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Title: Spaulding Production Line
Description: Photo of the production line of the Spaulding automobile at the Spaulding Manufacturing Company in Grinnell, Iowa. The man in the foreground with his hand on the brake is Ernest B. Jones of Grinnell, Iowa. Note the double rear springs similar to buggy springs. This early model has right-hand drive; later models had left-hand drive. The Spaulding automobile was produced from 1909 to 1916. Drake Community Library (Grinnell, Iowa) Archives. McNally photographs. Collection #1, Series #1-2.
Date Created: 1910
PID: grinnell:6417

Title: Tannery in Grinnell, Iowa
Description: Tannery north of Hazelwood Cemetery in Grinnell, Iowa, around 1915. Drake Community Library (Grinnell, Iowa) Archives. McNally photographs. Collection #1, Series #1-1.
Date Created: 1915
PID: grinnell:6271

Title: Temporary Stores in Central Park
Description: Photograph of the temporary stores built on the east side of the 800 block of Broad Street (in Central Park) after the big fire of 1889 in Grinnell, Iowa. Building labeled Post Office is in the center. June 1889. Drake Community Library (Grinnell, Iowa) Archives. McNally photographs. Collection #1, Series #1-2.
Date Created: 1889
PID: grinnell:6367

Title: Temporary Stores, Grinnell, Iowa, 1889
Description: Photograph of the temporary stores built on the east side of the 800 block of Broad Street (in Central Park) after the big fire of 1889 in Grinnell, Iowa. Drake Community Library Archives. Oversize photos.
Date Created: 1889
PID: grinnell:6070

Title: Grinnell Savings Bank
Description: Postcard view of the interior of the Grinnell Savings Bank, Grinnell, Iowa, established 1877. Postcard published by Fergason Post Card Co., Waterloo, Iowa. Drake Community Library (Grinnell, Iowa) Archives. McNally photographs. Collection #1, Series #1-1.
Date Created: 1920
PID: grinnell:6295

Title: New Gas Plant, Grinnell, IA
Description: Postcard view of Peoples Light and Fuel Co., Grinnell, Iowa. Slogans on the card read: "Use the light that lights," and "Use the fuel that makes cooking fun." Verso of postcard is addressed to "J.J. Mincer, 922 Main St., City" and is postmarked September 7, 1909. The message reads, "Gas will be turned on about Sept. 15 or 20," and is signed with a stamped "Peoples Light and Fuel Co." Photograph by Child. Drake Community Library (Grinnell, Iowa) Archives. McNally photographs. Collection #1, Series #1-1.
Date Created: 1909
PID: grinnell:6272

Title: Three Men Against a Wall
Description: Postcard view of three men dressed in suits and hats against a wall in Grinnell, Iowa (?). Poster for the 1914 film September Morn in shop window at left. Drake Community Library (Grinnell, Iowa) Archives. McNally photographs. Collection #1, Series #1-1.
Date Created: 1914
PID: grinnell:6355

Title: Tile Factory South of Grinnell, Iowa
Description: 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.
Date Created: 1900
PID: grinnell:6270

Title: W. G. Ray
Description: W. G. Ray, publisher of the Grinnell Herald from 1890-1936, standing in front of the Grinnell Herald Building at 813 5th Ave, Grinnell, Iowa, with his automobile. 1920s? Drake Community Library (Grinnell, Iowa) Archives. McNally photographs. Collection #1, Series #1-3.
Date Created: 1920
PID: grinnell:6160