Drake Community Library Archives

Pamphlet published by the Iowa Anti-Saloon League and written by W.C. Barber speaking against a bill in the Iowa Legislature (House file No. 328) which provides for the adoption of the Australian ballot in place of the mulct petition. Drake Community Library (Grinnell, Iowa) Archives. Collection # 65.

Postcard view of the canning factory in Grinnell, Iowa. Postcard is addressed to Rob't W. Inglis, Franklin, Neb., and postmarked October, 1912. Drake Community Library (Grinnell, Iowa) Archives. Miscellaneous photographs. Collection #17-2, Grinnell Buildings.

Postcard view of the Congregational Church in Grinnell, Iowa. Postcard published by C.U. Williams Photoette in Bloomington, Illinois. Postcard is addressed to a Bortell in Grinnell, Iowa, and was written in Coon Rapids on May 31st and is signed, "Hat." Drake Community Library (Grinnell, Iowa) Archives. Miscellaneous photographs. Collection #17-2, Grinnell Buildings.

Seven horse-drawn delivery wagons from the Co-operative Delivery Co. in Grinnell, Iowa. Kingsland blacksmith shop in the background. Picture possibly taken at corner of 3rd Ave and West St., Grinnell, Iowa. Picture dated March, 27, 1912. Names of drivers given as: Sony, Jim, Austin, Dock, Monk, Ret, Dan, Toad and Stoops. Name on back of photograph is Homer Dawkins. Drake Community Library Archives. Oversize photos.

In this book for children, Peter and Polly meet as kittens, play together, go to school, fall in love, marry, have kittens of their own, and grow old together. Accompanying the story of their adventures are colored photographs of the "real" Peter and Polly, who were the pets of nature photographer Cornelia Clarke. As a young girl, Clarke, who grew up on a farm outside of Grinnell, taught herself the photographic arts by taking pictures of her cats with her father's camera. These photographs, which were originally in black and white, represent her early work. Original plate-glass negatives for six of the twenty-four photographs in Peter and Polly are in the Archives at Drake Community Library. Another original glass-plate negative of a photograph in Peter and Polly is housed in the Grinnell Historical Museum. Clarke was a premier nature photographer, well-known for her exquisite photographs of plants, insects, and animals, which were published both nationally and internationally. Drake Community Library (Grinnell, Iowa) Archives. Cornelia Clarke Collection. Collection #237.

Photograph of a 1912 Spaulding Fore Door. This was the first Spaulding model to have the front seat area enclosed by foreward doors. The Spaulding automobile was manufactured by the Spaulding Manufacturing Company in Grinnell, Iowa. Drake Community Library (Grinnell, Iowa) Archives. Miscellaneous photographs. Collection #17-4, Spaulding Company.

Postcard view of Arbor Lake in Grinnell, Iowa. Boathouse visible in the distance; bridge in the foreground. Picture is taken looking to the southeast. Published by Iowa Calendar Co., Marshalltown, Iowa. Drake Community Library (Grinnell, Iowa) Archives. McNally photographs. Collection #1, Series #1-1.

Members of the Poweshiek Club, Grinnell, Iowa, in 1913. Top row: Grant Ramsey, J.P. Ryan, Harry Harris, Scott MacEachron, Lambert Woods, Louis Kemmerer, Jesse Fellows, Fred Spaulding. Middle Row: Tad Lyon, John Gannaway, Ernest Spaulding, Harry Lamphere, Ben Ricker, L.G. Lemley, C.A. Radford, Ed Brande, Harold Beyer. Bottom Row: Harry Lyman, C.E. Harris, Will Haydon, George Hamlin, A.L. Frisbie, Sam Buck, Bert Clark, J.D. Stoops. Drake Community Library Archives. Oversize photos.

Photograph of a Spaulding automobile on the steps of the Iowa State Capitol in Des Moines, Iowa. The legend on the verso of the photo says: "The only loaded car to climb Iowa State Capital [sic] steps -- Climbed steps both west and east side of Capital [sic] building." Occupants of car are identified as follows: Front seat: E.H. Spaulding in drivers seat; Hal Wells in passenger seat. Rear seat, left to right: C.B. Kurtz, Spaulding Manufacturing Motor Car department Supt.; Fred Claiborne, part owner Claiborne Reno Paint Co,.Des Moines, and director of River to River; unidentified; Geo. L. Towne, realtor, Des Moines. Hal Wells held the cross state record in the River to River road race and the world's dirt road record, made in October 1913. Drake Community Library (Grinnell, Iowa) Archives. Miscellaneous photographs. Collection #17-4, Spaulding Company.