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Title: Birdseye view from Rock Bend, Alpha, Iowa, Birds eye view from Rock Bend, Alpha, Iowa, Bird's eye view from Rock Bend, Alpha, Iowa
Description: Boaters on Crane Creek. 1918 postmark. Number 7082.
Date Created: 1918
PID: grinnell:13425

Title: Birdseye view of Anthon, Iowa, Birds eye view of Anthon, Iowa, Bird's eye view of Anthon, Iowa
Description: Looking east at the town of Anthon, Iowa, with the Little Sioux River in the far background. One can also see the school house rising above the town in the center of the picture. Handwritten date on postcard reads Aug. 15, 1907. 1907 postmark. Number 3.
Date Created: 1907
PID: grinnell:13426

Title: Boaters on the Floyd River, Alton, Iowa, Souvenir of Alton, Iowa
Description: Looking at boaters enjoying a day on the Floyd River. The Floyd River is a tributary of the Missouri River, 112 long in northwestern Iowa. It enters the Missouri River at Sioux City and is named for Charles Floyd, a member of the Lewis and Clark Expedition. 1910 postmark. Number B1101A1. Title supplied by cataloger.
Date Created: 1910
PID: grinnell:13649

Title: Cedar River, Charles City, Iowa
Description: View of Cedar River with canoe and paddles in the foreground. 1911 postmark. Number 1105/1.
Date Created: 1911
PID: grinnell:14103

Title: Cutting the new Nishnabotna, Avoca, Iowa, Nishnabotna River, East Branch West Nishnabotna River, West Nishnabotna River
Description: Dredging the Nishnabotna River. The east and west forks of the Nishnabotna River make up the third largest tributary of the Missouri River in Iowa. The name "Nishnabotna" comes from an Otoe (Chiwere) word meaning "canoe-making river". 1911 postmark. Number 2172. Series 2.
Date Created: 1911
PID: grinnell:13681

Title: Douglas Street Bridge over the Missouri River, between Omaha, Neb., and Council Bluffs, Iowa, Ak-Sar-Ben Bridge
Description: Looking northwest at the Douglas Street Bridge (Ak-Sar-Ben Bridge) which was a truss bridge built in 1888 designed to handle streetcars. It was the first road bridge to cross the Missouri River connecting Omaha, Nebraska and Council Bluffs, Iowa. It was replaced in 1966 by the Interstate 480 girder bridge. Number 0A4958.
Date Created: 1930
PID: grinnell:16241

Title: East from Columbus Junction, Iowa
Description: Looking east from Columbus Junction, Iowa, at what appears to be a flooded Iowa River. Columbus Junction began as Clifton and was renamed in 1870. Number 21.
Date Created: 1920
PID: grinnell:16990

Title: Ferry "Davenport" by moonlight between Rock Island, IL and Davenport, Iowa
Description: In this night scene on the Mississippi River, the large stern wheel Ferry "Davenport" travels between Rock Island, Illinois and Davenport, Iowa, with the spotlight scanning the water. Number 568A.
Date Created: 1910
PID: grinnell:16203

Title: Floyd River Scene, Alton, Iowa
Description: Looking at the Floyd River, a tributary of the Missouri River is 112 miles long and located in northwestern Iowa. It enters the Missouri River at Sioux City and is named for Charles Floyd, a member of the Lewis and Clark Expedition. 1910 postmark. Number 1735.
Date Created: 1910
PID: grinnell:14268

Title: Floyd River scene, Alton, Iowa
Description: Looking east at a flooded Floyd River around March 1909 which is a tributary of the Missouri River and 112 miles long located in northwestern Iowa. It enters the Missouri River at Sioux City and is named for Charles Floyd, a member of the Lewis and Clark Expedition. 1910 postmark. Number 1805.
Date Created: 1910
PID: grinnell:14266