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Title: Arbor Lake, Grinnell, Iowa
Description: Looking northeast at shoreline with sailboats and boathouse. Arbor Lake, named for Arbor Day, when hundreds of trees were planted there, was created in 1902 as a storage reservoir to provide soft water for manufacturing firms. 1907 postmark.
Date Created: 1907
PID: grinnell:14496

Title: Broad Street, Grinnell, Iowa
Description: Looking north on unpaved Broad Street with store fronts and the Congregational Church in background. 1907 postmark. Number 2391.
Date Created: 1907
PID: grinnell:13998

Title: Cooper School, Grinnell, Iowa
Description: Looking northwest. Cooper School was built in 1889 and named for Co. S.F. Cooper, the first teacher in Grinnell. The building was closed in 1974 and sold it to Grinnell College. Cooper was torn down in 1994. 1907 postmark.
Date Created: 1907
PID: grinnell:14508

Title: Corner Front & Jackson Streets, Brooklyn, Iowa, Dr. A.C. Landes
Description: Looking northwest from the corner of Front Street and Jackson Street in Brooklyn, Iowa. There are several men and young boys standing in front of what appears to be a grocery store. To the right of the store is a sign reading Doctor Landes as well as on the window above the store. 1907 postmark.
Date Created: 1907
PID: grinnell:14443

Title: Front Street, Brooklyn, Iowa
Description: Looking northeast from Front Street in Brooklyn, Iowa. There is a barber pole in front of the first building. 1907 postmark. Number 61796.
Date Created: 1907
PID: grinnell:14444

Title: Palmer College, Le Grand Christian Institute, Le Grand Christian College, Herrick Chapel, Grinnell College, Grinnell, Iowa
Description: Looking southeast from Park Street. Constructed in 1907 at a cost of approx. $20,000, Herrick Chapel was designed to house the college's religious services and to serve as a general purpose large auditorium which seats 700. The Christian Associations Building (Steiner Hall) is in the background.
Date Created: 1907
PID: grinnell:14551

Title: High school, Grinnell, Iowa
Description: Looking northwest. The first Grinnell high school was built in 1904. An addition that expanded the building to include junior high students was completed in 1921. 1907 postmark. Number 2363. It now houses the Grinnell Community Center.
Date Created: 1907
PID: grinnell:13802

Title: Hospital, Brooklyn, Iowa, Stephenson House, Residence of Dr. C.D. Busby
Description: The hospital was built as a home in 1875. The original builder used the building as a saloon before it became a hotel known as the "Stephenson House". Listed on the National Register of Historic Places. 1907 postmark. Dr. C. D. Busby purchased the hotel and made it not only his residence but also turned it into a hospital. He later closed the hospital, but continued to live there. It was later used again as a hotel and restaurant. Located at 154 West Front Street, Brooklyn, Poweshiek County, Iowa
Date Created: 1907
PID: grinnell:13391

Title: Grinnell College, Iowa College Glee Club, Grinnell, Iowa
Description: Men's 22 member Grinnell College glee club who most likely practiced in the Music Hall which was located at the site of Burling Library. 1907 postmark.
Date Created: 1907
PID: grinnell:13818