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Title: Brock Family in their 1910 Spaulding Automobile
Description: The Brock family in their 1910 Spaulding automobile. Dr. A. J. Brock, DDS, and daughter Beatrice Brock, age 3 1/2, are in the front seat. Mrs. Edith Brock and son Atwood, age 1 1/2, are in the back seat. The Spaulding was a 2-door right-hand drive automobile built in Grinnell, Iowa, in 1910. It had a 4 cylinder, 30 hp Rutenear motor and cost about $4800. Drake Community Library Archives. Oversize photos.
Date Created: 1911
PID: grinnell:6061

Title: Campus View Looking Northwest, Grinnell, Iowa -- 933
Description: Postcard view of the Grinnell College campus in Grinnell, Iowa, looking northwest from 6th Avenue. Alumni Hall on the right and Blair Hall in the center. Postcard is addressed to Miss Nettie Bayley in Encampment, Wyoming, and postmarked August 15, 1911, in Grinnell, Iowa. Postcard published by C.U. Williams Photoette in Bloomington, Illinois. Drake Community Library (Grinnell, Iowa) Archives. Miscellaneous photographs. Collection #17-3, Grinnell College.
Date Created: 1911
PID: grinnell:11792

Title: Contests in the Counties for Mulct Petition of Consents, Contest in Cities for Renewal of Consent
Description: Pamphlet published by the Iowa Anti-Saloon League concerning saloons in the counties and cities whose licenses were being contested by the League. Drake Community Library (Grinnell, Iowa) Archives. Collection # 65.
Date Created: 1911
PID: grinnell:5592

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: Evergreen Chicken near Montezuma, Iowa
Description: Postcard view of a farmhouse and barn with an evergreen bush that has been sculpted to have a chicken at the top. Postcard is postmarked October 7, 1911, in Montezuma, Iowa, and is addressed to Mrs. Hettie Hege, Columbus, Indiana. The card is signed by Mrs. Clevenger.
Date Created: 1911
PID: grinnell:12522

Title: Fellows House
Description: Photograph of the Jesse Fellows house at 1527 Broad Street in Grinnell, Iowa, across from Merrill Park. Drake Community Library (Grinnell, Iowa) Archives. Miscellaneous photographs. Collection #17-2, Grinnell Buildings.
Date Created: 1911
PID: grinnell:6503

Title: Julia Annah Pierce Breniman
Description: Julia Annah Pierce Breniman sitting in her wheelchair and holding a bouquet of flowers. She was married to Christian D. Breniman on November 17, 1867. They lived in Brooklyn, Iowa, and had 7 children. Mrs. Breniman was confined to a wheelchair due to varicose veins.
Date Created: 1911
PID: grinnell:27268

Title: Main Street, Montezuma, Iowa
Description: Postcard view looking east on Main Street in Montezuma, Iowa, from the intersection of North 3rd Street and Main. A parade,possibly 4th of July, is in progress with many automobiles and flags. Card is postmarked February 21, 1911, in Montezuma, and is addressed to Miss Helen Shivers, Cadiz, Ohio.
Date Created: 1911
PID: grinnell:12507

Title: Mulct Petition vs. Australian Ballot
Description: Pamphlet published by the Iowa Anti-Saloon League and written by W.C. Barber speaking against a bill in the Iowa Legislature (House file No. 328) which provides for the adoption of the Australian ballot in place of the mulct petition. Drake Community Library (Grinnell, Iowa) Archives. Collection # 65.
Date Created: 1911
PID: grinnell:5594

Title: Palmer Family Reunion
Description: Palmer family reunion photograph, probably taken in Grinnell, Iowa. Anson Hayden Palmer is the man with the beard with Abi Palmer to right of him. Nora Belle Palmer is the woman on the right with a baby in her lap (baby's image is very blurred). Charles Austin Palmer is possibly the man just behind her and to the right, kneeling with a small child.
Date Created: 1911
PID: grinnell:12014