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Title: Campanile, Iowa State College, Ames, Iowa
Description: Construction of the Campanile was completed in 1898 in memoriam of Margaret MacDonald Stanton, first dean of women, and the first bells were placed in the Campanile in 1899. Later in 1920, when Mrs. Stanton's husband, Edgar W. Stanton, 4-time acting president of Iowa State University, died, the university installed a musical instrument in the structure known as the Edgar W. and Margaret MacDonald Stanton Memorial Carillon.
Date Created: 1940
PID: grinnell:14450

Title: Campus drive at Iowa State College, Ames, Iowa, Union Drive, Iowa State University
Description: View of the Iowa State College campus. Number 105.
Date Created: 1940
PID: grinnell:13767

Title: County Farm Bureau Dues Receipt
Description: Receipt from the Poweshiek County Farm Bureau (Iowa) to R.S. Pilgrim for membership dues for calendar year 1940 in the amount of $10. Dated January 4, 1940
Date Created: 1940
PID: grinnell:30028

Title: M.E. Church, Bloomfield, Iowa, Methodist Episcopal Church, United Methodist Church
Description: The building was completed in 1901 at a price of $13,000. It was made of brick above a stone foundation, trimmed with Louisiana white limestone. Number B-316.
Date Created: 1940
PID: grinnell:13571

Title: Oak Lodge, Bellevue State Park, Bellevue, Iowa
Description: The Oak Lodge was constructed in the late 1920’s by the Bellevue Country Club which oversaw a nine hole golf course adjacent to the park. In 1929, the Board of Conservation took over the Oak Lodge which was available to the public by reservation. In 1972, a new lodge was constructed on the Nelson Unit to replace the old Oak Lodge which, because of its age and deterioration, was not feasible for renovation (it was destroyed by fire in 1973). Number 9105.
Date Created: 1940
PID: grinnell:14181

Title: Overlooking the Mississippi River, Bellevue State Park, Bellevue, Iowa
Description: Looking northeast at the Mississippi River and Bellevue, Iowa, from a hand-constructed stone wall located in Bellevue State Park. Number 9523.
Date Created: 1940
PID: grinnell:14182

Title: Public library, Bloomfield, IA, Carnegie Library, Bloomfield Public Library
Description: Looking southwest at the Carnegie Library originall named after Andrew Carnegie who donated $10,000 to build it. The word "LIBRARY" is cut in a stone panel over the door. There is also a bronze tablet beside the door which states, "Let There Be Light. This Library the Gift of Andrew Carnegie, August 1913". The library was dedicated on August 13, 1913. The name was later changed to Bloomfield Public Library. Located at 107 N. Columbia, Bloomfield, Davis County, Iowa. Number 3194.
Date Created: 1940
PID: grinnell:13429

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: U.S. Post Office, De Witt, Iowa, De Witt City Hall
Description: Looking northeast from Ninth Street. The building was completed in 1937. Located at 510 Ninth Street, De Witt, Clinton County, Iowa. Number E-61.
Date Created: 1945
PID: grinnell:16947

Title: Wallace Breniman With His Horses and Wagon
Description: Wallace Breniman farmed with horses. He is pictured with a team of horses and a high-sided wagon.
Date Created: 1940
PID: grinnell:27253