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Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds. Photograph of Frank Iddings standing at a bridge that once passed over the East Nishnibotna River before it was diverted. A road stretches across the foreground. Frank Iddings stands on the far side of the road in the near distance at right. Behind him, the bridge's guardrail extends horizontally out-of-frame at right. To the left of Frank, the land on far side of the road slopes downward toward a riverbed lined with trees. At far left, a road lined by a fence winds up a small hill. Text from negative sleeve: 2240. Red Oak Iowa Nov.22, 1946 1. The house at right is built mostly on the old G.M.West property and street cut thru. 2. A story and half house built on the old Austin property 3. Frank Iddings at bridge over what used to be the Nishnabotany [sic] River and Manker's Mills. Mill gone and river diverted. Right where those trees are I fished. 4. A little further on is the new channel of the Nishna [sic] with Frank Iddings beside the bridge. 5. Dr William S. Reiley. An old schoolmate and playmate and my catcher on the North Stare Base Ball Nine.
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