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Title: Main Street east from Ford, Anamosa, Iowa, Stone, E.S., Jeweler, Hartman Buggies & Wagons
Description: Looking east from S. Ford Street at various stores and shops including a tailor shop, jewelry shop, drugstore and more. 1914 postmark. Number 10.
Date Created: 1914
PID: grinnell:13481

Title: Main Street looking north, Bode, Iowa, Humboldt Avenue, Opheim and Gangestad General Store, Opheim General Store
Description: Looking north on Main Street in Bode, Iowa. The first building on the left is the general merchandise store started by Lars K. Opheim and is brother-in-law James J. Gangestad which opened in Bode on June 3, 1883. The construction began on the building in May, 1882 and finished in the fall. The structure was 30 x 34 feet, and was two stories in height. The upper story was designed to be living quarters. The cost for the building was $2,500. In 1894 Opheim purchased his partner's share in the business and ran it until 1910 when he sold the store and retired. 1910 postmark.
Date Created: 1910
PID: grinnell:14174

Title: Main Street looking west, Belmond, Iowa, Belmond Herald & Printing, First National Bank, A.E. Kimmel, Dray Line & Teaming, Hotel Case, Case Hotel
Description: The First National Bank, the Case Hotel, and A.E. Kimmel Dray Line and Teaming are on the right. On the left is the Belmond Herald and Printing. It also appears that a man is either fixing or painting the Main Street Bridge in the center background. Number 048.
Date Created: 1915
PID: grinnell:13345

Title: Main Street, Ames, Iowa
Description: Looking east with the power plant in the background. There is a JCPenney store on the right and a hotel on the left. "The stores on Main Street are modern and attractive. Alert, well-maintained enterprises make up the business district of Ames."--t.p. verso. Number 24291N. Series 10.
Date Created: 1950
PID: grinnell:14254

Title: Main Street, Arion, Iowa, E. Schwarz Meat Market, Hotel Arion
Description: Looking southwest at the Hotel Arion and the E. Schwarz Meat Market on Main Street. 1913 postmark. Number 4.
Date Created: 1913
PID: grinnell:13784

Title: Main Street, Belle Plaine, Iowa, Butzloff Hardware Store
Description: Looking northeast on Main Street in Belle Plaine, Iowa with the Butzloff Hardware Store on the left and a horse trough in the right foreground.
Date Created: 1913
PID: grinnell:14200

Title: Main Street, Brooklyn, Iowa, Jackson Street, Corinthian Lodge
Description: Looking southwest on Jackson Street in Brooklyn, Iowa. Shorter wooden building has "Photo Rooms" on the front. The large brick building with stone front is the Corinthian Lodge built in 1865 at a cost of $7,000 and has the initials "A.F. & A.M." on the front. The Ancient Free and Accepted Masons (A.F. & A.M.), No. 174, was organized in 1864 and chartered in 1865. 1910 postmark.
Date Created: 1910
PID: grinnell:13851

Title: North side of square, Bloomfield, IA, Coast to Coast Stores, White's Grocery, Giles Rexall Drug, Sam Watts Insurance Agency, Shumate Hatchery, Pontiac Garage, Ray B. Baumgarten Clothing and Furnishings, I.O.O.F. Hall
Description: Looking northeast on E. Jefferson Street showing from left to right Giles Rexall Drug, White's Grocery, Sam Watts Insurance Agency, Shumate Hatchery, Pontiac garage, Ray B. Baumgarten Clothing & Furnishings, I.O.O.F. Hall. Bloomfield Square is listed in the National Register of Historical Places. 1956 postmark. Number 52-C.
Date Created: 1956
PID: grinnell:13276

Title: Street looking east, Bancroft, Iowa, A.H. Fuchs Hardware
Description: Looking east on W. Ramsey Street with a Rexall drugs sign on the second building from the left and A.H. Fuchs Hardware sign the first building on the right. Number B127.
Date Created: 1940
PID: grinnell:13848

Title: Street scene, Blockton, Iowa, J.N. Freeland General Merchandise
Description: Looking northwest at a two-story brick building with sign "J.N. Freeland General Merchandise" on the side. There is a small dog standing near the utility pole on the left. 1908 postmark.
Date Created: 1908
PID: grinnell:13666