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Title: Adel State Bank, Adel, Iowa, Rexall Drug Store, Tawney, J.F.
Description: Looking northwest at the corner of Ninth and Main Streets at the Adel State Bank, the Rexall Drug Store, and J.F. Tawney's Grocery Store. The building was built in 1908. It is located at 901 Main Street, Adel, Dallas County, Iowa, and is listed in the National Register of Historic Places. Number 19.
Date Created: 1915
PID: grinnell:14290

Title: Albia's variety store, Albia, Iowa, A & A Shoe Store
Description: Looking southwest at a three-story brick building with fire escape. The A & A Shoe Store is on the right. Number 6951.
Date Created: 1955
PID: grinnell:14284

Title: Central Avenue, Correctionville, Iowa, Anderson Garage, Manhattan Café, Driftwood Street
Description: Looking north on Central Avenue, now called Driftwood Street, at the Anderson Garage to the left and Manhattan Café on the right. Correctionville was platted in 1855, and it was so named from its location on a surveyors' correction line. Number 17106.
Date Created: 1910
PID: grinnell:18329

Title: Clark Hotel, Albia, Iowa, Hotel Clark, Monroe Hotel
Description: Looking southeast at the Clark Hotel on Clinton Street. There are Western Union and AAA signs near the entrance. In 1932, O.A. Clark of Clarinda bought the Monroe Hotel from J.C. Stevens and changed the name to Hotel Clark. 1932 postmark. Number 0841.
Date Created: 1932
PID: grinnell:14463

Title: Courthouse, Creston, Iowa, Union County Court House, Union County Courthouse
Description: Looking northwest at the third courthouse built in Union County. After several attempts to move the county seat from Afton to Creston, the courthouse was located in Creston and completed in 1890 at a cost of $22,000. It was replaced by the current courthouse, built in 1952, at 300 North Pine Street, Creston, Union County, Iowa. Number 70898.
Date Created: 1916
PID: grinnell:14685

Title: Hildreth Hotel, Charles City, Iowa
Description: Looking northwest at the three story brick Hildreth Hotel was built in 1893 by Azro Benjamin Franklin (A.B.F.) Hildreth who was a successful entrepreneur and member of the Iowa State Board of Education and the Iowa General Assembly. The building was destroyed by fire in the 1930s and was located at 401 N. Main Street, Charles City, Floyd County, Iowa. 1911 postmark.
Date Created: 1911
PID: grinnell:14594

Title: Kessel Hospital, Cresco, Iowa, Kessel, George, Howard County Hospital, Regional Health Services of Howard County, St. Joseph's Mercy Hospital
Description: The Kessel Hospital was founded by Dr. George Kessel, Grinnell College graduate, in 1902 and was the first hospital in Northeast Iowa. Dr. Kessel converted the home into a hospital. The Kessel Hospital became St. Joseph's Mercy Hospital in 1910 and was used as a nurses training school, the Howard County Hospital in 1974, and is now under the umbrella of Regional Health Services of Howard County. It is located at 235 Eighth Avenue West, Cresco, Howard County, Iowa. 1908 postmark. Number 463.
Date Created: 1908
PID: grinnell:16972

Title: Lincoln Monument, Council Bluffs, Iowa, Dodge, Grenville M., Lincoln, Abraham, U.S. President
Description: Looking northwest at the pylon erected in July 1911 commemorating Abraham Lincoln's visit to the site in 1859. From this site, Lincoln, along with Grenville M. Dodge, viewed and selected the location for the eastern terminus of the nation's first transcontinental railroad. 1923 postmark. Number 16275.
Date Created: 1923
PID: grinnell:16229

Title: M-B Motel, Corning, Iowa
Description: The M-B Motel located 1 mile west on 34. It accepts A.A.A., A.M.H.A.. It is strictly modern, heated, insulated, OPEN ALL YEAR. Mr. and Mrs. Glen Inlow, Managers; Francis Mack & Clifford Bradley, Owners. "A nice place for nice people." - Verso.
Date Created: 1945
PID: grinnell:16246

Title: Masonic Temple, Algona, Iowa, Rutherford House, Kossuth County Hotel, Algona Hospital
Description: Looking northeast at a building that housed lodgers as the Rutherford House around 1881, then was remodeled and used as the Algona Hospital from 1907 to 1931 and then the Masonic Temple in 1931. In 1973 the building was torn down to make room for a drive-up bank. Number S-109.
Date Created: 1945
PID: grinnell:14278