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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Grinnell High School football team champions in 1902. William S. Hodgdon is seated in the front row on the floor, the first person on the left. George Ernest Hodgdon is seated in the second row, the first person on the right. Drake Community Library (Grinnell, Iowa) Archives. Hodgdon Photographs Collection #259.
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The Julia Chapin Grinnell Maternal Association was established in 1902 with membership open to anyone interested in the training of children or in "preparation for motherhood." Meetings and lectures were sponsored with local school teachers and lists of children's names compiled so that the membership might pray for them in their birth months. The Ledger contains the constitution, list of members, and minutes from September 1902 - January 1910. A list of names with years in the back may be the list of children's names described above. Drake Community Library (Grinnell, Iowa) Archives. Collection #76.
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View of the front of Bailey and Rinefort Hardware store in Grinnell, Iowa, in 1902. The store was located at 914-916 Main Street. Dirt streets are lined with hitching posts, and several bicycles are parked in front of buildings. Drake Community Library (Grinnell, Iowa) Archives. Miscellaneous photographs. Collection #17-5, Views of Grinnell.
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This three-man team from Grinnell High School competed at the National High School track meet at Amos Alonzo Stagg Field at the University of Chicago on June 7, 1902. From left to right: George Longshore, Carl Kiesel, and William S. Hodgdon. Grinnell Register of June 10, 1902 carried the story. Photo by Child. Drake Community Library (Grinnell, Iowa) Archives. Hodgdon Photographs Collection #259.
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William S. Hodgdon, a Grinnell High School track star in the early 1900s and an unidentified man running on a dirt track. Drake Community Library (Grinnell, Iowa) Archives. Hodgdon Photographs Collection #259.
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On June 6, 1903, William S. Hodgdon, a track athlete at Grinnell High School, won the 440 yard dash at the University of Chicago Interscholastic Meet held at Marshall Field in Chicago. Hodgdon set a record with his time of 54.8 seconds. Hodgdon can clearly be seen in white with the Grinnell iron cross on the chest of his shirt in the end of race picture. Drake Community Library (Grinnell, Iowa) Archives. Hodgdon Photographs Collection #259.
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Men and women standing on top of a haystack which they had to climb a ladder to reach the top of. This is possibly the 1903 graduating class of Grinnell High School, Grinnell, Iowa. Drake Community Library (Grinnell, Iowa) Archives. Hodgdon Photographs Collection #259.
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Portrait of Bartholomew "Beth" Jenkins, an early pioneer of Poweshiek County, Iowa. Jenkins ran a lumber yard with Rodney Clark and was also, at various times, a farmer and a teacher. In 1903 he was elected Mayor of Grinnell. Drake Community Library (Grinnell, Iowa) Archives. Miscellaneous photographs. Collection #17-5, Views of Grinnell.
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Group of young women sitting on a tree branch. Possibly the 1903 graduating class of Grinnell High School, Grinnell, Iowa. Drake Community Library (Grinnell, Iowa) Archives. Hodgdon Photographs Collection #259.
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View of the Carnegie Library on the Grinnell College campus looking south along Park Street towards Goodnow Hall, probably shortly after Carnegie's construction in 1904. Drake Community Library (Grinnell, Iowa) Archives. McNally photographs. Collection #1, Series #1-2.
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Cooper family portrait. On the back of the photo is written, "My mother, father, sisters, and brother," as well as, "Lila, June 19, 1904." The following names, birthdays, and ages are also written on the back: 1st row [right to left] - Claire (Oct. 1, [age] 26), Mother (Dec. 2, [age] 52, Nell (Sept. 28, [age] 7, Dad (Sep. 14, [age] 56, Ina (May 19, [age] 31; 2nd row [right to left] - Ethel (Dec. 31, [age] 20, Lila (April 16, [age] 19, Bernice (June 15, [age] 17, Viola (April 21, [age] 15). Drake Community Library Archives. Oversize photos.
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Pamphlet published by the National American Woman Suffrage Association. This pamphlet discusses the "practical good" equal suffrage has done and gives examples of laws passed in Wyoming and Colorado. Drake Community Library (Grinnell, Iowa) Archives. Collection # 161.
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Grinnell High School in Grinnell, Iowa, shortly after construction, in 1904. This building was located on 4th Avenue across from Central Park. It was added on to in 1921. In the 1980s when the building was converted to the community center, the 1904 section of the building was torn down. Verso of photo is labeled, "The New High School Building. To Alice from Eddie." Drake Community Library (Grinnell, Iowa) Archives. Miscellaneous photographs. Collection #17-2, Grinnell Buildings.
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Pamphlet published by the National American Woman Suffrage Association. Judge Ben Lindsey of Denver discusses the effect of voting mothers on the success of the juvenile courts system in Colorado. Drake Community Library (Grinnell, Iowa) Archives. Collection #161.
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Letter on Spaulding Manufacturing Company letterhead dated October 4, 1904, in Reardon, Washington, from M.A. Sulser to George Hamlin, Grinnell, Iowa, concerning a sale note that was due on September 27th. Drake Community Library (Grinnell, Iowa) Archives. Pamphlet file : Grinnell (Iowa) -- Business & Manufacturing -- Spaulding Manufacturing Company.
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Pamphlet published by the Iowa Anti-Saloon League containing the liquor laws of Iowa and the Supreme Court decisions relating to liquor laws. Compiled by F.S. Dunshee, and authorized by the Governor and Executive Council of the State of Iowa. Drake Community Library (Grinnell, Iowa) Archives. Collection # 65.
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Pamphlet published by the National American Woman Suffrage Association. Mrs. Sarah Platt Decker's thoughts on equal suffrage. Drake Community Library (Grinnell, Iowa) Archives. Collection # 161.
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Pamphlet published by the National American Woman Suffrage Association. Includes President Roosevelt's statements on equal rights for women. Drake Community Library (Grinnell, Iowa) Archives. Collection # 161.
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Luncheon ticket for the Semi-Centennial of Grinnell celebration held at 1:00 p.m. on June 10 1904 at the Congregational Church. Ticket has a sketch of Grinnell in 1854. Drake Community Library (Grinnell, Iowa) Archives. McNally photographs. Collection #1, Series #1-1.
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Theater program. The Calocagathia-Institute Societies present The Little Minister, a comedy in four acts dramatized from the novel by J.M. Barrie. Performed at the Colonial Theatre, Grinnell, Iowa, on Friday Evening, March 25, 1904. Cast: Leonard T. Carney, Hallie C. Rerick, Verna Chase, L.J. Merrill, E.J. Jaqua, Allen Kenyon, Roscoe Brown, Milo Smith, Parker Fillmore, Cecil Vest, Morse Rew, Rush Denise, Earle Brundage, Oda Hall, Helen Sayles, Agnes Knowlton. Photo of cast on cover. Drake Community Library Archives. Early Theater Productions. Collection #100.