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Title: 2322 Olive Street, Cedar Falls, Iowa, Iowa State Normal School Boarding House, University of Northern Iowa
Description: Looking northeast at one of many boarding houses used to board Iowa State Normal School students. The students received both room and board at the houses, which were named for their owners. The expenses were comparable to on-campus living. In 1891, the charges were between $3.00-3.50 for a week; in 1912, rent was $2.00-$2.50 per week and meals $3.00-$4.00 per week. Many of the rooming houses still exist today in the College Hill area. Some have been converted into apartments while others are still private residences. Series 732.
Date Created: 1920
PID: grinnell:14143

Title: Grinnell College, A frosty morning on the campus, Grinnell, Iowa, Blair Hall
Description: Looking north. Blair Hall was constructed in 1882-1886, razed in 1961. Cost was $37,200 excluding grading and landscaping. Orignally housed the college chapel, the departments of chemistry, natural science, mathematics, and physics. Number 144.
Date Created: 1920
PID: grinnell:13428

Title: Alumni Hall, Grinnell College, 751
Description: Postcard view of Grinnell College's Alumni Recitation Hall (ARH) on the southeast corner of Park Street and 8th Avenue in Grinnell, Iowa.
Date Created: 1920
PID: grinnell:6334

Title: Automobile Parked in Front of Cherokee Monument Company
Description: Automobile parked in front of Cherokee Monument Company at 126 E. Main Street in Cherokee, Iowa. The building in the background on the right is Lincoln High School which was on the northeast corner of Main Street and 1st Street. The high school was razed in 1960. Drake Community Library (Grinnell, Iowa) Archives. Hodgdon Photographs Collection #259.
Date Created: 1920
PID: grinnell:27281

Title: Baptist Church, Grinnell, Iowa
Description: 1000 block of Fifth Avenue near Brand apartment building-photo verso. In October 1864, the Baptist Church was removed from its 1st location at 2nd & West Street and placed at 4th Avenue & Broad Street. It was torn down in the early 1950s. Number 9622.
Date Created: 1920
PID: grinnell:14364

Title: Baptist Church, Grinnell, Iowa
Description: 1000 block of Fifth Avenue near Brand apartment building-photo verso. In October 1864, the Baptist Church removed from its first location at 2nd & West Street and placed at 4th Avenue & Broad Street. It was torn down in the early 1950s. Number 9622.
Date Created: 1920
PID: grinnell:14018

Title: Birds eye view of Bellevue, Iowa, St. Joseph's Catholic Church, Mississippi River
Description: Looking north at a cityscape of Bellevue, Iowa with St. Joseph's Catholic Church in the left background, train passing through in the center, and the Mississippi River in the right background.
Date Created: 1920
PID: grinnell:14180

Title: Blackhawk Coal and Dock Company, Davenport, Iowa
Description: On front: One view of our Davenport coal yard and offices, Blackhawk Coal & Dock Co., front of Perry Street, Tel. Dav. 391.
Date Created: 1920
PID: grinnell:16206

Title: men's gymnasium, music building, Blair Hall and Alumni Hall, Grinnell College, Grinnell, Iowa, Alumni Hall, Blair Hall
Description: Looking northeast and Blair Hall and Alumni Hall. Title supplied by cataloger.
Date Created: 1920
PID: grinnell:13318