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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: Academy and Catholic Church, Charles City, Iowa, Immaculate Conception Grade School, Immaculate Conception Catholic Church, Academy Immaculate
Description: Three story brick and stone church building (1203 Clark Street, Charles City, Floyd County, Iowa) in the background with three story brick and stone school building in foreground. 1910 postmark.
Date Created: 1910
PID: grinnell:14096

Title: Cedar Valley Hospital, Charles City, Iowa, Charles City College, Comprehensive Systems, Inc., German-English College, German-English Normal School
Description: Looking south from Clark Street, the two story brick and stone building was built in 1892 and originally used as a college. The girls' dormitory was used as a hospital starting around 1914. The college was open until 1914 when it merged with Morningside College in Sioux City. In 1970 the building became the home of Comprehensive Systems, Inc. and is located at 1700 Clark Street, Charles City, Floyd County, Iowa. 1946 postmark. Number A373.
Date Created: 1946
PID: grinnell:13371

Title: Charles City College, Charles City, Iowa, German-English College, German-English Normal School, Administration Building
Description: Sponsored by the Northwest German Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church, the German-English College was built in 1892. The name of the college was changed to Charles City College in 1894. The Administration Building was torn down during the Depression. The college was open until 1914 when it merged with Morningside College in Sioux City.
Date Created: 1905
PID: grinnell:13844

Title: Greetings from Charlotte, Iowa, Public school, Farmers & Merchants Savings Bank, Creamery, Charlotte Savings Bank, Langheim Block, New garage, Residence street
Description: Montage of Charlotte, Iowa including a new garage, Charlotte Savings Bank, street scene, Langheim Block, public school, residential street, creamery, Farmers & Merchants Savings Bank.
Date Created: 1915
PID: grinnell:13310

Title: Greetings from Cresco, Iowa, Elm Street looking north, Assumption Parochial School, Howard County Court House, St. Joseph's Parochial School, St. Joseph's Mercy Hospital
Description: Various views of Cresco, Iowa, including Elm Street, Assumption Parochial School, the Howard County Courthouse, St. Joseph's Parochial School and the St. Joseph's Mercy Hospital. 1917 postmark. Number x1476.
Date Created: 1917
PID: grinnell:16976

Title: Iowa School for the Deaf, Council Bluffs, Iowa
Description: The Iowa Institute for the Deaf and Dumb was moved from Iowa City to Council Bluffs in 1870 because the location was readily accessible by railroads and th 80-acre tract of land was purchased for a bargain price of $1,200. The school was a self-sustaining entity with its own farm, power plant and hospital. Today it has a state-of-the art science center and updated learning spaces. Located at 3501 Harry Langdon Blvd, Council Bluffs, Pottawattamie County, Iowa. Number 23174N.
Date Created: 1925
PID: grinnell:16232

Title: Sacred Heart Academy, Ackley, Iowa
Description: Two story brick building with a tower. Sacred Heart Academy was a private Catholic school which opened in 1877, staffed by two Presentation sisters and two laywomen.
Date Created: 1905
PID: grinnell:14293

Title: School for Deaf and Dumb, Council Bluffs, Iowa, Iowa State Institution for the Education of the Deaf and Dumb, Iowa School for the Deaf
Description: The Iowa Institute for the Deaf and Dumb was moved from Iowa City to Council Bluffs in 1870 because the location was readily accessible by railroads and the 80-acre tract of land was purchased for a bargain price of $1,200. The school was a self-sustaining entity with its own farm, power plant and hospital. Today it has a state-of-the-art science center and updated learning spaces. Located at 3501 Harry Langdon Blvd, Council Bluffs, Pottawattamie County, Iowa. Number 21929.
Date Created: 1910
PID: grinnell:18378

Title: St. Patrick's Academy, Danbury, Iowa
Description: This St. Patrick's Academy building, built in 1908 by C.F. Mayer, a contractor from Humboldt, Iowa, replaced the white wooden academy built in 1887 due to lack of space. The new academy had a full basement and four floors. It was heated with steam heat and electricity. The first floor held high school classroom and an auditorium; the third floor held rooms for the nuns, the fourth floor or attic had several rooms for roomers who stayed at the convent. The building was destroyed by fire in 1910. 1908 postmark. Title supplied by cataloger.
Date Created: 1908
PID: grinnell:16962