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The Fraker collection of postcards consists of approximately 7,000 cards, depicting 501 Iowa cities and towns. The cancellation dates on the postcards range from the beginning of the 20th century to the 1960’s, although most cards date from circa 1910. The collection is arranged alphabetically. All towns with two or more cards are filed individually, while towns with only one card are filed at the beginning of their letter group. In box 17, there are several miscellaneous cards, including book cards, military cards, and unidentifiable cards. The book postcards of Iowa feature either towns or the state as a whole. There are also several postcards from military institutions across the United States. The unidentifiable cards are handmade, but were never sent through the mail and do not indicate their town. These cards depict a wide range of subjects, including people, homes, and businesses.

There are also approximately 1,200 postcards of Des Moines, as well as 1,000 views of Davenport. In addition, Ottumwa has three postcards of double length that portray panoramic views of the city. These are in box 14.

There are two scrapbooks in the manuscript collection; one is of the county courthouses of Iowa and the second is filled with postcards from Des Moines. These are both located at the end of the collection.

West Liberty, West Point, Wheatland, Whittier, Winfield, Winterset, Woodbine, Wyoming Zion City Single Postcards: Ainsworth, Akron, Alexander, Allerton, Allison<, Alta, Ankeny, Aredale, Arion, Arnolds Park, Aurelia, Avoca Badger, Bagley, Baldwin, Barnes, Batavia, Beulah, Boyer, Blockton, Blue Rapids, Bode, Bonaparte, Booneville, Blossburg, Buttonwood Farm, Bradgate, Breda, Buckeye, Buffalo Center, Buxton Camanche, Cascade, Cassville, Castana, Charter Oak, Cincinnati, Clarence, Clayton, Clearfield, Clermont, Conrad, Correctionvile, Covington, Crawfordsville, Cumberland, Cushing Dallas Center, Davis City, Dayton, Delaware, Delhi, Delphos, Dickins, Dolliver, Dorchester, Dougherty, Dublin, Dunkerton, Dunlap, Durfee Earling, Earlville, Elk Horn, Elwood Fairbank, Finchford Gamlin, Grand Junction, Grant Center, Green Mountain Harcourt, Harpers Ferry, Huxley Ionia, Iowa River, Irwin Janesville Kellerton, Kellogg, Kensett, Keswick, Keystone Lake Park, Lakewood, Lamoille, Ledyard, Libertyville, Lime Springs, Lineville, Liscomb, Little Rock, Little Sioux, Lohrville, Lost Nation, Lowden, Lowell, Luana, Luther, Lynnville, Lytton Mabry Mill, Macksburg, Manly, Manning, Mapleleaf, Maurice, Maxwell, Maynard, McIntire, Mediapolis, Milford, Milton, Mineola, Mordale, Monmouth, Montour, Montrose, Murray New Hartfod, New London, New Market, New Munich, New Providence, Numa Oakdale, Oakville, Olin, Onslow, Otter Creek, Ottosen Paullina, Peosta, Persia, Pleasantville, Pocahontas, Prairieburg, Prole, Protivin, Pulaski Quinby Radcliffe, Readlyn, Remsen, Renwick, Rockwell, Rolfe, Rowley, Rutland Salem, Seneca, Redfield, Shellsburg, Sioux Center, Soldier, Solon, Stanwood, Steamboat Rock, Stockport, Swisher Thornton, Toledo, Tompson, Tripoli Union, University Park Van Meter, Ventura, Vernon, Victor, Volga City Walcott, Watkins, Whiting, Whittemore, Wilton, Williams, Wiota

Scrapbook of county courthouses Scrapbook of Des Moines postcards

Waterloo, Waucoma, Waukon, Waverly, Weldon, Wellman, Wesley, West Bend, West Branch, West Burlington

Sidney, Sigourney, Sioux City, Sioux Rapids, Spillville, Spirit Lake, Springville, Stanton, State Center, Story City, Strawberry Point, Sumner, Sutherland Tabor, Tama, Tipton, Traer Ute Valley Junction, Van Horn, Villisca, Vinton Wadena, Wapello, Washington, Washta

