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Cedar Rapids Our tour continues, on the Crandic interurban, about 30 miles to the north, to Cedar Rapids. DocumentsDate added
Bever Park is in the southeastern portion of the city. Here we see a footbridge and cabin, with the clothing styles of the early part of the century very much in evidence.
Also in Bever Park is a zoo. Here's the Bear Den.
Across the Cedar River to the northwest is Ellis Park. This is a "pavilion" on the river's edge.
Another view of the Ellis Park pavilion.
A tranquil view along the Cedar River.
Downtown, of course, we find the old Post Office.
Cedar Rapids is home to the Iowa Masonic Library. This is the original building of the Library, built in 1884 and replaced by the present library in 1955.
What modern city of 1910 would be complete without the Elks Lodge?
The entrance to the Country Club...
A quiet scene in Green Square, a block-square park in downtown Cedar Rapids...
First English Lutheran Church. The building still exists, and a much more recent picture can be seen at the church's website.
Coe College has been a fixture of Cedar Rapids for more than a century. This is the Science Hall.
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"I will not accept second-place for the United States of America." ...President Barack Obama |
