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Title: Big store, Newton, Iowa
Description: Crowd gathering around a three-story brick building with a birthday party sign hanging from the side. Notice other torn signs hanging in the power lines.Number 2880.
Date Created: 1910
PID: grinnell:14311

Title: Business block, Charles City, Iowa, W.C. Hering & Co.
Description: Looking northeast toward the Main Street business district of Charles City, Iowa, with W.C. Hering & Co. furniture store on the corner.
Date Created: 1910
PID: grinnell:13610

Title: Center Street looking east, Elgin, Iowa
Description: Looking east on Center Street. The town of Elgin was laid out in the fall and winter of 1851-52, by Samuel Connor, M.V. Burdick being the surveyor. Mr. Burdick named it Elgin in honor of Elgin, Illinois his native community. The plat was recorded in 1855. Number 5006.
PID: grinnell:16004

Title: East Side of Main Street Looking South, Collins, Iowa
Description: Looking south from the east side of Main Street with a barber pole in the foreground.
Date Created: 1910
PID: grinnell:16250

Title: Locust Street looking east from Sixth Avenue, Des Moines, Iowa, Alexandria Theater, Family Theater, Iowa State Capitol building, Observatory Building
Description: Looking east at a bustling Locust Street with the Alexandria and Family Theaters on the left, the Observatory Building on the right, and the Iowa State Capitol building in the background. Number R-21025.
Date Created: 1910
PID: grinnell:18779

Title: Main Street looking north, Bode, Iowa, Humboldt Avenue, Opheim and Gangestad General Store, Opheim General Store
Description: Looking north on Main Street in Bode, Iowa. The first building on the left is the general merchandise store started by Lars K. Opheim and is brother-in-law James J. Gangestad which opened in Bode on June 3, 1883. The construction began on the building in May, 1882 and finished in the fall. The structure was 30 x 34 feet, and was two stories in height. The upper story was designed to be living quarters. The cost for the building was $2,500. In 1894 Opheim purchased his partner's share in the business and ran it until 1910 when he sold the store and retired. 1910 postmark.
Date Created: 1910
PID: grinnell:14174

Title: Main Street looking north, Conrad, Iowa, Conrad State Bank, Phoenix Building
Description: Looking north from Main Street with the Phoenix Building housing the Conrad State Bank and a wooden water tower on the right. Conrad is named after J.W. Conrad who settled in southern Grundy County in 1853. Number 978. Title supplied by cataloger.
Date Created: 1910
PID: grinnell:16255

Title: Main Street, Albion, Iowa, Independent Order of Odd Fellows, Café and Star Grocery, I.O.O.F.
Description: Looking south on Main Street with the Cafe and Star Grocery and I.O.O.F. building on the left.
Date Created: 1910
PID: grinnell:14281