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ARCHIVED SECTION

The Gazette has been revamped. All materials published prior to July 2006 have been placed in this archived section, which will not be updated nor corrected unless someone brings a serious error to our attention. There is a new version, albeit minimalist, that has the potential to grow over time. more

 
We took plenty of photos of Gilbert's 125th anniversary celebration that was held on the weekend of July 30, 2004, and have posted them in a separate gallery.

  

City Hall on June 1, 2003
  


Click here for album of photos from July 14, 2002 in Gilbert.

    

Community billboard on east edge of town on June 27, 2002.
 

Infra-red aerial photos of Gilbert and surrounding area obtained from the
USDS Natural Resource and Conservation Service and
Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Photographs taken circa 2002.

  Long vertical view, includes Gilbert and as far south as the Ada Hayden Preserve.

  Medium view of Gilbert area.

  Closer view of Gilbert.

You can also go to the Iowa Geographic Map Server. It's a fascinating web site at Iowa State University where you can select any area of the State of Iowa and see aerial photos and maps.
 

Black and white aerial photos of Gilbert and surrounding land obtained from the
United States Department of Agriculture

  August 13, 1953
  September 22, 1972
  April 18, 1994
     

Aerial photo of Gilbert obtained from the
Story County Planning and Zoning Department

  1998
     

  
Main Street Gilbert, 1997. 
   
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Rural landscape viewed from northwest of Gilbert, 1996.

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For some of the photos, you can click on the image to see larger versions. 
To order notecards or enlargements of the color photos or others by Helen Gunderson, 
go to the notecard gallery of the Gunder-friend Productions web site.
 
Photographic archive of Gilbert images. Part of the larger Farwell T. Brown Photographic Archive at the Ames Public Library; images from 1885 to 1997
of Gilbert and nearby area.

      

This page is part of the Gilbert Gazette archives, which consists primarily of documents published prior to July 2, 2006.
  explanation of Gazette archives
main page of archive of Gazette materials
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