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Blair Hall, Grinnell College, Grinnell, Iowa
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Description
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Looking north. Blair Hall was constructed in 1882-1886, razed in 1961. Cost was $37,200 excluding grading and landscaping. 1906 postmark.
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Date Created
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1906
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PID
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grinnell:14542
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Blair Hall, Greetings from Iowa College, Blair Hall, Iowa College, Grinnell, Iowa
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Looking northwest at Blair Hall. Constructed in 1882-1886 at a cost of $37,200 Blair Hall housed college chapel, departments of chemistry, natural science, mathematics, and physics. It was razed in 1961. 1906 postmark.
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1906
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grinnell:13914
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Herrick Chapel and Christian Associations Building, Grinnell College, Grinnell, Iowa
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Looking southeast from Park Street. Constructed in 1907 at a cost of approx. $20,000, Herrick Chapel was designed to house the college's religious services and to serve as a general purpose large auditorium which seats 700. Notice the large stained glass window is not yet in place. The Christian Associations Building (Steiner Hall) is in the background. 1906 postmark.
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Date Created
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1906
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PID
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grinnell:13636
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High School, Grinnell, Iowa
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Looking northeast from Fourth Avenue. The first Grinnell high school was built in 1904. An addition that expanded the building to include junior high students was completed in 1921. 1906 postmark. Title supplied by cataloger. It now houses the Grinnell Community Center.
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Date Created
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1906
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grinnell:13807
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Highland Park College, Des Moines, Iowa, Des Moines University, Des Moines University of Lawsonomy
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Looking at street trolley #197 arriving at the Highland Park College campus which was established in 1889 and operated under that name until 1918, when the Baptist church bought it and renamed it Des Moines University. The school had some 40,000 students and 1,000 pharmacy graduates in its first twenty-five years. After some unrest, the school closed in September 1929, and the buildings remained empty until 1943, when Alfred W. Lawson of Detroit bought the property and founded the Des Moines University of Lawsonomy ("the study of everything"). The university closed in 1954 and the Park Fair Shopping Mall is on the site today at Second Avenue and Euclid Avenue. 1906 postmark. Number 1761.
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Date Created
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1906
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grinnell:16149
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Indian Industrial School, Indian Training School, Indian school, Toledo, Iowa
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This two story brick building and other out buildings were constructed by the government in the late 1890's at the resistance of the Meskwaki people. The Meskwaki people wanted to educate their children as they pleased and most did not allow their children to attend. 1906 postmark.
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Date Created
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1906
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grinnell:13484
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Luther College from the south entrance, Decorah, Iowa, Main Building, Main II
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Looking north at the Main II building built in 1890 at a cost of $50,000 after the Main I building burned down in 1889. Fire destroyed Main II in 1942 and would not be completely rebuilt until 1952. Main III is located at 700 College Drive, Decorah, Winneshiek County, Iowa. 1906 postmark.
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Date Created
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1906
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PID
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grinnell:15562