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C.M. & St. P. Depot, Center Junction, Iowa, Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Depot
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Single story wooden depot with sign for Center Jct. A railroad ticket clerk is standing at the corner of the building. Center Junction was once an incorporated city starting in 1871. But, following a special election that served as a referendum on the plan, the city council voted in 2015 to sell of its assets, disband, and turn administration over to the county. When the council took the action, then-Mayor Sandy Ricklefs cited the towns ailing finances as the primary reason for disbanding.
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Date Created
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1905
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grinnell:13884
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Centerville Fire Department, Centerville, Iowa
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Fifteen firemen and one Dalmatian in front of and on the fire equipment, pulled by two horses with the Appanoose County Court House in the background.
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Date Created
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1905
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grinnell:14109
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Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Roundhouse, Creston, Iowa
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Looking northeast at one of the largest roundhouses in the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy system. The Creston railroad yards were built in 1871. The old machine shop building was destroyed by a tornado in 1946, and the remainder of the roundhouse burned down in 1981. Number 3872.
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Date Created
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1905
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PID
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grinnell:16222
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County farm, Lucas County, Chariton, Iowa, Lucas County Farm
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The Lucas County Home was built in 1904 and torn down in 1986. County homes or poorhouses were tax-supported residential institutions to which people were required to go if they could not support themselves.
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Date Created
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1905
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PID
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grinnell:13736
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Greetings from the Iowa State Capitol, Des Moines, Iowa
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Description
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Looking east at the Iowa State Capitol building which was completed in 1886 at a cost of $3,296,256, and, and at the time, was the only five-domed capitol in the country. The Weidenmann Project's Centennial Fountain in the foreground was designed by architect John Weidenmann of New York City and completed in 1892. The capitol building is located at 1007 East Grand Avenue, Des Moines, Polk County, Iowa and listed on the National Register of Historic Places. 1905 postmark. Number 5.
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Date Created
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1905
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grinnell:16093
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Skunk River, Colfax, Iowa
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A peaceful day on the Skunk River near Colfax, Iowa. The Skunk River in Iowa is about 265 miles long and flows parallel to the Iowa River and the Des Moines River. Number 9477.
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Date Created
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1905
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PID
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grinnell:14427