be from 1912 to 1927. Hard to say. Also the State Bank is done." Number 545.
Date Created: 1925
PID: grinnell:13665

Title: Parade of automobiles, Anthon, Iowa
Description: Looking northwest on East Main Street at a parade of automobiles parked in from of the local pool hall and lunch room in Anthon, Iowa. Title supplied by cataloger.
Date Created: 1920
PID: grinnell:14244

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

Title: Post office, Atlantic, Iowa
Description: Looking northwest at a one-story brick post office in Atlantic, Iowa with car parked in front and flag on top of building. The Atlantic Post Office was established in 1869. Located at 20 East Fifth Street, Atlantic, Cass County, Iowa. Number 49857.
Date Created: 1914
PID: grinnell:14234