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Title: Arbor Lake, Grinnell, Iowa
Description: Looking east at shoreline with sailboat 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. 1909 postmark. Number 58.
Date Created: 1909
PID: grinnell:14500

Title: Armory, Grinnell, Iowa
Description: Looking southeast. The Grinnell Armory building was constructed in 1907 for lease to the Grinnell Armory Association. 1909 postmark. Number 921.
Date Created: 1909
PID: grinnell:14596

Title: Boarding house in Monroe, Iowa
Description: Three women standing in front of a two-story wood building. Lace curtains are in the window. Swing set on the left. Rocker on the side porch. 1909 postmark. Verson reads: "Iowa, Monroe Dec. 2, 1909, This is the boarding house of Mrs. L.A. Dunn Hendershot who lived in Franklin Co. VT until she was 18 years old. I stayed with her two nights Nov. 30 and Dec 1st 1909.",
Date Created: 1909
PID: grinnell:14337

Title: Chapel, Grinnell College, Grinnell, Iowa
Description: Looking northeast. 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. Carnegie Library in background. 1909 postmark. Number 931.
Date Created: 1909
PID: grinnell:13796

Title: Iowa College, Grinnell College, Magoun Hall, Chicago Hall and campus view, Grinnell, Iowa
Description: Looking northwest. Chicago Hall was constructed in 1883, costing approximately $20,000 excluding grading and landscaping. Razed in 1958 to provide space for construction of Burling Library. 1909 postmark. Number 936.
Date Created: 1909
PID: grinnell:13338

Title: City Hall, Montezuma, Iowa
Description: This two story brick and stone building was built in 1905. 1909 postmark. Number 9867.
Date Created: 1909
PID: grinnell:14335

Title: Cochrane Bro[ther]s, general merchandise, Monroe, Iowa
Description: Looking at the front entrance to the two-story general store selling dry goods. 1909 postmark.
Date Created: 1909
PID: grinnell:14338

Title: Evangelical Lutheran Church, Section of Main Street., M.E. Church, Methodist Episcopal Church, Creamery, Greetings from State Center, Iowa
Description: Montage of State Center: Evangelical Lutheran Church, Section of Main Street, M.E. Church, Creamery, Main Street, Catholic Church, Public school, Presbyterian Church. 1909 postmark.
Date Created: 1909
PID: grinnell:13341

Title: Hauser Hotel, Montezuma, Iowa
Description: Looking southwest at the entrance to a three story brick building with a large front porch. The historical records show this as the Carroll House Hotel or the Carter Hotel built in 1892 by J.C. Forcum. Listed in the National Register of Historic Places.
Date Created: 1909
PID: grinnell:13439

Title: Grinnell College, Iowa College Glee Club, Grinnell, Iowa
Description: Portrait of 22 glee club members. The men's glee club was established in 1894 and disbanded in 1958.
Date Created: 1909
PID: grinnell:13835