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Title: Second Avenue Bridge, Cedar Rapids, Iowa, 2nd Avenue Bridge, Cedar River, Red Cedar River
Description: Looking north at the Second Avenue Bridge over the Cedar River. The open-spandrel arch bridge was built in 1906 by the Marsh Bridge Company of Des Moines, Iowa, and reconstructed in 1965. Number 22207.
Date Created: 1915
PID: grinnell:14116

Title: Spaulding "30" touring car, Grinnell, Iowa
Description: Spaulding '30' Touring Car, Sliding Gear $1550, Planetary $1500, Without Top.--t.p. Originally started manufacturing buggies, the Spaulding Manufacturing Company introduced the first Spaulding automobile in 1909. Title supplied by cataloger. However, the Spaulding automobile never caught on and the last vehicle was made in 1916. Listed in the National Register of Historic Places.
Date Created: 1915
PID: grinnell:13556

Title: State Capitol of Iowa, Des Moines, Iowa
Description: Looking northeast at the Iowa State Capitol building which was completed in 1886 at a cost of $3,296,256, and, and at the time, was the only five-domed capitol in the country. The dome of the capitol is gilded with tissue-paper thin sheets of pure 23-karat gold, with a protective layer sealing the gold from the weather, and the top of its finial peak is 275 feet (84 m) above the ground. From its opening during 1884 until 1924, it was the tallest building in Des Moines, and likely the entire state. It is located at 1007 East Grand Avenue, Des Moines, Polk County, Iowa and listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Number 42.
Date Created: 1915
PID: grinnell:16849

Title: U[ncle] S[am's] Club, Grinnell, Iowa
Description: Looking west from Pearl Street. The Uncle Sam's Club was started in 1899 when a group of boys in the are began meeting under the direction of two collect students. The community later supported to building clubhouse in 1903. The center served until 1987 and the building was torn down.
Date Created: 1915
PID: grinnell:13620

Title: United Presbyterian Church, College Springs, Iowa, College Springs Presbyterian Church
Description: Looking northeast at the entrance to a three-story brick and stone church built in the mid-1800s and located at 809 Iowa Avenue, College Springs, Page County, Iowa. 1915 postmark.
Date Created: 1915
PID: grinnell:15753

Title: Unloading flying machine, Carroll, Iowa, Airplane, Herman R. Fessler Restaurant, The Carroll Times
Description: Looking northeast near the corner of East Fourth Street and North Court Street at a crowd of people surrounding a train car with a "flying machine" being unloaded. There is a pool and billiards sign on the left along with a restaurant owned by Herman R. Fessler. The Carroll Times building is across the street in the background. You can also see the cupola of the Carroll County Court House (1886-1965) in the upper left of the picture.
Date Created: 1915
PID: grinnell:13935

Title: View of Mississippi River, Dubuque, Iowa
Description: Looking north at the great Mississippi River which is one of the world’s major river systems in size, habitat diversity and biological productivity, and is the second longest river in the United States. Number 5900.
Date Created: 1915
PID: grinnell:16030

Title: View of Mississippi River, looking North from Mother House Grounds, Dubuque, Iowa, Motherhouse Grounds, Mt. Carmel Motherhouse, Mt. Carmel Convent
Description: Looking north at the great Mississippi River which is one of the world’s major river systems in size, habitat diversity and biological productivity, and is the second longest river in the United States. Land was purchased in 1889 with part of the money the Sisters of Charity of the Blessed Virgin Mary (BVM) received as part of an indemnity of $6,400 for buildings of theirs burned in Philadephia. The school and convent in Dubuque was moved south of Dubuque. The convent was called Mount Carmel and and the land, St. Joseph's Prairie. Mount Carmel Motherhouse sits on 110 acres overlooking the Mississippi River. In the past, the building was the spiritual home for nearly 600 Sisters in the community. The motherhouse is also the administrative center of the congregation. Number 22535.
Date Created: 1915
PID: grinnell:16031

Title: Wagon Bridge, Dundee, Iowa, Maquoketa River
Description: Looking north at a Lost Deck plate girder bridge over the Maquoketa River. It was demolished in the 1980s. Number 206.
PID: grinnell:14664

Title: Methodist [Church], Congregational Church, Baptist Church, Church of Christ, United Presbyterian Church, Welcome to our churches, Grinnell, Iowa
Description: Montage of six Grinnell, Iowa churches: Methodist, Baptist, Church of Christ, United Presbyterian and the Grinnell College chapel. Number 98. 1915 postmark.
Date Created: 1915
PID: grinnell:13408