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Title: Black bridge, North Dyersville, Iowa, North Fork Maquoketa River
Description: Looking at an metal arched bridge over the North Fork Maquoketa River. 1909 postmark.
PID: grinnell:14663

Title: Chestnut Street South, Earlham, Iowa
Description: Looking southwest on Chesnut Street in Earlham, Iowa. Number 21.
PID: grinnell:16809

Title: Chestnut Street, Earlham, Iowa, S.W. Henkley Real Estate
Description: Looking north on Chestnut Street at several business including the S.W. Henkley Real Estate office on the left. Number 3.
PID: grinnell:16810

Title: Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Train Wreck, October 24, 1912, Eldon, Iowa
Description: Looking at a freight train wreck near Eldon, Iowa, on October 24, 1912. Construction of the Chicago and Rock Island Railroad began October 1, 1851, in Chicago, and the first train was operated on October 10, 1852, between Chicago and Joliet. Construction continued on through La Salle, and Rock Island was reached on February 22, 1854, becoming the first railroad to connect Chicago with the Mississippi River. Eldon had its start in the year 1870 by the building of the Keokuk and Des Moines Railway through that territory. Eldon was incorporated in 1872. 1912 postmark.
PID: grinnell:16799

Title: Christian Church, Elliott, Iowa, First Christian Church
Description: Looking at a two-story wooden building built in 1901. When the congregation grew, the property was sold in 1911 and a new chruch was built in 1912. 1909 postmark.
PID: grinnell:16788

Title: Cityscape of Early, Iowa, D.D. Carlton
Description: Looking at Main Street in Early, Iowa. Early was first platted two and one-half miles south of its current location in 1878, then moved to the current location in 1882. The town was named in honor of Judge D. Carr Early, earlier settler.
PID: grinnell:16805

Title: Corner of Main and Chestnut , Earlham, Iowa, Citizens State Bank
Description: Looking northwest at the Citizens State Bank in Earlham, Iowa. The Citizens State Bank was incorporated in 1901 and closed in 1930. Number 14.
PID: grinnell:16812

Title: Depot, Edgewood, Iowa, Edgewood Railroad Depot, Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Railroad, Western Union
Description: Looking northwest at the Edgewood Depot on the Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Railway line with a Western Union telegraph sign hanging in the front of the one-story building. 1911 postmark. Number 4.
PID: grinnell:16802

Title: Earlham Academy, Earlham, Iowa
Description: Looking at a three-story brick and stone building with bell tower. The Earlham Academy was established in 1892 by Quakers. Number 12.
PID: grinnell:16808

Title: Electric Light Plant, Earlham, Iowa
Description: Looking northeast at a one-story electric power plant built by Hill and Johnson in 1909. Number 1.
PID: grinnell:16814