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- Title:
- View of Mississippi River, looking North from Mother House Grounds, Dubuque, Iowa
- Date Created:
- 1915
- Description:
- Looking north at the great Mississippi River which is one of the world’s major river systems in size, habitat diversity and biological productivity, and is the second longest river in the United States. Land was purchased in 1889 with part of the money the Sisters of Charity of the Blessed Virgin Mary (BVM) received as part of an indemnity of $6,400 for buildings of theirs burned in Philadephia. The school and convent in Dubuque was moved south of Dubuque. The convent was called Mount Carmel and and the land, St. Joseph's Prairie. Mount Carmel Motherhouse sits on 110 acres overlooking the Mississippi River. In the past, the building was the spiritual home for nearly 600 Sisters in the community. The motherhouse is also the administrative center of the congregation. Number 22535.
- Subjects:
- Rivers Mississippi
- Physical Location:
- MS 01.108, Box 3 Series
- Location:
- Dubuque County (Iowa); Dubuque (Iowa)
- Latitude:
- 42.475929
- Longitude:
- -90.655481
- Source:
- Color lithograph print, divided back.
- Source Identifier:
- ihpc_dubuq0023
- Type:
- Image;StillImage
- Format:
- image/tiff
- Extent:
- 1 postcard : color ; 9 x 14 cm.
Source
- Preferred Citation:
- "View of Mississippi River, looking North from Mother House Grounds, Dubuque, Iowa", CollectionBuilder CSV, Digital Initiatives, University of Idaho Library
- Reference Link:
- https://black-sea-0a2020810-1.centralus.azurestaticapps.net/items/16031.html
Rights
- Rights:
- Grinnell College Libraries does not own the copyright in these images and therefore cannot give or deny permission to publish or distribute any of them. It is the researcher's responsibility to determine and satisfy copyright or other use restrictions when publishing or distributing material from this collection. Any materials used must carry a credit line: Historic Iowa Postcard Collection, Special Collections and Archives, Grinnell College Libraries.