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Title: Lincoln Highway, Belle Plaine, Iowa, Main Street
Description: Looking west at a bustling Main Street in Belle Plaine, Iowa with automobiles, horses and wagons. The East End Grocery and Bakery is on the left and a Boyson Jeweler sign and dentist sign are on the right. The Lincoln Highway was completed in 1913 and was America's first transcontinental highway from San Francisco to New York City. The highways passes through close to 50 Iowa towns. Number 562.
Date Created: 1917
PID: grinnell:14194

Title: M.E. Church, Belle Plaine, Iowa, Methodist Episcopal Church, Christ United Methodist Church
Description: The church was completed in September 1888 for a cost of about $8,500. Located at 708 15th Street, Belle Plaine, Benton County, Iowa. Number 171-3.
Date Created: 1923
PID: grinnell:13702

Title: Main Street, Belle Plaine, Iowa
Description: Looking southeast at Main Street. There is a horse trough in the foreground, two dentist office signs and a lawyers office sign in the middle of the block and the grain elevator located in the background.
Date Created: 1909
PID: grinnell:14199

Title: Main Street, Belle Plaine, Iowa
Description: Looking southeast at Main Street. There is a horse and buggy with 3 women stopped in front of the horse trough and a woman coming down the stairs from the side of the building on the right. Further down the street you can see two dentist office signs and a lawyers office sign in the middle of the block and the grain elevator located in the background. 1909 postmark.
Date Created: 1909
PID: grinnell:14187

Title: Main Street, Belle Plaine, Iowa, Butzloff Hardware Store, S.L. Van Scoy Dry Goods, Dr. Collins, Dentist
Description: Looking northwest at Main Street in Belle Plaine, Iowa with a horse trough in the foreground. The Butzloff Hardware Store is the first store and S.L. Van Scoy Dry Goods is the fourth store from the left. There is a dentist sign further down. 1911 postmark.
Date Created: 1911
PID: grinnell:14193

Title: Main Street, Belle Plaine, Iowa, Butzloff Hardware Store
Description: Looking northeast on Main Street in Belle Plaine, Iowa with the Butzloff Hardware Store on the left and a horse trough in the right foreground.
Date Created: 1913
PID: grinnell:14200

Title: Main Street, Belle Plaine, Iowa, Butzloff Hardware Store, Boyson Café
Description: Looking east on Main Street in Belle Plaine, Iowa with the Butzloff Hardware Store and Boyson Café on the left as well as a drug store and dentist office. The left side of the street shows another drug store and another dentist. 1914 postmark. Number 52.
Date Created: 1914
PID: grinnell:14185

Title: Oak Hill Cemetery, Belle Plaine, Iowa
Description: Looking north at the entrance gate to Oak Hill Cemetery in Belle Plaine, Iowa. The Belle Plaine Cemetery Association was formed in 1867. Number 21852.
Date Created: 1917
PID: grinnell:14198

Title: Office of Herring Cottage, "The Swellest Little Hotel in Iowa", Belle Plaine, Iowa, Herring Hotel, The Herring, Hotel Herring, The Graham House Hotel
Description: Looking inside at the front office to Herring Cottage showing a table with a fan plugged into the ceiling light, front desk, and a piano in the parlor. The Herring Cottage, owned and operated by William P. Herring, ran a small auto bus from the hotel to the railroad depot to pick up guests and deliver them back to the train. The hotel was originally built in Colonial Revival style in 1900, designed by Cedar Rapids architect, Charles A. Dieman, and contracted by James Park of Belle Plaine. It is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
Date Created: 1905
PID: grinnell:13789

Title: Photo of Frank E. Zalesky, Belle Plaine, Iowa, Pioneer Meat Market
Description: Photo of Frank E. Zalesky, butcher and owner of the Pioneer Meat Market in Belle Plaine. He is wearing an apron standing next to a meat slicer on the left and a cash register on the right. 1907 postmark.
Date Created: 1907
PID: grinnell:13587