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George M. West's old shop (now Gray's), viewed from across the street, Red Oak, 1946

Description:
Photograph of George M. West's old shop (now Gray's) standing along East Washington Avenue in Red Oak, Iowa. The brick-paved East Washington Avenue stretches across the foreground on a slight angle. A tree trunk lines the left edge. On the far side of the street, Gray's Paint and Body Shop stands at center. It is viewed at an angle from the front. The building has a false-front facade. A large sign over a line of windows and garage door reads, "Complete WHEEL ALIGNMENT GLASS INSTALLED WHILE YOU WAIT GRAY'S PAINT AND BODY SHOP BEE B LINE FRAME & AXLE STRAIGHTENING EQUIPMENT." To the right of Gray's, a shorter, adjacent building extends to the right and out-of-frame. A taller building hovers over it at far right. To the left of and adjacent to Gray's, another false-front building stands. It disappears behind the tree trunk at left and extends out-of-frame. A sign in partial view reads, "[...] & SONS [...] [a]nd FEEDS."
Date:
November 22, 1946
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:
West (H. H.) Collection
George M. West's old shop (now Gray's), viewed from across the street, Red Oak, 1946

View of the town square, looking northeast from the corner of Coolbaugh and North 3rd streets, Red Oak, 1946

Description:
Photograph of the town square in Red Oak, Iowa, viewed at a distance from the corner of Coolbaugh Street and North 3rd Street. The intersection of Coolbaugh and North 3rd streets spans the width of the foreground and stretches back. Coolbaugh veers towards the right and North 3rd veers to the left. The camera looks northeast from this intersection towards the town square. A park square stands in the near distance at center. Cars are parked around the perimeter of the square, nose-in. Beyond the park square, buildings lining the north side (left) of the square and the east side (right) stand in the distance.
Date:
November 22, 1946
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:
West (H. H.) Collection
View of the town square, looking northeast from the corner of Coolbaugh and North 3rd streets, Red Oak, 1946

Hotel Johnson, viewed from the side, Red Oak, 1946

Description:
A high-contrast photograph of Hotel Johnson in Red Oak, Iowa, as viewed at an angle from the side. A brick-paved street stretches back on an angle from the lower left corner and to the right. On the far corner, Hotel Johnson stands. It is viewed at an angle from the side and faces towards the left. A large tree along the left edge partially obscures the front of the hotel. Over the porch at far left, a sign reads, "HOTEL." The side of the hotel stretches back in tiers towards the right. It stands 3-storeis tall. A porch lines the center of the hotel along the first-floor. Lettering over the porch at center reads, "HOTEL JOHNSON." At the back of the building, a vertical sign reads, "HOTEL." Three cars are parked along the street that passes next to the hotel. All face towards the left. Along the bottom edge, a written and washed-out caption reads, "HOTEL JOHNSON RED OAK, IA. 3777."
Date:
November 22, 1946
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:
West (H. H.) Collection
Hotel Johnson, viewed from the side, Red Oak, 1946

View of the town square, Red Oak, 1900

Description:
View of the town square. A man and woman walk on the sidewalk at the left and other people walk on the sidewalk beyond them. A man crosses the square in the distance. There is a horse and buggy parked by the trees at the right. Other people walk among the trees. Utility poles and wires stretch down the street at the left. Buildings are visible at the left of the photograph and stretching across the block in the distance. There is a shadow of a man at the left of the photograph.
Date:
1900
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:
West (H. H.) Collection
View of the town square, Red Oak, 1900

Water tower standing in old Rynearson pasture, Red Oak, 1946

Description:
Photograph of a water tower standing in the old Rynearson pasture at the top of the hill in Red Oak. A road stretches through the foreground on an upward angle back from the lower left corner and towards the right. The photographer's shadow is cast onto the road along the bottom edge at left. What looks to be a park sits along the road on the far side of the street in the near distance. A few picnic tables and entrance gateway sit on the property. Beyond the gate, a large cylindrical water tower rises at center. At the top of the tower, it reads, "RED OAK." Bare trees line the far side of the road as it stretches into the distance.
Date:
November 22, 1946
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:
West (H. H.) Collection
Water tower standing in old Rynearson pasture, Red Oak, 1946