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 the west side of the 900 block of Main Street in Grinnell, Iowa. A horse-drawn Co-operative Delivery wagon is being unloaded in front of Wesco and Roby Grocery which was located at 909 Main Street. Also visible is J.W. Harpster Furniture and Undertaking. Drake Community Library (Grinnell, Iowa) Archives. Miscellaneous photographs. Collection #17-2, Grinnell Buildings.
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Store front of A. McIntosh & Co.,Grinnell, Iowa, advertising dry goods, carpets and cloaks, as well as Ferris Good Sense corset waists. Man and woman standing in doorway. Stairway going up on the left says "Dentist."
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Postcard view of Arbor Lake, Grinnell, Iowa, from the south shore looking to the north. Boathouse on the right. Published by L.L. Cook, Lake Mills, Wis. Drake Community Library (Grinnell, Iowa) Archives. McNally photographs. Collection #1, Series #1-1.
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Postcard view of sailboats on Arbor Lake, Grinnell, Iowa. Boathouse and two other buildings on east shore pictured. Published by Pearson Ullberg Company, Minneapolis, Minn. Drake Community Library (Grinnell, Iowa) Archives. McNally photographs. Collection #1, Series #1-1.
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Postcard of Broad Street, Grinnell, Iowa, looking north from Commercial Street. Merchant's National Bank on the corner with barber shop below. McIntosh Grocery to the south. Early automobiles and bicycles on the street. Drake Community Library (Grinnell, Iowa) Archives. McNally photographs. Collection #1, Series #1-1.
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Postcard of Broad Street, Grinnell, Iowa, looking north from the corner of 3rd Street and Broad Street. Hotel, bank and Storm's are visible. Central Park is to the right. Early automobiles on the street. Drake Community Library (Grinnell, Iowa) Archives. McNally photographs. Collection #1, Series #1-1.
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Looking southwest along Broad Street in Grinnell, Iowa, between 4th Avenue and Commercial Street. Businesses visible include: Yeager & Stoakes Jewelry, Brock Bros. Dentists, and Storm's. Automobiles and a bicycle parked along the street. Drake Community Library (Grinnell, Iowa) Archives. Miscellaneous photographs. Collection #17-2, Grinnell Buildings.
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Postcard of the canning factory in Grinnell, Iowa. Drake Community Library (Grinnell, Iowa) Archives. McNally photographs. Collection #1, Series #1-3.
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Girl dressed in white walking bicycle into Central Park in Grinnell, Iowa. Drake Community Library (Grinnell, Iowa) Archives. McNally photographs. Collection #1, Series #1-1.
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George Ernest Hodgdon, Grinnell High School football player, dressed in padded pants and a turtleneck sweater with the letter G on the chest. Photo notes "Champion R Guard" and is dated 1900-01-02. Photograph by Child. Drake Community Library (Grinnell, Iowa) Archives. Hodgdon Photographs Collection #259.
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View looking east on the Rock Island railroad tracks in Grinnell, Iowa. Chapin House is on the left; the depot is visible in the distance. On the very far left of the image the pillars of the porch of the Monroe Hotel can be seen. Drake Community Library (Grinnell, Iowa) Archives. McNally photographs. Collection #1, Series #1-2.
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Postcard view of Grinnell College buildings along Park Street in Grinnell, Iowa. From left to right: Carnegie Library, Herrick Chapel, Steiner Hall and Goodnow Hall. Photo is between 1885 (when the building was built) and 1926 (when the dome on the tower was removed). Postcard published by Co-Mo Foto Co., Watertown, Wisc. Drake Community Library (Grinnell, Iowa) Archives. McNally photographs. Collection #1, Series #1-1.
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Postcard view of the Congregational Church in Grinnell, Iowa. A C.T. American Art postcard numbered 122421, published by Curt Teich Company between 1900 and 1908. Drake Community Library (Grinnell, Iowa) Archives. Miscellaneous photographs. Collection #17-2, Grinnell Buildings.
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Congregational Church, Grinnell, Iowa, known as the Old Stone Church. Shows electric poles along the streets and street lights. Drake Community Library (Grinnell, Iowa) Archives. McNally photographs. Collection #1, Series #1-3.
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Photograph of the Corrough Block at 901 Main Street (northwest corner of 4th and Main) in Grinnell, Iowa. Built in 1900 in Romanesque style; the building was significant for its use of stone and brick. The Main Street facade features rusticated stone. The Fourth Avenue facade is constructed of rough textured burgundy brick on the lower level and smooth-moulded buff colored brick on the upper level. The oriel window on the second floor was where the dental chair sat because of the good lighting. Photo also features man and woman standing outside of bank. Horses and buggies in the street. Boardwalk across the unpaved street. Visible businesses include F.A. Palmer Dentist, Lanphere Land co., Gallagher Dentist, and a drug store. Drake Community Library (Grinnell, Iowa) Archives. Miscellaneous photographs. Collection #17-2, Grinnell Buildings.
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Portrait of Dr. Samuel Austin Cravath, editor of the Grinnell Herald, Grinnell, Iowa, from 1872 to 1894. Portrait by Stallings. Drake Community Library (Grinnell, Iowa) Archives. Miscellaneous photographs. Collection #17-6, People.
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A family poses outside their rural home. A young boy sits on a horse; an older man wearing a hat, suit with vest and watch fob stands with his hands on his hips; another man and woman stand to the left. There is a windmill in the background. Drake Community Library (Grinnell, Iowa) Archives. Miscellaneous photographs. Collection #17-5, Views of Grinnell.
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Photograph of students outside of a schoolhouse. Back of photo is labeled: "School number 6, First school, Newburg, Ia. R.S.P." Drake Community Library (Grinnell, Iowa) Archives. Miscellaneous photographs. Collection 20, Grinnell Schools.
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Four actors from an early production of "She Stoops to Conquer," performed in Grinnell, Iowa by a traveling theater troupe, probably sometime in the early 1900s. The backs of the photos identify three of the actors as Bobbie Bridge as Miss Hardcastle, D.D. Griffith as Tony Lumpkin, and John Smith as George. Drake Community Library (Grinnell, Iowa) Archives. Miscellaneous photographs. Collection #100, Early Theater Productions.
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Postcard view of Fourth Avenue in Grinnell, Iowa, looking west from the intersection of Fourth Avenue and Broad Street. Mud streets, electrical poles along the streets. Postcard produced by C. U. Williams Photoette, Bloomington, Illinois. Drake Community Library (Grinnell, Iowa) Archives. McNally photographs. Collection #1, Series #1-1.