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Childrens day Mumms Hall.JPG (52557 bytes)

inside_mumms_hall.JPG (50781 bytes)

 String of horses.JPG (63019 bytes)

This building was used for many functions. Everything from dances to gymnastics. It was located about half a mile South of Reinbeck. The Hall burned down in 1932.

This is the inside stage area of Mumms Hall. Mumms Hall burned down in 1932.

Notes on front of card says: Horses bought at Reinbeck by Wm. Holland. The building with the awning is still standing and is now a Laundromat. Other buildings are gone & replaced. This is on the West end and North side of Main St.

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Gathering along creek.JPG (67229 bytes)

 Grundy Center Public School.JPG (72466 bytes)

This is a shot of the West side of Broad St. looking South from Grundy Ave., now Highway 175. The building on the right is called the Grimm Hotel. It is doubtful if any of these building are left.

"Alumini (Alumni) on the Blackhawk, Reinbeck Iowa June 1911". The students all appear female. Blackhawk Creek is about half a mile North of town. 

On the front of the card it says: Grundy Center Public School. Date unknown.

Reinbeck water tower.JPG (64887 bytes)

R R Car.JPG (55990 bytes)

 Grundy Center Library.JPG (55679 bytes)

This water tower was torn down about 25 years ago. The new water tank is under ground about two blocks South
Rock Island Motor Car system inaugurated Aug. 23 1909, Reinbeck Iowa. This Railroad has been out of business for about 20 years, the tracks were torn out and the crossing leveled in 1985.
This the Grundy Center Library, date unknown. A large expansion project was done to this building and it now looks quite different, 2003.

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Ladys on tree.JPG (75779 bytes)

 recent courthouse.JPG (68508 bytes)
Potato Days Celebration Sept. 24, 1909. Old Glory only has 45 stars in the field.
This spot in the country was called Tschirgi's Grove. A popular picnic and gathering place which later became and still is, Oak Leaf Country Club. A nice little 9 hole golf course.
 The is a photo of the Grundy County Courthouse in Grundy Center about 1950 or a little earlier.

Memorial Bldg.JPG (74600 bytes)

So side Main St.JPG (74242 bytes)

 North side of Main St.JPG (55754 bytes)

This is the Memorial Building. The photo probably dates from the early 1950's just a few years after it was built. The building just to the left is the old fire station.

View of South side of Main St. The large building on the corner is still there, but the next 3 have been removed and new buildings put in place. Note the cast iron horse watering tank on the corner & the hitching posts.

 Recent image of the Main St, Reinbeck. Probably about the mid 1970's. All buildings are the same as they were then.

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 masonic hall.JPG (47322 bytes)

1909 Institute in Reinbeck

 Notes on back of card says, " Before 1918" Main St. Reinbeck Iowa
This depicts the Masonic Hall & Auto Paint Shop. Both are on the East side of Broad St, North of Main St.
Another building has been built next to the Masonic Hall, and the Paint Shop is now an apartment building.
 

John Ramsey.JPG (55747 bytes)

unloading corn 2.JPG (77555 bytes)

 Tom Wood unloading.JPG (58862 bytes)
There is writing on the front of this card stating that this is 12 days of feed for John Ramsey's 550 hogs. There are 12 wagon loads of hand picked corn 1914.
This is Tom Wood & his sons unloading corn using an elevator circa 1919.
 This is the Tom Wood family unloading corn at Tom Wood's farmstead North of Reinbeck, taken same day 1919.

Tom Wood's loads of corn.JPG (59115 bytes)

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 playground.JPG (61053 bytes)

 This is the Tom Wood family after picking 4 loads of corn by hand. In front center is Tom Wood, on the wagons are his sons Charles, Art, Fred, & Lohrman Wood. 1913.

 This originally was built in the mid 1890's to be used as a college. It operated that way for about 10 years and was then closed due to financial problems. It later was used by the City as the High School building for a few years. Then it was sold and a new high school was built on the "school" property several blocks away. This building was torn down and a home was built in its place by Alex Green. The street where this building was built is now called, you guessed it! College St.
**Updated: Photo taken directly behind the present Library as it stands today. Now this playground is covered by the Telephone Company Building, and the Post Office.

 

German M E Church.JPG (65274 bytes)

Post Office & Courier.JPG (45280 bytes)

 rag time charlie Grundy.JPG (69691 bytes)

This is the German M. E. Church which was located on the Broad St., almost across from the other Methodist Church which was on the corner of Randall & Broad St. This German M.E Church also burned to the ground in 1917, never to be replaced.

 Post Office & Courier. South side of Main St., Building no longer there. Building was acquired by the Lincoln Savings Bank. Submitted by Robert Voigt.
This fellow was brought to Reinbeck by a veteran of the Civil War in the late 1800's. He worked at odd jobs all over town. He was known as Rag Time Charlie.  When he passed away, he was buried in the Reinbeck cemetery. His headstone says he is Charlie Darky.