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Title: Hotel Davenport, Davenport, Iowa, The Davenport
Description: The Davenport Hotel is a six-story, brick over steel structure constructed in 1907 by the local architecture firm of Temple and Burrows. It is located at 330 Main Street, Davenport, Scott County, Iowa, and is listed in the National Register of Historic Places. 1909 postmark.
Date Created: 1909
PID: grinnell:16201

Title: July 1909 fire damage, Bayard, Iowa
Description: Building remains and charred trees from a 3:00 am fire in Bayard, Iowa, "starting in a restaurant and destroying the greater portion of the business section of the town causing approximately $50,000 worth of damage. It was reported that due to the heavy winds that morning, heavy blasts of dynamite had to be used to check the flames". Title supplied by cataloger.
Date Created: 1909
PID: grinnell:14211

Title: Main Street looking north, Aurora, Iowa
Description: Looking north on Main Street. A restaurant is on the left and a hardware/furniture store is on the right. The town of Aurora was officially incorporated on May 25, 1899. 1909 postmark.
Date Created: 1909
PID: grinnell:14479

Title: Mason House and mineral springs, Colfax, Iowa, Mason Hotel
Description: The Mason House was built in 1881 by William Mason Croft, mayor of Colfax, and was located closest to the train depot. In the process of drilling for coal in 1875, a well containing high mineral content was discovered near Colfax. The city flourished with this new discovery, and over the next four decades, thousands of people visited the town to partake in the healing powers of the fourteen mineral springs there. 1909 postmark. Number 157064.
Date Created: 1909
PID: grinnell:14426

Title: Methodist Church, Ames, Iowa, First Methodist Episcopal Church, First United Methodist Church
Description: Looking northeast. The church was completed in 1908. 1909 postmark. Located at 516 Kellogg Avenue, Ames, Story County, Iowa
Date Created: 1909
PID: grinnell:13469

Title: Methodist Episcopal Church, Glidden, Iowa, Glidden United Methodist Church
Description: The church was built in 1903 and was valued at $27,500. 1909 postmark. Number 1064.
Date Created: 1909
PID: grinnell:15871

Title: National Tournament, U.S. Army, Fort Des Moines, Des Moines, Iowa
Description: A montage of photos from the U.S. Army National Tournament held at Fort Des Moines in 1909 during President William Howard Taft's visit to Des Moines. Photos include: U.S. Army Field Kitchen, National Tournament, Des Moines, Iowa; Erecting Tents, U.S. Army Tournament, Des Moines, Iowa; Mess Time, U.S. Army Tournament, Des Moines, Iowa; President William H. Taft, National Tournament of U.S. Army, Des Moines, Iowa; "Pete", 2nd Cavalry, National Tournament, Des Moines, Iowa; Field Artillery, U.S. Army Tournament, Des Moines, Iowa; "We Belong to Uncle Sam", U.S. Army Tournament. 1909 postmark. Number 6.
Date Created: 1909
PID: grinnell:16138

Title: Pavilion and greenhouse, Central Park, Davenport, Iowa, Vander Veer Botanical Park
Description: In 1885 the city of Davenport acquired the property that had been the Scott County Fairgrounds. It is a significant example of landscape planning, and of the civic improvements that were being made by the city in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Five years after the land was purchased and improved it was named Central Park after New York City's park of the same name. Central Park was renamed Vander Veer after an early Davenport park commissioner in 1911. The park consists of 70.8 acres located at 215 West Central Park Avenue, Davenport, Scott County, Iowa, and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. 1909 postmark.
Date Created: 1909
PID: grinnell:18452

Title: Presbyterian Church, Bedford, Iowa, First Presbyterian Church
Description: The church was built in 1893 costing about $15,000. 1909 postmark.
Date Created: 1909
PID: grinnell:14210