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Title: Centropolis Hotel, Colfax, Iowa, Citizens State Bank, Hotel Centropolis
Description: Looking at the front entrance of Hotel Centropolis which was a sanitarium and hotel in one. Citizens State Bank was located on the main floor. 1910 postmark. Number 165570.
Date Created: 1910
PID: grinnell:13782

Title: Cherokee State Hospital, Cherokee, Iowa, Cherokee State Hospital, Cherokee Mental Health Institute
Description: Looking west at the Cherokee Mental Health Institute which is a state-run psychiatric facility in Cherokee, Iowa. The hospital was opened for patients on August 15, 1902, and is located at 1251 W. Cedar Loop, Cherokee, Cherokee County, Iowa. 1910 postmark. Number 160242.
Date Created: 1910
PID: grinnell:13893

Title: Chicago Great Western train wreck, Clarksville, Iowa
Description: On May 5, 1910, there was a Chicago, Great Western freight train pile up outside Clarksville, Iowa, with one death and 3 injured.
Date Created: 1910
PID: grinnell:14066

Title: Clinton County Court House, Clinton, Iowa, Clinton County Courthouse
Description: Looking southwest at the Clinton County Courthouse is a Richardsonian Romanesque style structure constructed from 1892-1897 by architects Stanley Mansfield and Josiah Rice at a cost of $168,000. Located at 612 North 2nd Street, Clinton, Clinton County, Iowa, and Listed in the National Register of Historic Places. Number 21954.
Date Created: 1910
PID: grinnell:13880

Title: Coliseum building, Des Moines, Iowa, Des Moines Coliseum
Description: Looking north from East Locust Street. The Des Moines Coliseum was located across the street from the Des Moines Public Library on Locust Street and opened in 1908. It was used for large public events such as presidential speeches and Drake University basketball. The building was destroyed by fire in 1949. 1910 postmark. Number 1973. Series 252.
Date Created: 1910
PID: grinnell:18510

Title: Cottage Hospital, Creston, Iowa
Description: Cottage hospital was purchased in 1896 and grew to a ﬁfty bed institution, with complete equipment, located in a home of its own. Additional ground was required on the north and south and it had a power and electric plant of its own. It also provided a training school for nurses. It is now gone, but was located at 402-404-406 North Oak Street, Creston, Union County, Iowa. Number 39790.
Date Created: 1910
PID: grinnell:16970

Title: Dallas County Hospital, Adel, Iowa, Dallas County Poor Farm and Care Facility, Dallas County Care Facility, Inc.
Description: Between 1869 and the 1950s, the Dallas County Poor Farm & Care Facility supported many elderly single-male farmers, retired railroad men and construction workers in the central Iowa region. It is located at 25747 North Avenue, Adel, Dallas County, Iowa, and currently houses the Department of Human Services.
Date Created: 1910
PID: grinnell:13456

Title: Deep River High School, Deep River, Iowa
Description: Looking southwest at the front entrance of a two-story brick school building constructed at the turn of the century. 1910 postmark.
Date Created: 1910
PID: grinnell:18268

Title: Drake University, Des Moines, Iowa, Administration Building, Old Main
Description: Looking northwest at the front entrance of Drake University's Administration Building, now known as Old Main. Drake University was founded in 1881. The architectural style is High Victorian Gothic. Old Main is listed on the National Register of Historic Places and located at 2507 University Avenue, Des Moines, Polk County, Iowa. Number 28.
Date Created: 1910
PID: grinnell:18534