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Title: Crocker School, Des Moines, Iowa
Description: Looking southwest at two children in the foreground with the Crocker School in the background. The school was built in 1870 and demolished ca. 1962. It was named after Marcellus Monroe Crocker, a general in the Union Army during the American Civil War and prominent lawyer in Des Moines, Iowa. 1909 postmark. Number 48.
Date Created: 1909
PID: grinnell:16929

Title: Drake University, Des Moines, Iowa, Administration Building, Old Main
Description: Looking northeast at the front entrance of Drake University's Administration Building, now known as Old Main. Drake University was founded in 1881. The architectural style is High Victorian Gothic. Old Main is listed on the National Register of Historic Places and located at 2507 University Avenue, Des Moines, Polk County, Iowa. 1909 postmark.
Date Created: 1909
PID: grinnell:18535

Title: Elliott's Business College, Burlington, Iowa, Elliott's School of Shorthand, Elliott Business College, Hedge Building, Johnson-Rasmussen Building, Orchard City Business College
Description: Looking southwest at a three-story Victorian Gothic commercial style building built in the 1880s and made of limestone, brick, slate roof and terra cotta. "Elliott's School of Shorthand" is located on the left side of the building facing North Fourth Street. There is a book store, "Wonder Market" and Bijou on the building facing Jefferson Street. The building was designed by architect Charles A. Dunham to be a showplace for the city. Between 1880 and 1913, a business college (Orchard City Business College, later called Elliott's Business College) occupied the second and third floors of the corner portion. Elliott's Business College was founded by George W. Elliott and was the successor to Burlington Commercial College and Burlington Business College, which operated from 1856. It is located at 401 Jefferson Street, Burlington, Des Moines County, Iowa, and is listed in the Natonal Register of Historic Places. 1909 postmark.
Date Created: 1909
PID: grinnell:13460

Title: High school, Adair, Iowa
Description: Two story brick building with bell tower. 1909 postmark. Number 589. Series 4.
Date Created: 1909
PID: grinnell:14292

Title: High school, Dayton, Iowa
Description: The Dayton High School was completed in 1920 and the auditorium was added in 1939. 1909 postmark.
Date Created: 1909
PID: grinnell:16188

Title: High school, Eagle Grove, Iowa, Eagle Grove High School
Description: Looking north at a four-story brick and stone building likely built before the turn of the twentieth century. 1909 postmark.
PID: grinnell:14602

Title: Jefferson School, Creston, Iowa, Jefferson Elementary School
Description: Looking northeast at the Jefferson Elementary School which was constructed in 1937, and designed by the Des Moines architectural firm of Dougher, Rich & Woodburn in the Moderne style. The building is located at 501 North Cherry Street, Creston, Union County, Iowa, and is on the National Register of Historic Places. 1909 postmark.
Date Created: 1909
PID: grinnell:16278

Title: Looking west at Central Building, Iowa State College, Ames, Iowa, Central Hall, Iowa State University, Beardshear Hall
Description: Looking west at the Central Building. It was built in 1908 costing just over $400,000. In 1938, it was renamed Beardshear Hall after William M. Beardshear who was president of the college from 1891 to 1902. 1909 postmark. Located at 515 Morrill Road, Ames, Story County, Iowa. Title supplied by cataloger.
Date Created: 1909
PID: grinnell:13494

Title: Public School, Glidden, Iowa
Description: This two story brick building with a belfry was built at the turn of the century. The1909 postmark. Number 1050.
Date Created: 1909
PID: grinnell:15870