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Title: Street scene looking east, Anita, Iowa
Description: Looking east on Main Street in Anita, Iowa, with a cafe on the right and various stores & shop along the street. 1911 postmark.
Date Created: 1911
PID: grinnell:14245

Title: Street scene, Bedford, Iowa, F.E. Walker Building, Court Avenue, James Thompson Mercantile Company
Description: Looking north on Court Avenue with the Taylor County Courthouse in the background. The building on corner right says F.E. Walker at top. It was erected in 1879 costing approximately $12,000. Reportedly, the original owner of the building was James M. Thompson housing the James Thompson Mercantile Co. (printed on side of building) until 1918. Listed in the National Register of Historic Places under Bedford Commercial Historic District.
Date Created: 1905
PID: grinnell:13608

Title: Swans on Lake LaVerne, Iowa State College, Ames, Iowa, Iowa State University
Description: Lake Laverne is a man-made lake near Iowa State University originally built in 1914-1915 and re-built in 1933. There have been white swans on the lake since 1935. Number 16.
Date Created: 1950
PID: grinnell:13770

Title: Taylor County Court House and jail, Bedford, Iowa, Taylor County Courthouse
Description: Looking northeast at the three-story, Richardsonian Romanesque style building. The courthouse was completed in 1893 at a cost of $38,810. E.M. Ellison, Architect. Allen H. Chaffie, Builder. It is made of pressed brick and Bedford limestone. Located at 405 Jefferson Street, Bedford, Taylor County, Iowa. Listed in the National Register for Historic Places. The sheriff's office and jail are in the brick building to the right of the courthouse. 1911 postmark. Number 163.
Date Created: 1911
PID: grinnell:13624

Title: Train wreck near Bagley, Iowa
Description: Crowded gathered around a train wreck with one railroad car turned perpendicular to the rest of the train. Number 3.
Date Created: 1910
PID: grinnell:14219

Title: View of Chestnut St., Atlantic, Iowa, Hansen & Lowe, Chestnut Street
Description: Looking at the business district in Atlantic, Iowa. Hansen & Lowe is printed on the side of the building on the left. Number 6934.
Date Created: 1905
PID: grinnell:13479

Title: View of campus, Iowa State College, Ames, Iowa, Iowa State University
Description: The electric trolley replaced the "Dinkey" in 1907. The "Dinkey" was a railroad steam line that connected the campus to the town. 1908 postmark. Number 63.
Date Created: 1908
PID: grinnell:13768

Title: West Main Street looking south, Aurelia, Iowa
Description: Looking south on Main Street downtown Aurelia, Iowa. 1907 postmark.
Date Created: 1907
PID: grinnell:14228

Title: Work of tornado July 26, 1908 at Arthur, Iowa
Description: Remains of a tornado that hit Arthur, Iowa, July 26, 1908. Men are sifting through debris with a cow grazing nearby. 1909 postmark.
Date Created: 1908
PID: grinnell:14238