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Title: Busy day, Cumberland, Iowa
Description: Looking south on a bustling Main Street at a millinery shop and variety store on the left and the bank on the right with a church steeple in the background. 1911 postmark.
Date Created: 1911
PID: grinnell:16218

Title: Elm Street South, Cresco, Iowa, Polashek's Meat Market, Texaco Northern Iowa Service Station, Elms Café, Morris Variety Store
Description: Looking south on a busy street with the Northern Iowa Texaco Service Station, Chevrolet dealership and Polashek's Meat Market on the left and Elm's Café and the Morris Variety Store on the right. Number C220.
Date Created: 1945
PID: grinnell:16975

Title: Elm Street looking south, Cresco, Iowa, Allen's Shoe Store, Graf Ice Cream Parlor, Nichols Clothing House
Description: Looking south on Elm including Allen's Shoe Store, an undertaking parlor, and a dentist office on the left and the Graf Ice Cream Parlor, dressmaking parlors, the Nichols Clothing House, and a millinery store on the right. 1917 postmark. Number 5063.
Date Created: 1917
PID: grinnell:16971

Title: Elm Street, Cresco, Iowa, O'Malley, F.
Description: Looking northwest on Elm Street with a view of the P.F. O'Malley building on the left with O'Malley's Department Store. 1911 postmark.
Date Created: 1911
PID: grinnell:16973

Title: Farmers Savings Bank, Cushing, Iowa
Description: Looking northeast at the Farmers Saving Bank which was originally founded in Beaman, Iowa, and was later organized under a state charter in 1908. Number 7. Title supplied by cataloger.
Date Created: 1915
PID: grinnell:16965

Title: Fifth Street West, Cresco, Iowa, 5th Street West
Description: Looking north on a residential street in Cresco, Iowa. Cresco is derived from the Latin term meaning "I Grow". Augustus Beadle had the land surveyed and platted on June 12, 1866. Cresco is also known as the boyhood home of Dr. Norman Borlaug, 1970 Nobel Peace Prize and Medal of Freedom winner and 2007 Congressional Gold Medal winner. 1916 postmark. Number 1152.
Date Created: 1916
PID: grinnell:16227

Title: Locust Street looking west, Des Moines, Iowa, United Federal Savings and Loan, Hotel Savery, Equitable Life Building
Description: On verso: "Locust Street, Des Moines, Iowa, looking west. Heart of business center. Right--United Federal Savings and Loan, and modern Hotel Savery. Left--Ultra modern elevator parking garage, and Equitable Tower in background." Number 65683. Series DM-8.
Date Created: 1955
PID: grinnell:16144

Title: Looking north on Main Street, Cushing, Iowa
Description: Looking north on Main Street with C.F. Quinn & Son drug store and garage/livery stable on the left and the Farmers Savings Bank on the right. The Farmers Savings Bank which was originally founded in Beaman, Iowa, was later organized under a state charter in 1908. 1915 postmark. Number 8. Title supplied by cataloger.
Date Created: 1915
PID: grinnell:16966

Title: Main Street looking north, Conrad, Iowa, Conrad State Bank, Phoenix Building
Description: Looking north from Main Street with the Phoenix Building housing the Conrad State Bank and a wooden water tower on the right. Conrad is named after J.W. Conrad who settled in southern Grundy County in 1853. Number 978. Title supplied by cataloger.
Date Created: 1910
PID: grinnell:16255

Title: Main Street, Collins, Iowa, The Gazette
Description: Looking south on Main Street with a sign for The Gazette in the left background. The Collins Gazette was a weekly publication from 1906-1958. 1914 postmark.
Date Created: 1914
PID: grinnell:16885