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Title: F.F. Moeller's Store, Artesian, Iowa, Fred F. Moeller's Store
Description: Two story stucco building with front porch. The F.F. Moeller General Store was founded in 1900 by Fred F. Moeller and torn down in the 1980s as part of a US 63 highway shoulder-widening project in Bremer and Chickasaw counties. Number 2.
Date Created: 1917
PID: grinnell:14239

Title: First National Bank, Brooklyn, Iowa
Description: Looking northeast from Front Street. The bank was built in 1908 at a cost of $16,000. In 1925 a notice was posted on the bank door announcing it was closed by the board of directors and turned over to a federal bank examiner.
Date Created: 1915
PID: grinnell:14459

Title: Frontier Inn, Atkins, Iowa, Freeman, Virgil
Description: Seven miles west of Cedar Rapids on Highway 30.--t.p. verso. The Frontier Inn was originally built and operated by Virgil and Ann Freeman in the mid-1950's in Newhall, Iowa and was relocated to Highway 30 near Atkins, Iowa in 1959.
Date Created: 1955
PID: grinnell:14579

Title: Hand's Park, Armstrong, Iowa
Description: Campground, canoes and people picnicing on the East Fork Des Moines River near Armstrong, Iowa. 1917 postmark. Number 10.
Date Created: 1917
PID: grinnell:14243

Title: High school, Atlantic, Iowa, Atlantic High School
Description: The Atlantic High School was the second high school building in the town. The first high school was constructed in 1878, and a large addition was constructed in 1912. Population growth and the need for modern facilities necessitated the construction of a new high school. In July of 1935 the school board resolved to apply for a Public Works Administration (PWA) grant. There was a successful campaign for the new high school; in November a $160,000 bond issue was approved. Ground was broken in 1936, and the school was finished in May of 1937, opening in the fall of that year. Located at 1100 Linn Street, Atlantic, Cass County, Iowa. Listed in the National Register of Historic Places. Number 3772.
Date Created: 1940
PID: grinnell:14235

Title: High school, Newton, Iowa
Description: The Newton High School was erected just west from Central school building in 1907/1908 at a cost of $72,000. It was built on the most modern and approved plans for school buildings, even to the items of sanitary drinking fountains. The building was later known as the west building of Central Junior High and in 1983 it was razed and the site sold. Number 5020.
Date Created: 1935
PID: grinnell:14326

Title: I.C. wreck, May 29, 1918, Aplington, Iowa, Illinois Central train wreck
Description: Men inspecting the remains of a train wreck. "Five persons were killed and a dozen injured when Illinois Central passenger train No. 11, westbound, was wrecked near Aplington. The track was weakened by the high water, the locomotive and mail car plunging onto the bank and the combination express and smoker turned over." Cited from the Oakland Tribune, Oakland, CA, 29 May 1918. 1918 postmark.
Date Created: 1918
PID: grinnell:13944

Title: I.C. wreck, May 29, 1918, Aplington, Iowa, Illinois Central train wreck
Description: Men looking through the remains of a train wreck with onlookers in the background. "Five persons were killed and a dozen injured when Illinois Central passenger train No. 11, westbound, was wrecked near Aplington. The track was weakened by the high water, the locomotive and mail car plunging onto the bank and the combination express and smoker turned over." Cited from the Oakland Tribune, Oakland, CA, 29 May 1918. 1918 postmark.
Date Created: 1918
PID: grinnell:13946

Title: I.C. wreck, May 29, 1918, Aplington, Iowa, Illinois Central train wreck
Description: Men standing on top of a train car turned on it side. A crane is in the background. "Five persons were killed and a dozen injured when Illinois Central passenger train No. 11, westbound, was wrecked near Aplington. The track was weakened by the high water, the locomotive and mail car plunging onto the bank and the combination express and smoker turned over." Cited from the Oakland Tribune, Oakland, CA, 29 May 1918. 1918 postmark.
Date Created: 1918
PID: grinnell:13945

Title: I.C. wreck, May 29, 1918, Aplington, Iowa, Illinois Central train wreck
Description: Man standing on the remains of a train car. "Five persons were killed and a dozen injured when Illinois Central passenger train No. 11, westbound, was wrecked near Aplington. The track was weakened by the high water, the locomotive and mail car plunging onto the bank and the combination express and smoker turned over." cited from the Oakland Tribune, Oakland, CA, 29 May 1918. 1918 postmark.
Date Created: 1918
PID: grinnell:13947