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St. Mary's Catholic Church, Catholic Church, Grinnell, Iowa
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Description
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Looking northeast on corner of Broad Street and Fifth Avenue with automobiles and U.S. route 32 sign. St. Mary's Catholic Church was built in the mid-twenties and dedicated in February 1927. Built in the Romanesque style. Cost was $59,000. Number 872.
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Date Created
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1940
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PID
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grinnell:13643
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Title
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York Lumber, Clark Lumber Company, Grinnell, Iowa
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Description
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Truck pulling wagon full of lumber in from of warehouse. Sign says "We use lumber from the Clark Lumber Co." Verso says: "The 600 block of Broad, I remember this as York Lumber, J.B. Grinnell's big home was to the right after being moved from its location East of Central Park. All this was cleared for Mayflower homes in the 1980s". Title supplied by cataloger.
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Date Created
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1920
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PID
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grinnell:13589
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Title
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Marshall County Courthouse, County court house, Marshalltown, Iowa
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Description
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Looking northwest. Construction of the Marshall County Courthouse began in 1884 and was finished in 1886 costing $150,000. Located at 1 East Main Street, Marshalltown, Marshall County, Iowa. 1910 postmark. Number 1604. Series 252.
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Date Created
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1910
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PID
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grinnell:13721
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Title
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Jasper County Court House, Jasper County Courthouse, Court house, Newton, Iowa
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Description
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Looking northwestt from First Street. The court house construction was completed in 1911 using Bedford (Indiana) limestone, lined with brick and costing $140,825.71. Located at 101 1st Street North, Newton, Jasper County, Iowa. Listed in the National Register of Historic Places. Number 14.
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Date Created
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1911
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PID
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grinnell:13499
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Title
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First National Bank, Brooklyn, Iowa
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Description
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Looking northeast from Front Street. The bank was built in 1908 at a cost of $16,000. In 1925 a notice was posted on the bank door announcing it was closed by the board of directors and turned over to a federal bank examiner.
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Date Created
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1915
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PID
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grinnell:14459
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Title
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Plane crash of Billy Robinson, Grinnell, IowaC, Corpse, Wreckage, Death
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Description
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Billy Robinson's broken body lying next to his monoplane. W.C. "Billy" Robinson was an early aviator who set an American nonstop distance flight record in 1914. He became the second officially appointed air mail carrier in the U.S. He built his own airplane & invented a rotary airplane engine. Robinson was killed in 1916 at age 31 in a plane crash while attempting to set an altitude record. Title supplied by cataloger.
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Date Created
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1916
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PID
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grinnell:14511
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Title
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Central Park, The city park, Grinnell, Iowa
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Description
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Looking northeast at Central Park from Broad Street at park. Children playing on antique cannon. Bicycles in background. Number 9619.
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Date Created
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1960
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PID
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grinnell:13898