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Title: First M.E. Church, Clinton, Iowa, First Methodist Episcopal Church, First United Methodist Church
Description: Looking northeast at the brick and stone church built in 1903 by John Lake & Son at a cost of $30,000. Located at 621 South Third Street, Clinton, Clinton County, Iowa. 1908 postmark. Number 15931.
Date Created: 1908
PID: grinnell:13468

Title: Fourth Avenue north of Eleventh Street, Alton, Iowa, 4th Avenue north of 11th Street
Description: Looking north on Fourth Avenue at a residential dirt road. 1908 postmark.
Date Created: 1908
PID: grinnell:13940

Title: Fresh-soph tug of war, Iowa State College, Ames, Iowa, Freshman-sophomore tug of war, Iowa State University
Description: A college-sponsored freshman-sophomore tug of war tournament held in 1908 on campus in a trench dug near the athletic field. 1908 postmark.
Date Created: 1908
PID: grinnell:13491

Title: High school, Correctionville, Iowa
Description: Looking at the front entrance of the second schoolhouse built in 1872. It was located at 117 Driftwood Street, Correctionville, Woodbury County, Iowa. 1908 postmark. Number 63281.
Date Created: 1908
PID: grinnell:16244

Title: Holiday street scene, Climbing Hill, Iowa, Deer Run Trail, First Baptish Church
Description: Looking west on the Deer Run Trail in Climbing Hill, Iowa, with the First Baptish Church on the left. The community was named by C. E. Ostrander, the settler and postmaster. 1908 postmark.
Date Created: 1908
PID: grinnell:14035

Title: Home of "Quaker Oats", Cedar Rapids, Iowa, American Cereal Company, North Star Mill, Pepsico, Cedar River, Red Cedar River
Description: In 1873, the Stuart family from Canada and the Higley and especially the Douglas family from Cedar Rapids established an oatmeal mill (initially known as the North Star Mill). The company later adopted the name American Cereal Company and by the 1890s began to produce a product line known as "Quaker Oats". The Cedar Rapids Quaker Oats plant established its own skyline of manufacturing buildings and became one of the largest in the nation. 1908 postmark. Number 22222.
Date Created: 1908
PID: grinnell:13421

Title: Hotel Kimball, Davenport, Iowa, Burtis-Kimball House Hotel, Perry Apartments, Vale Apartments
Description: Looking northeast at a 5 story brick and stone building. The Burtis Hotel was built in 1874 next to the Burtis Opera House. The new hotel featured its own train platform as well as telephone, telegraph and an elevator. In 1880 the name of the hotel was changed to the Kimball House and it was advertised as the "largest and best hotel in Iowa." The hotel was transformed into an apartment building and renamed the Perry Apartments. In 1939, the building was repaired from a large fire and renamed the Vale Apartments. The building was torn down in 1993 because it was structurally unsafe. It was located at 210 East Fourth Street, Davenport, Scott County, Iowa. 1908 postmark.
Date Created: 1908
PID: grinnell:16200

Title: Iowa and Illinois Railway between Davenport, Iowa, Rock Island and Moline, Illinois and Clinton, Iowa, Iowa and Illinois Railway Company
Description: Front says: Trains every 60 minutes. In 1910, the Iowa and Illinois Railway secured a valuable freight terminal property in Davenport, Iowa. It included an office building and a warehouse which was occupied originally by the Burlington, Cedar Rapids and Northern Railway, under a right granted to it by the City of Davenport. The property reverted to the city and was offered to the Iowa and Illinois Railway Company. 1908 postmark.
Date Created: 1908
PID: grinnell:16199

Title: Kessel Hospital, Cresco, Iowa, Kessel, George, Howard County Hospital, Regional Health Services of Howard County, St. Joseph's Mercy Hospital
Description: The Kessel Hospital was founded by Dr. George Kessel, Grinnell College graduate, in 1902 and was the first hospital in Northeast Iowa. Dr. Kessel converted the home into a hospital. The Kessel Hospital became St. Joseph's Mercy Hospital in 1910 and was used as a nurses training school, the Howard County Hospital in 1974, and is now under the umbrella of Regional Health Services of Howard County. It is located at 235 Eighth Avenue West, Cresco, Howard County, Iowa. 1908 postmark. Number 463.
Date Created: 1908
PID: grinnell:16972