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Title: Automobile Parked in Front of Cherokee Monument Company
Description: Automobile parked in front of Cherokee Monument Company at 126 E. Main Street in Cherokee, Iowa. The building in the background on the right is Lincoln High School which was on the northeast corner of Main Street and 1st Street. The high school was razed in 1960. Drake Community Library (Grinnell, Iowa) Archives. Hodgdon Photographs Collection #259.
Date Created: 1920
PID: grinnell:27281

Title: C.& N.W.R. Locomotive No. 2209, Chicago and North Western Railway Locomotive No. 2209
Description: Postcard view of C.& N.W. Railway locomotive No. 2209. Velox stamp box with diamonds in the corners. Drake Community Library (Grinnell, Iowa) Archives. Hodgdon Photographs Collection #259.
Date Created: 1907
PID: grinnell:27287

Title: C.&N.W.R. Steam Engine, Chicago and North Western Railway Steam Engine
Description: Postcard view of a C.&N.W. Railway steam engine and engineers. Azo stamp box with four triangles pointing up on verso. Drake Community Library (Grinnell, Iowa) Archives. Hodgdon Photographs Collection #259.
Date Created: 1910
PID: grinnell:27285

Title: Cherokee Monument Company Truck
Description: A uniformed man stands next to a truck with Cherokee Monument Co. on the driver's door. The truck has a 1921 Iowa license plate. Photo most likely was taken in Cherokee, Iowa. Drake Community Library (Grinnell, Iowa) Archives. Hodgdon Photographs Collection #259.
Date Created: 1921
PID: grinnell:27276

Title: D.M. Love Blacksmith & Wagon Shop, D.M. Love Blacksmith and Wagon Shop
Description: View of the D.M. Love Blacksmith and Wagon Shop in Winthrop (Buchanan County) Iowa owned by David M. Love. 1930s automobile and a John Deere tractor are in front of the shop. Drake Community Library (Grinnell, Iowa) Archives. Miscellaneous photographs. Collection #17-2, Grinnell Buildings.
Date Created: 1930
PID: grinnell:11310

Title: Donaldson Bros. Biplane, Donaldson Brothers Biplane
Description: A uniformed man with goggles on his forehead sits in the cockpit of a biplane which has Donaldson Bros. written on the side. Photo most likely was taken in Cherokee, Iowa. Drake Community Library (Grinnell, Iowa) Archives. Hodgdon Photographs Collection #259.
Date Created: 1920
PID: grinnell:27278

Title: Early Automobiles
Description: Postcard view of three early (1910s) automobiles, one a Ford and one an Oakland. The postcard was sent on June 12, 1911 from Mort(?) Powers of New Sharon, Iowa, to John Mincer of Grinnell, Iowa. The X under the automobile on the right probably identifies Mr. Powers. Photo was possibly taken in New Sharon. Drake Community Library (Grinnell, Iowa) Archives. McNally photographs. Collection #1, Series #1-1.
Date Created: 1911
PID: grinnell:6213

Title: Great Northern Mountain Engine No. 1907
Description: Steam locomotive with coal car. Postcard from George Hodgdon to William S. Hodgdon dated August 1, 1909 and mailed the same day with an R.P.O. (Railway Post Office) postmark. A second postmark on the front from Sioux City. Drake Community Library (Grinnell, Iowa) Archives. Hodgdon Photographs Collection #259.
Date Created: 1909
PID: grinnell:27284

Title: Man with Biplane
Description: A uniformed man with goggles on his forehead poses with a biplane. Photo most likely was taken in Cherokee, Iowa. Drake Community Library (Grinnell, Iowa) Archives. Hodgdon Photographs Collection #259.
Date Created: 1920
PID: grinnell:27277

Title: Steam Locomotive Coming into the Railyard
Description: William S. Hodgdon watches as a steam locomotive (#2461) comes into the trainyards, probably in Cherokee, Iowa. Azo stamp box with two triangles pointing up and two down on verso. Drake Community Library (Grinnell, Iowa) Archives. Hodgdon Photographs Collection #259.
Date Created: 1919
PID: grinnell:27286