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"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
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Description
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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.
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Date Created
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1913
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PID
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grinnell:13390
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Adams Street, East from Summit Hotel, Creston, Iowa, Summit House
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Description
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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.
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Date Created
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1914
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PID
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grinnell:16226
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Title
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Birdseye view, Dana, Iowa, Dana, Samuel, Bird's eye view
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Description
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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.
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Date Created
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1912
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PID
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grinnell:16214
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Clarence Savings Bank, Clarence, Iowa
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Description
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Looking northeast at the corner of the Clarence Savings Bank which was merged with the local bank in 1930. 1916 postmark. Number 695.
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Date Created
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1916
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PID
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grinnell:14079
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Title
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Corner Walnut and Howard , Colfax, Iowa
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Description
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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.
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Date Created
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1908
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PID
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grinnell:14428
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Court Street, Bedford, Iowa, Bell Telephone Company, Bedford Commercial Historic District
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Description
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Looking northwest on Court Avenue with the Taylor County Courthouse appearing behind the trees in the background. The first building from the left was reportedly built in 1856 as a three-story buiding with the third floor removed in 1933. At the time of this photo, the drugstore was housed on the first floor and the Bell Telephone exchange was housed on the second floor. The Listed in the National Register of Historic Places under Bedford Commercial Historic District. Number 11.
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Date Created
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1922
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PID
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grinnell:14577