Postcards from Bauer Collection  

Judy (Messer) Bauer is connected to Odebolt through her great-grandfathers Adam Messer, Henry Leget and Joseph Konradi.  She is also a descendant of the Moorehead family of Ida Grove through her mother.  Her ancestors sent many postcards back and forth, especially postcards from the early 1900's in Odebolt.  Judy was raised in Ida Grove and is now a resident of Omaha., NE.  She and her husband made a special trip to Odebolt, bringing her postcard collection for me to scan for us all to view.  We thank her for sharing her collection with us.

I have purposely left the enlargements a good size in order to view more detail in the photos.  I have also cropped the borders off many of the postcards to allow more viewing area.  Please be patient when loading the enlarged photos.  You will not be disappointed.  

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1906 overview, looking southeast showing Green Bay Lumber and bandstand	1906 overviews looking south showing Petersmeyer Elevator	1906 overview showing Bowman's Lumber, looking east northeast	1906 looking west on Second Street; Library on the left
1908 North Side of 2nd St.	1910 1st Street	1910 Hamilton Park with Green Bay Lumber Co.	Hamilton Park looking toward SW corner of Main & 2nd
1910-looking north from Main & 2nd. See story	1910 scene, west side Main St. See story	1910 Corner of 2nd & Maple	1910 overview of Railway looking southwest
1910 Helsell Law Office	1910 Bowman Lumber	1914 Princess Theater & Model Meat Market	1st National Bank before the street was paved
Memorial Park, which replaced  Hamilton Park	A flood, circa 1920's	Lakewood Park, Lake View, IA where Odebolt people went to swim and picnic	The boat landing at Blackhawk Lake, Lake View, IA

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