Drake Community Library Archives

Digitized copies of materials from the Drake Community Library archives. Includes photographs and documents related to the history of the Grinnell community, businesses and organizations.

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Postcard view of Main Street looking south from 5th Avenue in Grinnell, Iowa. Businesses visible include McNally's Meat and Market, Brunswick Billiard Parlor, Brooks(?) Art Studio, and a garage. Drake Community Library (Grinnell, Iowa) Archives. McNally photographs. Collection #1, Series #1-1.
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View of Mears Cottage on the Grinnell College campus in Grinnell, Iowa. Drake Community Library (Grinnell, Iowa) Archives. Miscellaneous photographs. Collection #17-5, Views of Grinnell.
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Postcard of Mrs. Hunter at the printing press of the Grinnell Herald. Azo stamp box. Drake Community Library (Grinnell, Iowa) Archives. McNally photographs. Collection #1, Series #1-1.
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Troops pose outside the National Guard Armory which was located at 1028 Fourth Avenue in Grinnell, Iowa. Photo taken between 1910 and 1916. Drake Community Library (Grinnell, Iowa) Archives. Miscellaneous photographs. Collection #17-5, Views of Grinnell.
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Postcard view of a man posing in front of Norris Livery in Grinnell, Iowa. Norris Livery was located on the southeast corner of 5th Avenue and Broad Street where the U.S. Post Office is now located. About a dozen carriages are visible in the background. Kruxo stamp box on verso. Drake Community Library (Grinnell, Iowa) Archives. McNally photographs. Collection #1, Series #1-1.
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Postcard view of man and horse posing on the northwest corner of 4th Avenue and Main Street (in front of Norris Livery) in Grinnell, Iowa. Azo stamp box on verso. Drake Community Library (Grinnell, Iowa) Archives. McNally photographs. Collection #1, Series #1-1.
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View of parade in Grinnell on Broad Street in front of Norris Livery. Stagecoach in parade; wagons, horse and carriages parked along the road and spectators on the lawn of Stewart Library. Photo taken between 1902 and 1917. Drake Community Library (Grinnell, Iowa) Archives. McNally photographs. Collection #1, Series #1-2.
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Parade in Grinnell, Iowa. Photograph taken looking north along Broad Street from the corner of Broad Street and Commercial Avenue(?). Drake Community Library (Grinnell, Iowa) Archives. Miscellaneous photographs. Collection #17-2, Grinnell Buildings.
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Postcard view of a parade in Grinnell, Iowa, with horse-drawn floats, moving from east to west on 4th Avenue between Broad and Main Streets, about 1910. Azo stamp block on verso. Drake Community Library (Grinnell, Iowa) Archives. McNally photographs. Collection #1, Series #1-1.
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View of a parade, possibly 4th of July, looking northeast on Broad Street in Grinnell, Iowa. A line of Spaulding carriages pulled by an automobile and followed by other automobiles (possibly Spaulding) participate in a parade. The photo was taken sometime after 1902 (when Stewart Library was built) and before 1916 (when the post office was built). Photo by Child. The grass lot to the north of Stewart Library is where Norris Livery stood and where the post office stands now (2015). Drake Community Library (Grinnell, Iowa) Archives. Miscellaneous photographs. Collection #17-5, Views of Grinnell.
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Postcard view of Central Park in Grinnell, Iowa. The bottom of the gazebo (?) is visible and the south facade of the high school is visible through the trees. Drake Community Library (Grinnell, Iowa) Archives. Miscellaneous photographs. Collection #17-5, Views of Grinnell.
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Parker School in Grinnell, Iowa. Drake Community Library (Grinnell, Iowa) Archives. Miscellaneous photographs. Collection 20, Grinnell Schools.
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View looking west along the railroad tracks south of Central Park in Grinnell, Iowa. Drake Community Library (Grinnell, Iowa) Archives. Miscellaneous photographs. Collection #17-5, Views of Grinnell.
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Postcard portrait of Rev. George H. White. Rev. White was a missionary in Marash, Turkey, from 1857-1864. He was appointed pastor of the Chester Congregational Church in Poweshiek County, Iowa, in 1872, where he served until 1886, whereupon he moved to Grinnell, Iowa, and resided there for the remainder of his life. Drake Community Library (Grinnell, Iowa) Archives. Miscellaneous photographs. Collection #17-6, People.
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North side of Fourth Avenue in Grinnell, Iowa, looking towards the east. View is from the alley, mid-block, to the corner of 4th and Broad Street. Congregational church visible in the background. Drake Community Library (Grinnell, Iowa) Archives. Miscellaneous photographs. Collection #17-2, Grinnell Buildings.
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Men and women gather at "soldiers' row" in Hazelwood Cemetery in Grinnell, Iowa. Drake Community Library (Grinnell, Iowa) Archives. Miscellaneous photographs. Collection #17-5, Views of Grinnell.
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Postcard view of South School in Grinnell, Iowa. South School was built in 1877 and demolished in 1917. Postcard published by L.L. Cook, Lake Mills, Wisconsin. Drake Community Library (Grinnell, Iowa) Archives. Miscellaneous photographs. Collection #17-2, Grinnell Buildings.
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Photograph of the southwest corner of Broad Street and Commercial Street, Grinnell, Iowa, about 1910. Store is home to the W.W. Kimball Piano Co. dealership which is advertising pianos, sewing machines, and organs for sale. Two women in a horse and buggy on the dirt street. Man standing in the doorway of the store. Building block is 1889 Black(?) Drake Community Library (Grinnell, Iowa) Archives. Collection # 17, Box # 1.
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Photograph of a Spaulding touring car manufactured in Grinnell, Iowa. Price of the car is listed as $1550 with a sliding gear, and $1500 with a planetary gear. Neither price includes the top. Drake Community Library (Grinnell, Iowa) Archives. Miscellaneous photographs. Collection #17-4, Spaulding Company.
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Two Spaulding automobiles outside of the Spaulding Manufacturing plant in Grinnell, Iowa. The Spaulding automobile was produced from 1909 to 1916. Drake Community Library (Grinnell, Iowa) Archives. McNally photographs. Collection #1, Series #1-3.