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Title: Arbor Lake, Grinnell, Iowa
Description: Looking northeast at shoreline with sailboats and boathouse. Arbor Lake, named for Arbor Day, when hundreds of trees were planted there, was created in 1902 as a storage reservoir to provide soft water for manufacturing firms. 1907 postmark.
Date Created: 1907
PID: grinnell:14496

Title: Grinnell College, Magoun Hall, Chicago Hall, Iowa College, Grinnell, [Iowa]
Description: Looking northeast. Chicago Hall was constructed in 1883, costing approximately $20,000 excluding grading and landscaping. Razed in 1958 to provide space for construction of Burling Library. 1907 postmark.
Date Created: 1907
PID: grinnell:13512

Title: Cooper School, Grinnell, Iowa
Description: Looking northwest. Cooper School was built in 1889 and named for Co. S.F. Cooper, the first teacher in Grinnell. The building was closed in 1974 and sold it to Grinnell College. Cooper was torn down in 1994. 1907 postmark.
Date Created: 1907
PID: grinnell:14508

Title: Palmer College, Le Grand Christian Institute, Le Grand Christian College, Herrick Chapel, Grinnell College, Grinnell, Iowa
Description: Looking southeast from Park Street. Constructed in 1907 at a cost of approx. $20,000, Herrick Chapel was designed to house the college's religious services and to serve as a general purpose large auditorium which seats 700. The Christian Associations Building (Steiner Hall) is in the background.
Date Created: 1907
PID: grinnell:14551

Title: High school, Grinnell, Iowa
Description: Looking northwest. The first Grinnell high school was built in 1904. An addition that expanded the building to include junior high students was completed in 1921. 1907 postmark. Number 2363. It now houses the Grinnell Community Center.
Date Created: 1907
PID: grinnell:13802

Title: Grinnell College, Iowa College Glee Club, Grinnell, Iowa
Description: Men's 22 member Grinnell College glee club who most likely practiced in the Music Hall which was located at the site of Burling Library. 1907 postmark.
Date Created: 1907
PID: grinnell:13818

Title: Grinnell College, Carnegie Library, Carnegie Hall, Blair Hall, Iowa College, Grinnell, Iowa
Description: Looking southeast with Carnegie Library (Hall), Blair Hall, Herrick Chapel and Goodnow Hall. Number 1303.
Date Created: 1907
PID: grinnell:13385

Title: Grinnell College, View from Herrick Chapel, Iowa College, [Grinnell, Iowa]
Description: Looking west down Seventh Avenue. 1907 postmark.
Date Created: 1907
PID: grinnell:13815

Title: Grinnell College, West entrance to Goodnow Hall, Iowa College, [Grinnell, Iowa]
Description: Looking southeast. Goodnow Hall was constructed in 1885, costing $15,700 excluding telescope ($2,125) and book stacks. Originally served as college library and astronomical observatory. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places. 1907 postmark.
Date Created: 1907
PID: grinnell:13830