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Title: Fountain and the Campanile, Iowa State College, Ames, Iowa, Iowa State University, Fountain of the Four Seasons
Description: Looking north at the Fountain of the Four Seasons which was built in 1941. Created by Christian Petersen, four American Indian women sit around the fountain respresenting an ancient Osage prayer or chant of thanksgiving. Located at 2167 Union Drive, Ames, Story County, Iowa. 1949 postmark.
Date Created: 1949
PID: grinnell:13471

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: Frontier Inn, Atkins, Iowa, Freeman, Virgil
Description: Seven miles west of Cedar Rapids on Highway 30.--t.p. verso. The Frontier Inn was originally built and operated by Virgil and Ann Freeman in the mid-1950's in Newhall, Iowa and was relocated to Highway 30 near Atkins, Iowa in 1959.
Date Created: 1955
PID: grinnell:14579

Title: Grade School, Bedford, Iowa
Description: This large brick and stone building was erected in 1877 at a cost of about $20,000.
Date Created: 1910
PID: grinnell:14208

Title: Greetings from Burt, Iowa, German M.E. Church, School, Presbyterian Church, Methodist Episcopal Church, English M.E. Church, Burt United Methodist Church
Description: Montage of four building in Burt, Iowa: The English M.E. Church was built in 1889. The German M.E. Church was built in 1893. The Presbyterian Church was built in 1895. The two-story school was erected in 1893. 1909 postmark.
Date Created: 1909
PID: grinnell:13303

Title: Hand's Park, Armstrong, Iowa
Description: Campground, canoes and people picnicing on the East Fork Des Moines River near Armstrong, Iowa. 1917 postmark. Number 10.
Date Created: 1917
PID: grinnell:14243

Title: High School, Aurelia, Iowa
Description: A-U-R-E-L-I-A, That's the way to spell it, Aurelia Aurelia, That's the way to yell it.--t.p. verso. A.H.S. at top left and inlay photo of two-story wooden high school which was built in 1883 torn down in 1922. 1910 postmark.
Date Created: 1910
PID: grinnell:14467

Title: High school building, Avoca, Iowa
Description: Two story brick & stone high school building with bell tower. A combination gymnasium and auditorium, a library, a large study room, and five additional classrooms totalling $69,000 were added in 1926.
Date Created: 1910
PID: grinnell:14225

Title: High school, Ames, Iowa
Description: The older part of the high school (on left with five chimneys) was built in 1881-82. The eight-classroom addition on the right was built around 1900. In July of 1937, it was razed in preparation for the new high school building. 1913 postmark.
Date Created: 1913
PID: grinnell:14456

Title: High school, Anita, Iowa
Description: Looking east at the Anita High School built in 1900. It was located on the southeast corner of 690th Street and Troublesome Creek Road, Anita, Cass County, Iowa. The town was named after Anita Cowles, niece of the surveyor of the town site.
Date Created: 1920
PID: grinnell:14247