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Birds-eye view looking Southwest, Dysart, Iowa
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Description
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Looking southwest at the town of Dysart, Iowa, which was platted in 1872. The town takes its name from Joseph Dysart, a farmer and founder of the town.
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PID
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grinnell:14661
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Title
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Building Road in Iowa
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Description
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Jacob Martin ("Jake") Norris, with paper in his hand, stands with a road building crew in Poweshiek County, Iowa. Numerous teams of horses and mules hitched to road building equipment are working on a steep hill.
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Date Created
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1900
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PID
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grinnell:12471
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Campus views
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Description
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Various campus views including multiple buildings.
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Date Created
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1900
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PID
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grinnell:3235
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Title
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Chapel, Epworth, Iowa
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Description
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Looking at the front entrance of a small wooden chapel.
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PID
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grinnell:15991
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Chester Church
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Description
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Photograph of the Chester Church in its original location in Chester Township, Iowa. Originally a Congregational Church, it was given in 1996 to the congregation of St. Paul's Episcopal Church in Grinnell, Iowa. St. Paul's paid for the structure's relocation to its present site on State Street and 6th Ave. This photograph dates from the early part of the 20th century.
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Date Created
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1900
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PID
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grinnell:3369
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Title
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Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Depot, Elliott, Iowa
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Description
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Looking northwest from Main Street at the Elliott Depot in Elliott, Iowa, with several railroad employees standing out front. The Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad (reporting mark CBQ) was a railroad that operated in the Midwestern United States. Commonly referred to as the Burlington Route, the Burlington, or as the Q,[1][2] it operated extensive trackage in the states of Colorado, Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Wisconsin, Wyoming, and also in New Mexico and Texas through subsidiaries Colorado and Southern Railway, Fort Worth and Denver Railway, and Burlington-Rock Island Railroad.[citation needed] Its primary connections included Chicago, Minneapolis–Saint Paul, St. Louis, Kansas City, and Denver. Because of this extensive trackage in the midwest and mountain states, the railroad used the advertising slogans "Everywhere West", "Way of the Zephyrs", and "The Way West".
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PID
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grinnell:16787
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Title
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Civil War Veterans
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Description
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Civil War veterans in Grinnell, Iowa.
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Date Created
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1900
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PID
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grinnell:11905
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Title
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Come Back Cafe
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Description
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Come Back Cafe in Grinnell, Iowa. It was located on Commercial Street in what is currently (2014) the parking lot to the south of Grinnell State Bank. The window advertises "Regular Dinner" for 25 cents and "Hot Cakes" for 15 cents. Coca-Cola sign under window.
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Date Created
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1900
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PID
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grinnell:6194