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Title
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Birds eye view of Arthur, Iowa, Bird's eye view of Arthur, Iowa, Birdseye view of Arthur, Iowa, Hoaglund and Son General Store
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Description
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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.
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Date Created
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1910
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PID
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grinnell:13427
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Title
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York Lumber, Clark Lumber Company, Grinnell, Iowa
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Description
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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.
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Date Created
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1920
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PID
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grinnell:13589
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Marshall County Courthouse, County court house, Marshalltown, Iowa
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Description
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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.
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Date Created
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1910
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PID
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grinnell:13721
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Title
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First National Bank, Brooklyn, Iowa
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Description
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Looking northeast from Front Street. The bank was built in 1908 at a cost of $16,000. In 1925 a notice was posted on the bank door announcing it was closed by the board of directors and turned over to a federal bank examiner.
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Date Created
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1915
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PID
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grinnell:14459
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Title
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Rexall Drug Store, Fourth Avenue East from Main Street, Grinnell, Iowa
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Description
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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.
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Date Created
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1925
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PID
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grinnell:13665
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Title
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Plane crash of Billy Robinson, Grinnell, IowaC, Corpse, Wreckage, Death
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Description
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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.
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Date Created
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1916
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PID
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grinnell:14511
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Title
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Roadway at Arnolds Park, Iowa, Lake Okoboji
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Description
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Looking southeast on US Highway 71 at an automobile service station with gasoline pumps on the left crossing East and West Okoboji Lake. Number 172.
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Date Created
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1925
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PID
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grinnell:13745