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Title: Scene near Montezuma, IA
Description: Colored postcard scene of horse and wagon in field with corn shocks and man loading large pumpkins into the wagon. The text, "Scene near Montezuma, IA" is stamped onto the card. "No. 5866" on left hand side of card. Card is addressed to Mrs. Tom Goodlow, Montezuma, Iowa, and postmarked September, 1910.
Date Created: 1910
PID: grinnell:6250

Title: Scene on Fourth Ave., Grinnell, Ia. -- 6 --, Scene on Fourth Avenue
Description: North side of Fourth Avenue in Grinnell, Iowa, looking towards the east. View is from the alley, mid-block, to the corner of 4th and Broad Street. Congregational church visible in the background. Drake Community Library (Grinnell, Iowa) Archives. Miscellaneous photographs. Collection #17-2, Grinnell Buildings.
Date Created: 1910
PID: grinnell:6484

Title: Scene on campus, Iowa State College, Ames, Iowa, Iowa State University
Description: Pedestrian bridge and walkway over Squaw Creek on campus. 1910 postmark. Number 5227. Series 15850.
Date Created: 1910
PID: grinnell:13766

Title: School for Deaf and Dumb, Council Bluffs, Iowa, Iowa State Institution for the Education of the Deaf and Dumb, Iowa School for the Deaf
Description: The Iowa Institute for the Deaf and Dumb was moved from Iowa City to Council Bluffs in 1870 because the location was readily accessible by railroads and the 80-acre tract of land was purchased for a bargain price of $1,200. The school was a self-sustaining entity with its own farm, power plant and hospital. Today it has a state-of-the-art science center and updated learning spaces. Located at 3501 Harry Langdon Blvd, Council Bluffs, Pottawattamie County, Iowa. Number 21929.
Date Created: 1910
PID: grinnell:18378

Title: School house, Searsboro, Iowa, Searsboro High School
Description: Looking northeast at the Searsboro High School, established 1904.
Date Created: 1910
PID: grinnell:18252

Title: Second Street, Davenport, Iowa
Description: Looking at various shops and businesses on Second Street. Number 232098.
Date Created: 1910
PID: grinnell:16194

Title: Merchants National Bank, Poweshiek County National Bank, Brenton Bank, Wells Fargo Bank, Second engine and pullman, train wreck, March 21, 1910, Green Mountain, Iowa
Description: Several men clearing the wreckage where forty-seven people died in this horrific train wreck near Green Mountain and Gladbrook, Iowa on March 21,1910. "Instead of the engines running along on the ties after they left the track, they burried themselves deep in the high banks of the cut, causing the heavy sleepers to crush through and telescope the day coaches, killing or injuring every soul they contained." 1910 postmark. Number 10.
Date Created: 1910
PID: grinnell:14480

Title: Security Savings Bank building, Cedar Rapids, Iowa, Iowa Power and Light Building, Security Building
Description: Looking southeast at the north corner. Designed by Cedar Rapids architectural firm of Josselyn & Taylor and built in 1908 of limestone, brick, stucco and copper, this eight story brick building is listed in the National Register of Historic Places. The Cedar Rapids "Sunday Republican" for 12 April 1908 described this structure as the "first absolutely fireproof, steel framework, reenforced concrete structure" in Cedar Rapids, and "one of the city's notable achievements this year". Located at 201 Second Street SE, Cedar Rapids, Linn County, Iowa. 1910 postmark. Number 44.
Date Created: 1910
PID: grinnell:13773

Title: Seven Towers, Des Moines, Iowa, St. Paul's Episcopal Church, First Methodist Episcopal Church, Central Christian Church, First Baptist Church, Temple B'Nai Jeshurun, Plymouth Congregational Church, Central Presbyterian Church
Description: Looking north from Eighth Street and Grand Avenue this area in downtown Des Moines was once known as "Piety Hill". The churches include from left to right: St. Paul's Episcopal Church built in 1885, First Methodist Episcopal Church built in 1908, Central Christian Church built in 1909, First Baptist Church built in 1851, Temple B'nai Jeshurun built in 1883, Plymouth Congregational Church built in 1902 and Central Presbyterian Church built in 1867. Number 538.
Date Created: 1910
PID: grinnell:16133