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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Spaulding factory varnish room, downstairs, circa 1900. Names listed on back of photo (some are indecipherable): ?, ?, Mr. Harry J?, Boss Lewis B?, Lewis Bogart, Dan F?, George Slater, Fuzzy Carter, Tom Carter, Earle Clifton, Walter Noble, Mr. Bertch. "Mrs. Charles Lewis, Grinnell, Iowa" is also written on the back of the photograph. Drake Community Library Archives. Oversize photos.
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Postcard of the Spaulding Manufacturing Plant, in Grinnell, Iowa. Postcard has caption: Grinnell, IA -- 73--. Drake Community Library (Grinnell, Iowa) Archives. McNally photographs. Collection #1, Series #1-3.
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Spaulding Manufacturing Co. plant in Grinnell, Iowa, looking west along the railroad tracks. Sign on side of building advertises "Spring wagons, buggies & carriages." Rock Island Line boxcars on tracks; steam locomotive in the distance. Drake Community Library (Grinnell, Iowa) Archives. McNally photographs. Collection #1, Series #1-3.
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Postcard view of Stewart Public Library, Grinnell, Iowa. Postcard produced by C.U. Williams Photoette, Bloomington, Illinois. Drake Community Library (Grinnell, Iowa) Archives. McNally photographs. Collection #1, Series #1-1.
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Pamphlet listing the topics of study club outlines prepared by the Iowa Traveling Library with the cooperation of the Iowa Federation of Women's Clubs. Outlines were available for loan from the Library. Drake Community Library (Grinnell, Iowa) Archives. Collection #161.
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Tile factory south of Grinnell, Iowa on the Missouri and St. Louis Railroad line. Stacks of tile are visible in the foreground. Drake Community Library (Grinnell, Iowa) Archives. McNally photographs. Collection #1, Series #1-1.
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Postcard view of crowd gathered around a traveling circus wagon in Grinnell, Iowa, near the intersection of 4th Avenue and Broad Street. Norris Livery visible in background. Drake Community Library (Grinnell, Iowa) Archives. McNally photographs. Collection #1, Series #1-1.
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Postcard view of the Union railroad depot in Grinnell, Iowa. The view is looking northwest showing the junction of the Rock Island Railroad (east-west) and the Missouri and St. Louis Railroad (north-south). Kruxo postcard. Drake Community Library (Grinnell, Iowa) Archives. Miscellaneous photographs. Collection #17-2, Grinnell Buildings.
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Construction of the water tower in Grinnell, Iowa, 1894. Drake Community Library (Grinnell, Iowa) Archives. Miscellaneous photographs. Collection #17-5, Views of Grinnell.
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View of 1407 Sixth Avenue in Grinnell, Iowa. Verso of photo reads: "Under the elms -- March 15, 1901 -- 1407 Sixth Ave., Grinnell." Additional notes on verso read: "Hobart carload lumber from Chicago. 1882 first coat of paint night before cyclone. Chicken feathers driven into wood. House had to be scraped. Used as hospital for injured. Dead bodies taken to house." The Grinnell Cyclone was on June 17, 1882. Drake Community Library (Grinnell, Iowa) Archives. Miscellaneous photographs. Collection #17-5, Views of Grinnell.
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Interior views of the first floor of Stewart Library in Grinnell, Iowa, probably shortly after its construction in 1901. Drake Community Library (Grinnell, Iowa) Archives. Miscellaneous photographs. Collection #17-1, Stewart Library.
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Photograph of the Iowa College football team in 1901. A young girl is holding the football in the center of the photo. Inset picture in the upper right is possibly the coach. Drake Community Library (Grinnell, Iowa) Archives. Miscellaneous photographs. Collection #17-3, Grinnell College.
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Letter from H.R. Booknau to G. H. Hamlin dated May 9, 1901, in which Mr. Booknau asks Mr. Hamlin to try to acquire a farm for him north of Malcom, Iowa, for $55 per acre. The letter is on letterhead for H.R. Booknau, Dealer in Live Stock and Real Estate. Drake Community Library (Grinnell, Iowa) Archives. Pamphlet file.
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Assumed to be a photograph of Mrs. Joel Stewart (Anna Marie Bush) taken in 1901 by Child Art Studio in Grinnell, Iowa. Drake Community Library (Grinnell, Iowa) Archives. McNally photographs. Collection #1, Series #1-2.
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View of twenty horses in the paddock at the Rock Island stockyard at 3rd Avenue and West Street in Grinnell, Iowa, in the early 1900s. The railroad is in the background. A sign which reads "Improved Montgomery Palace Stock Car" is visible. Photo by Child. Drake Community Library (Grinnell, Iowa) Archives. Miscellaneous photographs. Collection #17-5, Views of Grinnell.
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View of Stewart Library in Grinnell, Iowa, probably shortly after construction in 1901. Drake Community Library (Grinnell, Iowa) Archives. Miscellaneous photographs. Collection #17-1, Stewart Library.
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View of Stewart Library in Grinnell, Iowa, probably shortly after construction in 1901. Drake Community Library (Grinnell, Iowa) Archives. Miscellaneous photographs. Collection #17-2, Stewart Library.
grinnell:6431
Photograph of Stewart Library in Grinnell, Iowa, probably shortly after it was built in 1901. Norris Livery Stable is visible to the left. Drake Community Library (Grinnell, Iowa) Archives. Miscellaneous photographs. Collection #17-2, Stewart Library.
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Postcard view of Stewart Library in Grinnell, Iowa. Probably produced between 1901 and 1907. Front of postcard embossed with name, L.C. Adams. Drake Community Library (Grinnell, Iowa) Archives. Miscellaneous photographs. Collection #17-1, Stewart Library.
grinnell:12288
View of the interior of the Bailey and Rinefort Hardware Store on Main Street in Grinnell, Iowa, in 1902. Drake Community Library (Grinnell, Iowa) Archives. Miscellaneous photographs. Collection #17-5, Views of Grinnell.