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Greene Hall, Men's Dormitory, Coe College, Cedar Rapids, Iowa, circa 1940

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Linen

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A long, three-story buff-brick dormitory with a projecting central portico of white columns and rows of white-trimmed sash windows, seen across a broad lawn with a large shade tree at the right. The printed caption names it Greene Hall, the men's dormitory at Coe College in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. Coe College, founded in 1851 and affiliated with the Presbyterian Church, built a number of brick residence halls on its Cedar Rapids campus in the early twentieth century.

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PublisherCurteich
Series2B-H1219
ConditionVery good
Place depictedCedar Rapids News Agency, Cedar Rapids, IA
PublisherCurteich, Chicago, IL
NotesLinen-textured stock with visible crosshatch grain; no white border. Card number "2B-H1219" printed in the lower right corner, a Curt Teich-style job number. No postmark (unused card). Divided-back linen-era card with Curt Teich "C.T. Art-Colortone" imprint; distributed by Cedar Rapids News Agency. Light soiling and faint foxing, no tears.

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Greene Hall, Men's Dormitory, Coe College, Cedar Rapids, Iowa, circa 1940, postcard, c. 1930. PostalPast Collection. https://postalpast.com/postcard/greene-hall-mens-dormitory-coe-college-cedar-rapids-iowa-cir. Accessed October 25, 2026.