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Title: Charles City Western Railway, Charles City, Iowa, Charles City & Western Railway, Charley Western Railway
Description: The rail line provided passenger service. By 1910, the Charles City Western Railway's interurban gasoline-powered streetcar was providing transportation down Main Street and eventually to Marble Rock. Local service ended in 1921. 1912 postmark. Number A-16351.
Date Created: 1909
PID: grinnell:13443

Title: Charles Theater, Charles City, Iowa, Charles Theatre
Description: Constructed in 1935, the ART DECO design included real gold leaf and is considered to be the best example of the few remaining ART DECO theaters in the United States.--t.p. verso. Located at 409 N. Main Street, Charles City, Floyd County, Iowa. Number 39130885.
Date Created: 1945
PID: grinnell:14097

Title: Chautauqua grounds, Creston, Iowa
Description: Circuit Chautauquas were part of a travelling adult education movement started at the turn of the century reaching Iowa in 1904. Special reports, pronunciation tests, and a variety of other exercises are introduced at the meetings. 1908 postmark. Number B1165A6.
Date Created: 1908
PID: grinnell:18448

Title: Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Depot, Creston, Iowa, Creston Railroad Depot
Description: Looking northeast at a three-story building which opened in 1899 at a cost of $75,000. Since Creston was a division point, the depot also contained numerous railroad offices on the upper levels for the division superintendent, dispatcher, roadmaster, physician and other officials. The depot abutted the busy Creston yards, which had one of the largest roundhouses in the CB&Q system. Today, the first floor houses an art gallery, senior center, and exhibits, while the second floor is reserved for municipal use. It is located at 200 West Adams Street, Creston, Union County, Iowa. 1909 postmark. Number 13636.
Date Created: 1909
PID: grinnell:16223

Title: Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Roundhouse, Creston, Iowa
Description: Looking northeast at one of the largest roundhouses in the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy system. The Creston railroad yards were built in 1871. The old machine shop building was destroyed by a tornado in 1946, and the remainder of the roundhouse burned down in 1981. Number 3872.
Date Created: 1905
PID: grinnell:16222

Title: Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Station and Adams Street, Creston, Iowa, Creston Railroad Depot
Description: Looking east at a three-story building which opened in 1899 at a cost of $75,000. Since Creston was a division point, the depot also contained numerous railroad offices on the upper levels for the division superintendent, dispatcher, roadmaster, physician and other officials. The depot abutted the busy Creston yards, which had one of the largest roundhouses in the CB&Q system. Today, the first floor houses an art gallery, senior center, and exhibits, while the second floor is reserved for municipal use. It is located at 200 West Adams Street, Creston, Union County, Iowa. 1911 postmark. Number 263.
Date Created: 1911
PID: grinnell:15624

Title: Citizens Bank, Altoona, Iowa, Jess R. Perry, Drug and General Store
Description: Looking west on Second Street with the Citizens Bank (built in 1909) and the Jess R. Perry Drug and General Store (established in 1911) on the left. The bank was changed to Shaffer State Bank in 1915 and Perry sold his store to Clyde L. Wilbern of Sibley, Iowa, in 1913. Number 11. Title supplied by cataloger.
Date Created: 1918
PID: grinnell:14264

Title: City Library, Des Moines, Iowa, Public Library of Des Moines
Description: Looking northwest at the 1903 three-story Beaux Arts style building designed by Des Moines architects, Gutterson & Smith, and constructed of salmon pink Minnesota limestone. It was the project of the Works Progress Administration. The building originally featured a fountain and stone steps, which were removed in 1955. It is no longer a library, but was acquired by the World Food Prize and is being renovated to serve as a museum to recognize great achievements in agriculture, a convocation center that will hold the World Food Prize International Symposium, a home for the Global Youth Institute, an educational facility that will feature interactive displays on hunger and food security and a conference center and community hall. It is located on Locust Street and listed in the National Register of Historic Places. 1908 postmark.
Date Created: 1908
PID: grinnell:15676

Title: City park and gazebo, Alden, Iowa, Iowa River
Description: Two-story wooden gazebo overlooking the Iowa River with two girls sitting on a bench. The town of Alden was incorporated in 1879. 1909 postmark. Number 4. Title supplied by cataloger.
Date Created: 1909
PID: grinnell:14279