McGregor, Mechanicsville, Melbourne, Menlo, Miles, Missouri Valley, Mitchellville, Monona, Montezuma, Monticello, Moravia, Mt. Auburn, Mt. Ayr, Mt. Pleasant, Mount Union, Mount Vernon, Muscatine Nashua, Nevada, Newell, New Sharon, Newton, Niagara Cave, Nora Springs, North English, Northwood, Norway Ocheyedan, Odebolt, Oelwein, Ogden, Okoboji, Onawa, Orange City, Osage, Osceola

Oskaloosa, Ossian, Ottumwa, Oxford Junction Panora, Parkerburg, Pella, Perry, Plainfield, Polk County, Postville, Preston Quasqueton Red Oak, Red Rock, Reinbeck, Ridgeway, Rippey, Riverton, Rockford, Rock Rapids, Rock Valley, Rudd, Russell, Ruthven, Ryan Sabula, Sac City, Sanborn, St. Charles, Shell Rock, Scranton, Sheldon, Sheffield, Shenandoah

Hawarden, Hawkeye, Hiteman, Holstein, Hopkinton, Hospers, Hubbard, Hudson, Hull, Humeston Independence, Indianola, Inwood, Iowa City, Iowa Falls, Iowa (State of) Jefferson, Jewell Kalona, Kanawa, Keokuk, Keosauqua, Klemme, Knoxville Lake City, Lake Mills, Lake Okoboji, Lamoni, Lansing, La Porte, Larchwood, Latimer, Laurens, Le Claire, Lehigh, Le Mars, Lenox, Leon, Lewis

Lidderdale, Linn Grove, Littleport, Livermore, Lone Tree, Low Moor, Luverne, Luzerne, Lyons Madrid, Manchester, Manilla, Manson, Mapleton, Maquoketa, Marble Rock, Marion, Marshalltown, Mason City, Massena, Marquette

Elkport, Elliot, Elma, Emerson, Emmetsburg, Epworth, Estherville, Exira Farley, Farmersburg, Farmington, Farnhamville, Farragut, Fayette, Festina, Fonda, Fontanelle, Forest City, Fort Des Moines, Fort Dodge, Fort Madison Galland, Galva, Garden Grove, Garnavillo, Garner, Garrison, Gilmore City, Gilman, Girard, Glenwood, Graettinger, Grand Mound, Granger, Granville, Greeley, Greene, Greenfield, Gregory, Grinnell , Griswold, Goldfield, Goodell, Guttenberg Hamburg, Hampton, Harlan, Hartley, Havelock

Council Bluffs, Cresco, Creston Davenport (in Boxes 4-5), Dawson, Decorah, Defiance, Des Moines (in Boxes 1-3), Deep River, Delmar, Denison, DeWitt, Doon, Dows, Dubuque, Dumont, Dyersville Eagle Grove, Earlham, Earlville, Eddyville, Edgewood, Eldon, Eldora, Elkader

Cedar Rapids (cont.), Center Point, Centerville, Central City, Chariton, Charles City, Charlotte, Cherokee, Clarinda, Clarion, Clarkesville, Clear Lake, Clinton, Colfax, Columbus Junction, Coon Rapids, Corning, Corwith, Corydon

Boone, Boyden, Braddyville, Brainard, Bridgewater, Brighton, Bristow, Britt, Brooklyn, Burlington Calmar, Carlisle, Casey, Cedar Falls, Cedar Rapids

Ackley, Adair, Adel, Albia, Alden, Algona, Allerton, Amana, Ames, Anamosa, Andrew, Anita, Anthon, Arlington, Armstrong, Arthur, Aspinwall, Atlantic, Audubon Battle Creek, Baxter, Beaman, Bedford, Bellevue, Belmond, Beloit, Bettendorf, Blairstown, Bloomfield