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East from Columbus Junction, Iowa
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
Grinnell from Robinson's monoplane, Grinnell, Iowa
Title
U.S. Club, Grinnell from Robinson's monoplane, Grinnell, Iowa
Description
Looking south at Main Street, Broad Street, Spring Street and West Street. 1914 postmark. W.C. "Billy" Robinson was an early aviator who set an American nonstop distance flight record in 1914. He became the second officially appointed air mail carrier in the U.S. He built his own airplane & invented a rotary airplane engine. Robinson was killed in 1916 at age 31 in a plane crash while attempting to set an altitude record.
Date Created
1920
PID
grinnell:13663