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Street scene, Grand Rapids Minnesota, 1890 Courtesy Minnesota Historical Society - click image to enlarge or to purchase

Hotel Pokegama, Grand Rapids Minnesota, 1897 Courtesy Minnesota Historical Society - click image to enlarge or to purchase

Itasca County Courthouse, Grand Rapids Minnesota, 1890 Courtesy Minnesota Historical Society - click image to enlarge or to purchase

Central School, Grand Rapids Minnesota, 1900 Courtesy Minnesota Historical Society - click image to enlarge or to purchase

Bird's eye view of Grand Rapids Minnesota, 1900 Courtesy Minnesota Historical Society - click image to enlarge or to purchase

Pokegama Dam on the Mississippi River, West End, 1904 Courtesy Library of Congress

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Leland Avenue, Grand Rapids Minnesota, 1909 LakesnWoods.com Postcard and Postcard Image Collection - click image to enlarge

Kindred Avenue, Grand Rapids Minnesota, 1910 Courtesy Minnesota Historical Society - click image to enlarge or to purchase

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Leland Avenue, Grand Rapids Minnesota, 1910 Courtesy Minnesota Historical Society - click image to enlarge or to purchase

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General view, Grand Rapids Minnesota, 1915 Courtesy Minnesota Historical Society - click image to enlarge or to purchase

Pokegama Hotel, Grand Rapids Minnesota, 1915 Courtesy Minnesota Historical Society - click image to enlarge or to purchase

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Pokegama Hotel, Grand Rapids Minnesota, 1920 Courtesy Minnesota Historical Society - click image to enlarge or to purchase

Itasca Paper Company, Grand Rapids Minnesota, 1920 Courtesy Minnesota Historical Society - click image to enlarge or to purchase

Forest Lake Lodge near Grand Rapids Minnesota, 1920 Courtesy Minnesota Historical Society - click image to enlarge or to purchase

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Street scene, Grand Rapids Minnesota, 1925 Courtesy Minnesota Historical Society - click image to enlarge or to purchase

Ogema Hotel, Grand Rapids Minnesota, 1925 Courtesy Minnesota Historical Society - click image to enlarge or to purchase

Presbyterian Church in Grand Rapids Minnesota, 1930 Courtesy Minnesota Historical Society - click image to enlarge or to purchase

Itasca Hospital, Grand Rapids Minnesota, 1930 Courtesy Minnesota Historical Society - click image to enlarge or to purchase

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Huson's Sandwich Shop, Grand Rapids Minnesota, 1935 Courtesy Minnesota Historical Society - click image to enlarge or to purchase

Pulpwood, Blandin Paper Company, Grand Rapids Minnesota, 1935 Courtesy Minnesota Historical Society - click image to enlarge or to purchase

Pokegama Hotel, Grand Rapids Minnesota, 1935 Courtesy Minnesota Historical Society - click image to enlarge or to purchase

Grade school, Grand Rapids Minnesota, 1937 Courtesy Minnesota Historical Society - click image to enlarge or to purchase

Dam on Mississippi River, Grand Rapids Minnesota, 1937 Courtesy Library of Congress

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Third Street West, Grand Rapids Minnesota, 1939 Courtesy Minnesota Historical Society - click image to enlarge or to purchase

Pokegama Avenue from the bridge, Grand Rapids Minnesota, 1939 Courtesy Minnesota Historical Society - click image to enlarge or to purchase

Itasca County FSA Supervisor looking over used farm machinery with client, Grand Rapids Minnesota, 1939 Courtesy US Library of Congress - click image to enlarge

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Main Street looking north, Grand Rapids Minnesota, 1940 Courtesy Minnesota Historical Society - click image to enlarge or to purchase

Third Street, Grand Rapids Minnesota, 1940 Courtesy Minnesota Historical Society - click image to enlarge or to purchase

Village Hall, Grand Rapids Minnesota, 1940 Courtesy Minnesota Historical Society - click image to enlarge or to purchase

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First Avenue West, Grand Rapids Minnesota, 1942 Courtesy Minnesota Historical Society - click image to enlarge or to purchase

Public library, Grand Rapids Minnesota, 1942 Courtesy Minnesota Historical Society - click image to enlarge or to purchase

Hotel Pokegama, Grand Rapids Minnesota, 1945 Courtesy Minnesota Historical Society - click image to enlarge or to purchase

