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Title: Country Club Flyer, Clear Lake, Iowa
Description: The Country Club Flyer speedboat ride at Clear Lake, Iowa. 1909 postmark. Copyright 1909 by P. Mench
Date Created: 1909
PID: grinnell:14044

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: Depot, Alta Vista, Iowa, Chicago Great Western Railroad
Description: Looking south at the Chicago Great Western Railroad depot in Alta Vista, Iowa, with a ticket master and farmer and milk cans waiting for the train. 1913 postmark. Number 3-1909.
Date Created: 1909
PID: grinnell:14271

Title: Depot, Cherokee, Iowa, Illinois Central Railroad Yard and Depot, Cherokee Illinois Central Station
Description: Looking northwest at the Cherokee Railroad Depot which was built in 1896 at a cost of $25,000 and was used by the Illinois Central Railroad as a passenger station until May 1971 and as a freight station until January 1982, after which it was vacated by the railroad The Illinois Central Railroad Yard is listed on the National Register for Historic Places and is located at 119 South 4th Street, Cherokee, Cherokee County, Iowa. 1909 postmark.
Date Created: 1909
PID: grinnell:13444

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: Eagle Point Park, Clinton, Iowa, Joyce's Park
Description: Large two story pavilion. Once known as Joyce's Park back in 1888, Eagle Point Park is 164 acres of park land overlooking the Mississippi River. 1909 postmark.
Date Created: 1909
PID: grinnell:13749

Title: East Howard Street, Colfax, Iowa
Description: Looking northeast on East Howard Street at a peaceful residential area in Colfax, Iowa. 1909 postmark. Number 165571.
Date Created: 1909
PID: grinnell:14425

Title: East side of Main Street, Danbury, Iowa, Commercial House, Commercial Hotel
Description: Looking northeast on Main Street with a dentist office, a restaurant and the Commerical House from foreground to background. 1909 postmark. Number 16.
Date Created: 1909
PID: grinnell:16210

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: First Baptist Church, Des Moines, Iowa
Description: Looking north at the building designed and built on 1894 by Eastman and McLelland. 1909 postmark. Number 41.
Date Created: 1909
PID: grinnell:18543