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Title: First M.E. Church, Clinton, Iowa, First Methodist Episcopal Church, First United Methodist Church
Description: Looking northeast at the brick and stone church built in 1903 by John Lake & Son at a cost of $30,000. Located at 621 South Third Street, Clinton, Clinton County, Iowa. 1908 postmark. Number 15931.
Date Created: 1908
PID: grinnell:13468

Title: Fourth Avenue north of Eleventh Street, Alton, Iowa, 4th Avenue north of 11th Street
Description: Looking north on Fourth Avenue at a residential dirt road. 1908 postmark.
Date Created: 1908
PID: grinnell:13940

Title: Fresh-soph tug of war, Iowa State College, Ames, Iowa, Freshman-sophomore tug of war, Iowa State University
Description: A college-sponsored freshman-sophomore tug of war tournament held in 1908 on campus in a trench dug near the athletic field. 1908 postmark.
Date Created: 1908
PID: grinnell:13491

Title: Frozen form pillars, Iowa River, Belmond, Iowa, Main Street Bridge
Description: Wintery scene of the frozen Iowa River looking at a Lost Pratt through truss bridge in the background. The bridge was replaced in 1977. 1908 postmark.
Date Created: 1908
PID: grinnell:14178

Title: General Election Nov. 3, 1908, Max M. Patton, Democratic Candidate For Auditor Marshall County, Laurel, Iowa
Description: Advertising card for democratic candidate, Max M. Patton from Laurel, Iowa who is running for the Marshall County auditor seat in 1908. 1908 postmark.
Date Created: 1908
PID: grinnell:14301

Title: Grinnell Savings Bank
Description: View of Grinnell State Bank at 825 4th Avenue on the north side of the street in 1908. Among the men standing in front are Carl Childs, Sam Pooley, and Geo. Walker.
Date Created: 1908
PID: grinnell:12974

Title: High School, Grinnell, Iowa
Description: Color postcard view of the south face of Grinnell High School in Grinnell, Iowa from Central Park. Postcard published by Jno. T. Faber Publisher, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, and addressed to Miss Lillian Bixby in Camden, Maine. Postmarked April 14, 1908, Grinnell, Iowa, and April 16, 1908, Camden, Maine. Signed by Mary Robison, Grinnell, Iowa. Drake Community Library (Grinnell, Iowa) Archives. Miscellaneous photographs. Collection #17-2, Grinnell Buildings.
Date Created: 1908
PID: grinnell:6530

Title: High Street, Kellogg, Iowa
Description: Looking up the street. Kingbury's Restaurant and Lunch Room is in the background. 1908 postmark.
Date Created: 1908
PID: grinnell:14360

Title: Holiday street scene, Climbing Hill, Iowa, Deer Run Trail, First Baptish Church
Description: Looking west on the Deer Run Trail in Climbing Hill, Iowa, with the First Baptish Church on the left. The community was named by C. E. Ostrander, the settler and postmaster. 1908 postmark.
Date Created: 1908
PID: grinnell:14035

Title: Home of "Quaker Oats", Cedar Rapids, Iowa, American Cereal Company, North Star Mill, Pepsico, Cedar River, Red Cedar River
Description: In 1873, the Stuart family from Canada and the Higley and especially the Douglas family from Cedar Rapids established an oatmeal mill (initially known as the North Star Mill). The company later adopted the name American Cereal Company and by the 1890s began to produce a product line known as "Quaker Oats". The Cedar Rapids Quaker Oats plant established its own skyline of manufacturing buildings and became one of the largest in the nation. 1908 postmark. Number 22222.
Date Created: 1908
PID: grinnell:13421