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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: 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: Five Cylinder Motor
Description: Postcard view of a five cylinder motor built in 1909 at the Grinnell Washing Machine factory for Billy Robinson, Grinnell, Iowa, native and pioneer aviator. Azo stamp box on verso. Drake Community Library (Grinnell, Iowa) Archives. McNally photographs. Collection #1, Series #1-1.
Date Created: 1909
PID: grinnell:6299

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: H.T. Harrington Dray
Description: Postcard view of H.T. Harrington's dray and horses posed in front of the 900 block of the west side of Broad Street in Grinnell, Iowa. Businesses visible in the background are Simmon's Ideal Grocery and G. L. Miles Hardware. H.T. Harrington was a drayman whose business was located at 812 Commercial. Azo stamp box on verso. Drake Community Library (Grinnell, Iowa) Archives. McNally photographs. Collection #1, Series #1-1.
Date Created: 1900
PID: grinnell:6303

Title: Paving the Streets
Description: Image of a steam roller on Broad Street in Grinnell, Iowa. The downtown streets were first paved in 1909. The Congregational Church and Stewart Library are visible in the background. Drake Community Library (Grinnell, Iowa) Archives. Miscellaneous photographs. Collection #17-2, Grinnell Buildings.
Date Created: 1909
PID: grinnell:6520

Title: Rock Island Railroad Train in Grinnell, Iowa
Description: View of the Rock Island Railroad train in Grinnell, Iowa. Looking east-southeast from Park Street or slightly to the west of Park Street. Drake Community Library (Grinnell, Iowa) Archives. McNally photographs. Collection #1, Series #1-1.
Date Created: 1900
PID: grinnell:6300

Title: Rock Island Stockyards
Description: View of twenty horses in the paddock at the Rock Island stockyard at 3rd Avenue and West Street in Grinnell, Iowa, in the early 1900s. The railroad is in the background. A sign which reads "Improved Montgomery Palace Stock Car" is visible. Photo by Child. Drake Community Library (Grinnell, Iowa) Archives. Miscellaneous photographs. Collection #17-5, Views of Grinnell.
Date Created: 1901
PID: grinnell:12291

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