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Title: "We Like Center Point. So Will You", Center Point, Iowa, C.R.I. & P. Station and Commercial Park, Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Station, First M.E. Church, First Methodist Episcopal Church, Center Point Canning Factory, Ditching for the water works mains, Main Street looking south, Commercial Park, High school building
Description: Montage of 8 Center Point, Iowa landmarks including the Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad Station, Commercial Park, Center Point Canning Factory, High school building, Methodist Episcopal church, ditching for the water works mains, and Main Street. 1913 postmark.
Date Created: 1913
PID: grinnell:13390

Title: Adams Street, East from Summit Hotel, Creston, Iowa, Summit House
Description: One of the first hotels in Creston, Iowa, the Summit Hotel, was built in 1880 by a stock company composed of Swan & Becker and Colonel Beckwith, among others, and was destroyed by fire in 1896. The hotel owners rebuilt on the same site later that year, but shortly before midnight on December 1916 another fire destroyed the building. The loss was estimated at $200,000 and defective electrical wiring was believed to have caused the fire. Creston centennial card, 1869-1969.
Date Created: 1914
PID: grinnell:16226

Title: Albia square from the southeast corner, Albia, Iowa, Monroe County Courthouse, Monroe County Court House
Description: Looking northwest at a panoramic view of the Albia square which includes the courthouse, bicycle, horses and carriages and electric lines. Listed in the National Register for Historic Places as the Albia Square and Central Commercial Historic District. 1909 postmark. Number 8109.
Date Created: 1909
PID: grinnell:13934

Title: Birdseye view, Dana, Iowa, Dana, Samuel, Bird's eye view
Description: Aerial view of Dana, Iowa, with a shoe store on the right foreground and a church bell tower in the center background. Dana was incorporated in 1907 and was named after Samuel Dana, a pioneer settler who was a godfather in the project of establishing a trading center in the early days. 1912 postmark. Number 7.
Date Created: 1912
PID: grinnell:16214

Title: Business section, Alta Vista, Iowa, Walters Hardware, Conway Bros., Conway Brothers
Description: Looking southeast at several stores including Walters Hardware, Conway Brothers, and the Alta Post Office. Alta Vista, Iowa, was incorporated in 1894. Number 12.
Date Created: 1918
PID: grinnell:13370

Title: Busy day, Cumberland, Iowa
Description: Looking south on a bustling Main Street at a millinery shop and variety store on the left and the bank on the right with a church steeple in the background. 1911 postmark.
Date Created: 1911
PID: grinnell:16218

Title: Corner Walnut and Howard , Colfax, Iowa
Description: Looking southeast from North Walnut Street with lunch room and billiards room in the foreground and the Hotel Centropolis in the background. 1908 postmark. Number 9475.
Date Created: 1908
PID: grinnell:14428

Title: East side square, Centerville, Iowa, Ritz Theater, Continental Hotel, Owl Drugs, The Fashion Shop, Montgomery Ward order office, Allen's, Bowling alley
Description: Looking northeast at the Continental Hotel with a drug store, shoe store, Montgomery Ward store and a bowling alley in the front. A Schlitz sign is also in front of a bar. The courthouse square historic district is listed on the National Register of Historical Places. Number N307.
Date Created: 1940
PID: grinnell:14574

Title: East side, Main Street, Center Point, Iowa
Description: Looking southeast at the business district of Center Point, Iowa with a view of the meat market, meals & lodging sign, barber pole and two street cars which have been superimposed on the postcard. Number 7
Date Created: 1913
PID: grinnell:14110

Title: Electrical storm at Alton, Iowa, Alton Star Restaurant, Alton Savings Bank
Description: Looking west at the business district during an evening storm in Alton, Iowa. Note the restaurant sign on the left and the hardware and bank signs on the right. One photo is transposed onto another. 1912 postmark. Number 1734.
Date Created: 1912
PID: grinnell:14267