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new content added 08/02/2022
Photo Album index
Clayton County
Index
Guttenberg Photos
Photo postcard, postmarked 1910
~contributed by Errin Wilker
Greetings from Guttenberg, Iowa
From top left, clockwise: Methodist church & parsonage - Public school - Excursion Boat J.S. on the Mississippi river - Front street Guttenberg, stores L-R are Post Office, Clayton County Bank & Drug Store - No caption identifying the odd looking building - No caption identifying the middle bottom photo - St. Mary's Catholic church - Steamer Quincy (JO) Line ~contributed by Errin Wilker |
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First Street Guttenberg
~source: David Shedlock photo-postcard collection
[back is blank, card is not dated]
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Lakeside Ballroom, Guttenberg, Iowa
The ballroom was built in 1927. The big bands would make a stop here on their circle from Chicago, through Iowa, the Dakotas, Minnesota and back to Chicago. The ballroom is now a setting for weddings and banquets, and a restaurant. ~contributed by Joye Kohl |
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 Main Street Guttenberg, 1900 Kuempel's Store ~contributed by Helen Jennings |
 River Park Drive, Guttenberg ca1950's ~contributed by Helen Jennings |
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| ~source of the 3 photos above: Art Work
of Valley of the Mississippi from La Crosse, Wisconsin to
Keokuk, Iowa Published in 1899 by Art Photogravure
Company of OshKosh, Wisconsin ~contributed by Errin Wilker |
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Shady Park Motel
Hiway 52 1 Mile South of
Guttenberg, Iowa
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Back of card:
[no date, stamp, address or handwritten note on the back]
Printed:
Little Switzerland on U.S. Rt. 52
Midway between Chicago - St. Paul
Picto Cards - Kaeser & Blair, Cincinnati, Ohio
~source: David
Shedlock photo-postcard collection
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