Blandin Paper Company and Mississippi River, Grand Rapids Minnesota, 1945 Courtesy Minnesota Historical Society - click image to enlarge or to purchase

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Aerial Photo, Grand Rapids Minnesota, 1947 Courtesy Minnesota Department of Natural Resources - click image to enlarge

Plamor Roller Rink, Grand Rapids Minnesota, 1950 Courtesy Itasca County Historical Society - click image to enlarge

Dam washed out at Blandin Paper Company, Grand Rapids Minnesota, 1948 Courtesy Minnesota Historical Society - click image to enlarge or to purchase

Business section, Grand Rapids Grand Rapids Minnesota, 1950? Courtesy Minnesota Historical Society - click image to enlarge or to purchase

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Business section, Grand Rapids Minnesota, 1952 Courtesy Minnesota Historical Society - click image to enlarge or to purchase

Itasca County Courthouse, Grand Rapids Minnesota, 1952 LakesnWoods.com Postcard and Postcard Image Collection - click to enlarge

Lobby of Riverside Hotel, Grand Rapids Minnesota, 1952 LakesnWoods.com Postcard and Postcard Image Collection

Itasca County Court House, Grand Rapids Minnesota, 1954 LakesnWoods.com Postcard and Postcard Image Collection - click to enlarge

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Grand Rapids State Bank, Grand Rapids Minnesota, 1955 LakesnWoods.com Postcard and Postcard Image Collection - click to enlarge

Playground at Blandin Park beach, Grand Rapids Minnesota, 1955 Courtesy Minnesota Historical Society - click image to enlarge or to purchase

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Itasca County Court House, Grand Rapids Minnesota, late 1950s LakesnWoods.com Postcard and Postcard Image Collection - click to enlarge

US Highway 169 looking south across the Mississippi River, Grand Rapids Minnesota, 1960 LakesnWoods.com Postcard and Postcard Image Collection - click to enlarge

Residential Street, Grand Rapids Minnesota, 1960 Courtesy Minnesota Historical Society - click image to enlarge or to purchase

Tioga Mine #2, Grand Rapids Minnesota, 1960 Courtesy Minnesota Historical Society - click image to enlarge or to purchase

Aerial view of Blandin Paper Mill, Grand Rapids Minnesota, 1960 Courtesy Minnesota Historical Society - click image to enlarge or to purchase

Blandin Paper Company, Grand Rapids Grand Rapids Minnesota, 1960 Courtesy Minnesota Historical Society - click image to enlarge or to purchase

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Zion Evangelical Lutheran Church Grand Rapids Minnesota, 1960s LakesnWoods.com Postcard and Postcard Image Collection

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Kremer's Ben Franklin Store, Grand Grand Rapids Minnesota, 1960s? LakesnWoods.com Postcard and Postcard Image Collection- click image to enlarge

Rainbow Inn, Grand Rapids Minnesota, 1965 Courtesy Minnesota Historical Society - click image to enlarge or to purchase

Holiday Village Motel, Grand Rapids Minnesota, 1968 LakesnWoods.com Postcard and Postcard Image Collection - click to enlarge

Itasca Nursing Home, Grand Rapids Minnesota, 1968 Courtesy Minnesota Historical Society - click image to enlarge or to purchase

Central School, Grand Rapids Minnesota, 1970 Courtesy Minnesota Historical Society - click image to enlarge or to purchase

Interior, Central School, Grand Rapids Minnesota, 1970 Courtesy Minnesota Historical Society - click image to enlarge or to purchase

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Depot, Grand Rapids Minnesota, 1971 Courtesy Minnesota Historical Society - click image to enlarge or to purchase

Holiday Village Motel, Grand Rapids Minnesota, 1977 LakesnWoods.com Postcard and Postcard Image Collection - click to enlarge

Forest History Center, Grand Rapids Minnesota, 1980 Courtesy Minnesota Historical Society - click image to enlarge or to purchase

Robert J. Elkington Middle School, Grand Rapids Minnesota, 2002 Courtesy ISD 318

Grand Rapids Welcome Sign, 2003 LakesnWoods.com Photo - click image to enlarge

Blandin Foundation, Grand Rapids Minnesota, 2007 Courtesy Blandin Foundation

Snow Day - Winter Scene on Deer Lake, Grand Rapids Minnesota, 2007 Courtesy Deer Lake Association and Tom Nelson

Mississippi River at Grand Rapids Minnesota, 2007 Courtesy Webshots and popiel62

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