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Title: Stock Pavilion at Iowa State Fair Grounds, Des Moines, Iowa, Iowa State Fairgrounds, Livestock Pavilion
Description: Looking west at the 47,000 square foot Livestock Pavilion which was built in 1902, the first masonry building constructed at the fair. The Iowa State Fair and Exposition Grounds Historic District is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. 1911 postmark. Number R-21028.
Date Created: 1911
PID: grinnell:18777

Title: Street Scene, Dundee, Iowa, Dundee Savings Bank
Description: Looking north on North Center Street at the Dundee Savings Bank on the left and many horse and carriages parked on the street. The Dundee Savings Bank opened its door for business in July 1904. In 1906 a disastrous fire on the west side of the business district either damaged or destroyed the building and a new brick bank building was built in 1908. The bank closed during the Depression. 1911 postmark.
PID: grinnell:14666

Title: Street scene looking east, Anita, Iowa
Description: Looking east on Main Street in Anita, Iowa, with a cafe on the right and various stores & shop along the street. 1911 postmark.
Date Created: 1911
PID: grinnell:14245

Title: Street scenes, Colo, Iowa, Chicago and Northwestern Railroad Depot, Looking south on Fourth Street, Church of God, Colo Methodist Episcopal Church
Description: Montage of 5 street scenes and a train arriving at the station. The bottom right scene is looking south on Fourth Street with the Colo Methodist Episcopal Church on the right. The wooden church first belonged to the Church of God and was purchased and remodeled by the Methodist Church in 1886. 1911 postmark.
Date Created: 1911
PID: grinnell:14687

Title: Taylor County Court House and jail, Bedford, Iowa, Taylor County Courthouse
Description: Looking northeast at the three-story, Richardsonian Romanesque style building. The courthouse was completed in 1893 at a cost of $38,810. E.M. Ellison, Architect. Allen H. Chaffie, Builder. It is made of pressed brick and Bedford limestone. Located at 405 Jefferson Street, Bedford, Taylor County, Iowa. Listed in the National Register for Historic Places. The sheriff's office and jail are in the brick building to the right of the courthouse. 1911 postmark. Number 163.
Date Created: 1911
PID: grinnell:13624

Title: Walnut Street at night, Des Moines, Iowa, Lyric Theater, Mandelbaums
Description: Evening view of Walnut Street looking west at the Lyric Theater and Mandelbaum's on the right. 1910 postmark.
Date Created: 1911
PID: grinnell:18901

Title: Walnut Street looking south, Colfax [Springs], Iowa, Walnut Street looking south, Colfax, Iowa
Description: Looking south on Walnut Street at a residential area in Colfax, Iowa.
Date Created: 1911
PID: grinnell:14423

Title: Where the big carp was caught, Dundee, Iowa, Maquoketa River
Description: Looking at 3 men and a boy fishing in a homemade boat on the Maquoketa River east of Dundee, Iowa. The Maquoketa River is a tributary of the Mississippi River, approximately 150 miles long. Its name is derived from Maquaw-Autaw, which means Bear River in Meskwaki. 1911 postmark.
PID: grinnell:14667

Title: Window Display Leader Store, Gowrie, Iowa, Peters' Shoes
Description: Store window view selling Peters' Shoes, ribbons and a new line of silks. 1911 postmark.
Date Created: 1911
PID: grinnell:16913

Title: Winter scene, Clarksville, Iowa
Description: On Greene Street Looking northwest at a snow packed Main Street with a horse drawn sleigh. 1911 postmark. Number 7532. "Published for L. Ferris, Clarksville, Iowa." -t.p.
Date Created: 1911
PID: grinnell:14067