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Title: Canning Factory, Grinnell, IA --90--
Description: Postcard of the canning factory in Grinnell, Iowa. Drake Community Library (Grinnell, Iowa) Archives. McNally photographs. Collection #1, Series #1-3.
Date Created: 1900
PID: grinnell:6168

Title: Chapin House
Description: 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.
Date Created: 1900
PID: grinnell:6377

Title: Come Back Cafe
Description: Come Back Cafe in Grinnell, Iowa. It was located on Commercial Street in what is currently (2014) the parking lot to the south of Grinnell State Bank. The window advertises "Regular Dinner" for 25 cents and "Hot Cakes" for 15 cents. Coca-Cola sign under window.
Date Created: 1900
PID: grinnell:6194

Title: Dr. Samuel Austin Cravath
Description: 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.
Date Created: 1900
PID: grinnell:12478

Title: George Fuller Gilbert and Edgar Elliott
Description: George Full "Jud" Gilbert and Edgar Elliott pose in their buggy in front of the Monroe Hotel in Grinnell, Iowa, circa 1900-1910. Jud Gilbert is the driver and Edgard Elliott is the passenger. The horses' names are Maud and Dandy.
Date Created: 1900
PID: grinnell:12457

Title: Looking West on 4th Avenue, Looking West on Fourth Avenue
Description: View looking west from Park Street on 4th Avenue in Grinnell, Iowa, with carriages parked along the street. The high school is visible on the far right side of the photograph, and to the left of that is the First Congregational Church (the Old Stone Church). Drake Community Library (Grinnell, Iowa) Archives. McNally photographs. Collection #1, Series #1-2.
Date Created: 1900
PID: grinnell:6418

Title: Manufacturing district, Grinnell, Iowa --1--
Description: Postcard of the manufacturing district in Grinnell, Iowa. The black column in the center of the image was a smoke stack at the Iowa Southern Utilities company that provided steam heat to the college and some of the downtown buildings. The building in the lower left corner of the picture was the One Minute Washing Machine Factory. The Elks Lodge is currently (2015) in that location on the southwest corner of Main Street and Third Avenue. Drake Community Library (Grinnell, Iowa) Archives. McNally photographs. Collection #1, Series #1-3.
Date Created: 1900
PID: grinnell:6167

Title: Nelson & Sons Sample Day, Grinnell, Iowa
Description: Photograph of 816-818 4th Avenue, Grinnell, Iowa, on Nelson & Sons sample day. Goods are piled on the sidewalk. Signs in the windows advertise 5 cent loaves of Liza Jane bread, 5 cent packages of Wrigley's Spearmint Gum, skeins of Ideal Nun's Pearl Luster and items to be given away free on Thursday, April 20. Salesmen and women sitting and standing in the doorways. Drake Community Library (Grinnell, Iowa) Archives. Collection # 17, Box # 1.
Date Created: 1900
PID: grinnell:5637

Title: Spaulding Buggy Factory
Description: Interior of the Spaulding Buggy Factory. Two of the workers are identified as Steve Smith and Tom Carter. Drake Community Library Archives. Oversize photos.
Date Created: 1900
PID: grinnell:6060

Title: Spaulding Factory Varnish Room
Description: 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.
Date Created: 1900
PID: grinnell:6059