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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 court house, Council Bluffs, Iowa, Pottawattamie County Court House, Pottawattamie County Courthouse
Description: Looking southwest at the second Pottawattamie County Courthouse on South Pearl Street. The building was built in 1888 in Beaux Arts-style. It was later declared unsafe and was replaced with a Modernist structure in 1977. 1904 postmark. Number 5454. Copyright 1904 by H.K. Barnett.
Date Created: 1904
PID: grinnell:16978

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

Title: Clark Hotel, Albia, Iowa, Hotel Clark, Monroe Hotel
Description: Looking southeast at the Clark Hotel on Clinton Street. There are Western Union and AAA signs near the entrance. In 1932, O.A. Clark of Clarinda bought the Monroe Hotel from J.C. Stevens and changed the name to Hotel Clark. 1932 postmark. Number 0841.
Date Created: 1932
PID: grinnell:14463