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Title
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Billy Robinson's "Scout"
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Description
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Black and white photograph of Billy Robinson's "Scout" parasol monoplane, the first design he built at the Grinnell Aeroplane Company.
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Date Created
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1913
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PID
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grinnell:26632
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Title
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Horses and wagon in Grinnell
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Description
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Sepia cabinet card photograph of a wagon drawn by two horses in downtown Grinnell, Iowa. Two unidentified men sit in the wagon and the road is not paved. The picture was taken looking north into 4th Avenue from Main Street. The building on the right is advertising Organs & Sewing Machines.
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Date Created
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1885
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PID
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grinnell:26629
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Title
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Mason & Abel Buggy
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Description
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Black and white photograph of a small buggy manufactured by Mason & Abel, a manufacturer operating in Grinnell between 1901 and 1906. An advertising banner susrrounds the buggy box. The firm was founded by L.F. Mason and F.L. Abel, the former having been an employee of the Spaulding Manufacturing Company in prior years. L. F. Mason is supposedly pictured here, but is not identified.
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Date Created
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1901
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PID
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grinnell:26625
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Title
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Mason Buggy
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Description
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Black and white photograph of a small two-seat buggy with a collapsible top. The buggy was manufactured by Mason & Abel, a manufacturer operating in Grinnell between 1901 and 1906. The firm was founded by L.F. Mason and F.L. Abel, the former having been an employee of the Spaulding Manufacturing Company in prior years.
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Date Created
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1901
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PID
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grinnell:26627
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Title
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Spaulding Four Door Car
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Description
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Black and white photograph of a Spaulding open-top four-door car (model unknown) in front of a house. The license number is 47408 W/15. Three people are sitting in the car: a boy in white clothes and straw hat, a woman whose hat has a very large puff of some sort on the left side, and a man in the driver's seat who is wearing a suit and small brimmed hat. The car is in the yard of a dark colored frame house.
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Date Created
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1914
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PID
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grinnell:26633
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Title
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Spaulding H advertisement
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Description
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Copy of an ad for the Spaulding H 5-passenger car in the January 1914 issue of 'The Automobile' magazine. At the time, this Sleeper car sold for $1875. The ad is titled "Spaulding Radically Refines Bodies" and describes the changes and benefits of this newest model
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Date Created
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1914
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PID
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grinnell:26628
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Title
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Spaulding Racer
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Description
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Black and white photograph of the Spaulding Racer, a lightweight two-seat open-top car built on a stock chassis that broke the records for fastest time driving across Iowa and for highest speed on a dirt road during the 1913 River-to-River race. A sign on the car reads "THIS "SPAULDING" STOCK CHASSIS HOLDS THE CROSS STATE RECORD AND WORLD'S HIGH SPEED DIRT ROAD RECORD 337.8 MILES IN 8 HRS.14 MIN"
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Date Created
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1913
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PID
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grinnell:26626