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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

Title: Main Street, Avoca, Iowa
Description: Looking north at the Opera House Block with the bank building on the right and the opera house on the left with the cupola on top. 1908 postmark.
Date Created: 1908
PID: grinnell:14224

Title: Main Street, Chelsea, Iowa
Description: Looking north on Main Street (now Station Street) business district in Chelsea, Iowa. Huiskamp Shoes sign on side of building. The town of Chelsea was laid out in 1863 by Seneca Breese and J. Hunter within one square mile area about ten miles east of Tama City. 1908 postmark.
Date Created: 1908
PID: grinnell:14091

Title: Newton High School, Newton, Iowa
Description: The Newton High School was erected in 1907 at a cost of $72,000. It was built on the most modern and approved plans for school buildings, even to the items of sanitary drinking fountains. In 1957 high school grades 10-12 were moved to the new high school and the this building became part of the junior high campus. 1908 postmark.
Date Created: 1908
PID: grinnell:14451

Title: Park, Gilman, Iowa
Description: Two women and two children on a gazebo in a part in Gilman, Iowa. 1908 postmark.
Date Created: 1908
PID: grinnell:14414

Title: Part of Main Street, Ackley, Iowa
Description: Looking east at the Doepke building built in 1881 with a man and his automobile out front. 1908 postmark.
Date Created: 1908
PID: grinnell:14294

Title: Polk County Court House, Des Moines, Iowa, Polk County Courthouse
Description: Looking southwest at the Polk County Courthouse from 5th Avenue. The building was designed and built by Proudfoot and Bird in 1906 in the Beaux Arts style for a cost of $750,000 and is listed in the National Register of Historic Places. It is located at 500 Mulberry Street, Des Moines, Polk County, Iowa. 1908 postmark. Number 6414.
Date Created: 1908
PID: grinnell:18794

Title: Portrait of James Albert Woodburn and Jesse Macy
Description: Portrait of James Albert Woodburn (left) and Jesse Macy (right)
Date Created: 1908
PID: grinnell:18345