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Title: I.C. wreck, May 29, 1918, Aplington, Iowa, Illinois Central train wreck
Description: Men standing on top of a train car turned on it side. A crane is in the background. "Five persons were killed and a dozen injured when Illinois Central passenger train No. 11, westbound, was wrecked near Aplington. The track was weakened by the high water, the locomotive and mail car plunging onto the bank and the combination express and smoker turned over." Cited from the Oakland Tribune, Oakland, CA, 29 May 1918. 1918 postmark.
Date Created: 1918
PID: grinnell:13945

Title: I.C. wreck, May 29, 1918, Aplington, Iowa, Illinois Central train wreck
Description: Man standing on the remains of a train car. "Five persons were killed and a dozen injured when Illinois Central passenger train No. 11, westbound, was wrecked near Aplington. The track was weakened by the high water, the locomotive and mail car plunging onto the bank and the combination express and smoker turned over." cited from the Oakland Tribune, Oakland, CA, 29 May 1918. 1918 postmark.
Date Created: 1918
PID: grinnell:13947

Title: I.C.R.R. depot, Archer, Iowa, Archer Depot, Illinois Central railroad depot
Description: Looking southwest at a two story wooden depot building with Archer printed on the side, milk cans on platform and grain elevator in the background. 1913 postmark.
Date Created: 1913
PID: grinnell:13779

Title: Iowa River bridge, Belle Plaine, Iowa, South Bridge
Description: The Iowa River lattice through truss bridge was located just south of Belle Plaine, Iowa. Number E9363.
Date Created: 1905
PID: grinnell:14195

Title: July 1909 fire damage, Bayard, Iowa
Description: Building remains and charred trees from a 3:00 am fire in Bayard, Iowa, "starting in a restaurant and destroying the greater portion of the business section of the town causing approximately $50,000 worth of damage. It was reported that due to the heavy winds that morning, heavy blasts of dynamite had to be used to check the flames". Title supplied by cataloger.
Date Created: 1909
PID: grinnell:14211

Title: Library and hospital, Belmond, Iowa, Belmond Public Library, Steele Memorial Hospital
Description: Looking southeast at the Belmond Public Library on the corner built in 1917. Mr. Henry I. Crist donated $15,000 and deeded land to the library board while refusing a Carnegie grant of no more than $7,500 with the stipulation of naming the library "Carnegie Library". Due to considerable damage sustained by a tornado in 1966, the board decided to build a new library in 1973 in the same location as the old library. The Steele Memorial Hospital (privately owned by Dr. Glenn J. Hruska and Dr. S.P. Leinbach is the 3-story wood-framed building in the background which was converted to a hospital in 1937 and the one-story brick building in front of it was a clinic. A new hospital costing around $200,000 was built in 1951. The library is located at 440 East Main Street, Belmond, Wright County, Iowa. Number illegible.
Date Created: 1935
PID: grinnell:14584

Title: Looking southeast at Dewar, Iowa, Schmitt Brothers
Description: Looking southeast at the town of Delmar, Iowa, with the Schmitt Brothers hardware and implement store in the background. Frank K. Schmitt opened the business in fall of 1900 with his cousin, Frank Fritz. After Fritz's death, Frank J.'s brother Edward entered the partnership in 1902.
Date Created: 1905
PID: grinnell:16844

Title: Looking southwest at Dewar, Iowa, Mt. Zion Church, Mount Zion Church
Description: Looking southwest at the town of Delmar, Iowa, with the Mt. Zion Church in the background. The Mt. Zion Church was moved to Dewar from Bennington, Iowa, in 1905.
Date Created: 1907
PID: grinnell:16845

Title: Lutheran Church, Bellevue, Iowa, St. John's Lutheran Church, St. John Lutheran Church
Description: Looking southwest at the St. John Lutheran Church constructed in 1868 and the belltower was added later. Located at 300 South Third Street, Bellevue, Jackson County, Iowa. 1914 postmark. Number 27.
Date Created: 1914
PID: grinnell:13560

Title: M.E. Church, Anita, Iowa, Methodist Episcopal Church, United Methodist Church
Description: Looking at the Methodist Episcopal Church with horses and carriage in front. Number 34552.
Date Created: 1920
PID: grinnell:13574