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Title: Front Street looking West, Brooklyn, Iowa
Description: Looking west from Front Street in Brooklyn, Iowa. Number 61796.
Date Created: 1905
PID: grinnell:14445

Title: Main Street, Allison, Iowa, Famers Savings Bank, Stark & Isaacson, Grocers
Description: Looking southwest on Main street at downtown Allison which includes Stark & Isaacson, Grocers, the Farmers Savings Bank, a pool room and a restaurant. Number 19. Title supplied by cataloger.
Date Created: 1905
PID: grinnell:13639

Title: Main Street, Dexter, Iowa, Marshall Street
Description: Looking north on Main Street with water pumps in the foreground and horses and wagon in the background. Dexter was founded in 1868.
Date Created: 1905
PID: grinnell:16068

Title: Main Street, Doon, Iowa
Description: Looking southwest at Main Street in Doon, Iowa, with a barbershop, ice cream parlor, and restaurant. Doon was incorporated in 1892 with founder, H.D. Rice, as its first mayor.
Date Created: 1905
PID: grinnell:16838

Title: Main Street, Elliott, Iowa, J.T. Ralston, Dentist, Dr. Baldwin, The New Cash Store
Description: Looking east from Main Street with a dentist's office, doctor's office, bank, and hardware and tinware store on the right.
PID: grinnell:15605

Title: Observatory Building, Des Moines, Iowa, Van Ginkel Building
Description: The first skyscraper in Iowa stood was on Locust Street reported at a height of 197 feet and heralded as "the tallest office building between Chicago and San Francisco" when it opened in 1896. It included a distinctive five-story observation tower and provided electricity and gas lighting to all tenants. The building was eventually demolished in1937, and this location is now occupied by Capital Square Mall. 1905 postmark. Number 105.
Date Created: 1905
PID: grinnell:16137

Title: Second Avenue, looking east from Second Street, Cedar Rapids, Iowa, 2nd Avenue, The Model
Description: Looking east from Second Street at the business district on Second Avenue. Number 22208.
Date Created: 1905
PID: grinnell:14117

Title: South side Main Street, Dows, Iowa, Fillmore Block Building, Ole Houg's, Dr. George, William Meister, Boots and Shoes
Description: Looking southwest on Main Street with the Fillmore Block Building in the left foreground. Some signs shown include Ole Houg's, Dr. George, William Meister Boots and Shoes, Chuck's Cafe, and C.W. Schmitt Meat Market. Dows, Iowa (originally named Otisville) was established in 1880 and named for a railroad contractor. Number 12.
Date Created: 1908
PID: grinnell:15990

Title: West Main Street, Cherokee, Iowa, Archer, Elmo
Description: Looking northwest at Main Street, Cherokee, Iowa. On the left is a building with Elmo Archer, Lumber, Grain, Hard & Soft Coal. In the background on the hill is the Cherokee County Courthouse which was built in 1892 and torn down in 1965.
Date Created: 1905
PID: grinnell:14085

Title: West side Main Street, Cumberland, Iowa, Cumberland Post Office
Description: Looking southwest on Main Street showing the post office. The Cumberland Post Office was established on January 19, 1885, and is still operating today and located at 123 Main Street, Cumberland, Cass County, Iowa.
Date Created: 1905
PID: grinnell:16967