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Fire of 1889
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Description
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Photograph of the damage to the business district, seen northeast across the railroad to the Congregational Church, caused by the 1889 fire. In 1891 another fire destroyed the center of the block to the north.
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Date Created
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1889
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PID
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grinnell:3304
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Fire of 1889
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Description
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Photograph of damage to the business district caused by the fire of 1889. The view is northeast across the railroad to the Congregational Church; Central Park is on the right. As a result of the fire, the City Council set up a fire zone and forbade the use of wooden awnings. The width of Commercial Street, which varied, also was made uniform.
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Date Created
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1889
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PID
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grinnell:3317
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Title
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First Methodist Church, Fifth Avenue and Park Street
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Description
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Photograph of the First Methodist Church at Fifth Avenue and Park Street. The church was later moved to 616 Fourth Avenue, where it was used as an armory for about a year before it was destroyed by fire in 1896.
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Date Created
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1895
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PID
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grinnell:3316
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First Schoolhouse in Sugar Creek Township
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Description
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First schoolhouse and the first scholars of the first term of Sugar Creek Township, Poweshiek County, Iowa. From left to right: Levi McDowell, James Stanley, John English, Mrs. John Baker, Mrs. Sam Stewart, and Mrs. John English. The school was built in 1851 and the first teacher was Mr. Jack McDowell. Photo by Dr. John Souter; taken about 1898. Drake Community Library Archives. Oversize photos.
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Date Created
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1898
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PID
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grinnell:6062
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Fourth Avenue
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Description
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Photographs of commercial buildings on the north side of Fourth Avenue.
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Date Created
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1900
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PID
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grinnell:3299
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Geoff Peak Interview
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Description
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This is an oral history interview of Geoff Peak, a prominent teacher in Poweshiek County school systems and graduate of Grinnell College. The interview, conducted by Judy Hunter, recalls many of Geoff's memories from his days in a one-room schoolhouse and as a middle school, high school, and alternative program instructor.
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Date Created
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2014
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PID
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grinnell:23040