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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

Title: Clinton Street, Albia, Iowa
Description: Looking south at a dirt street with street car rails and fire hydrant. 1918 postmark.
Date Created: 1918
PID: grinnell:14578

Title: Colo Cabin Camp at junction of Hi-Ways 30 & 65, Colo, Iowa, Colo Motel, Colo Cabin Camp at junction of Highways 30 & 65, Colo, Iowa
Description: Looking northeast at a one-story motel. Throughout most of the 1920’s, Charlie Reed allowed travelers to pitch tents on open land at this site. Beginning in 1928, however, that camping space was filled by the Colo Cabin Camp, which was also known by the late 1940’s as the Colo Motel, the sole name used after the mid-1950’s. This was an early use in Iowa of the term “motel,” a contraction of “motor hotel.” Connoting “modern,” this new word originated in California and quickly spread across the country after World War II. The motel has been recently remodeled and is now in use for those in need of a night’s stay. Number 5122.
Date Created: 1945
PID: grinnell:16991

Title: Compliments of Dr. H.H. DePew, Des Moines, Iowa
Description: Folding postcard containing a portrait of Dr. H.H. DePew; Dr. H.H. DePew and colleague; a manual typewriter and desk filled with pamphlets in Dr. DePew's office; a writing desk, chair and lounge chair in Dr. DePew's office; Dr. DePew's examination room with sink, instruments and examination chair; and a pile of leather straps apparently used in Dr. DePew's treatments. From an ad by Dr. H.H. DePew in the 1910 Des Moines Register, "I am the originator of the only technique for the treatment and cure of rupture without the use of the knife, truss or appliance of any kind. Hundreds of afflicted patients tell in most convincing language how they were cured by my treatment and are now well."
PID: grinnell:18533

Title: Congregational Church, Maquoketa, iowa, Maquoketa United Church of Christ
Description: Front entrance of one-story brick and stone church. The United Church of Christ came into being in 1957 with the union of two Protestant denominations: The Evangelical and Reformed Church and the Congregational Christian Churches. It is located at 206 East Platt Street, Maquoketa, Jackson County, Iowa. 1916 postmark.
Date Created: 1916
PID: grinnell:18261

Title: Continental Hotel, Centerville, Iowa, Hotel Barber Shop, E.A. Travis, Proprietor
Description: Looking southeast at the second, three-story, brick Continental Hotel which was rebuilt in 1893 after a fire destroyed the original building. Hotel Barber Shop, E.A. Travis, Prop. is printed on the awning. The building was restored in 1996 by Morgan Cline and it operates as an upscale hotel and is home to a leading restaurant in the area. It is located at 217 North 13th Street, Centerville, Appanoose County, Iowa. 1915 postmark. Number A-53171.
Date Created: 1914
PID: grinnell:14586

Title: Cottage Hospital, Creston, Iowa
Description: Cottage hospital was purchased in 1896 and grew to a ﬁfty bed institution, with complete equipment, located in a home of its own. Additional ground was required on the north and south and it had a power and electric plant of its own. It also provided a training school for nurses. It is now gone, but was located at 402-404-406 North Oak Street, Creston, Union County, Iowa. Number 39790.
Date Created: 1910
PID: grinnell:16970

Title: Council Bluffs Country Club, Lake Manawa, Council Bluffs, Iowa, Cut-Off Lake
Description: Looking north at the Council Bluffs Country Club which has its origin with the Council Bluffs Rowing Association, formed in 1887, and operated the club until 1928. Located at 4500 Piute Street, Council Bluffs, Pottawattamie County, Iowa. Lake Manawa was created in 1881 from a Missouri River flood. 1923 postmark. Number R-91415.
Date Created: 1923
PID: grinnell:16231