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U.S. Club, Grinnell from Robinson's monoplane, Grinnell, Iowa
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Description
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Looking south at Main Street, Broad Street, Spring Street and West Street. 1914 postmark. W.C. "Billy" Robinson was an early aviator who set an American nonstop distance flight record in 1914. He became the second officially appointed air mail carrier in the U.S. He built his own airplane & invented a rotary airplane engine. Robinson was killed in 1916 at age 31 in a plane crash while attempting to set an altitude record.
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Date Created
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1920
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PID
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grinnell:13663
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Main Street looking east, Sully, Iowa
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Description
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Looking east down Main Street at the general store and the drug store with several cars and persons out front.
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Date Created
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1920
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PID
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grinnell:14305
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Main Street, St. Anthony, Iowa
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Description
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Looking down a dirt Main Street with an automobile coming out of the city garage. A bandstand is in the background.
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Date Created
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1920
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PID
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grinnell:14308
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Panorama of Malcom, Iowa
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Description
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Looking north. Panoramic view of residential street and business district of Malcom, Iowa.
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Date Created
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1920
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PID
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grinnell:13971
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Title
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Grinnell High School, Spaulding Stock Chassis, Making World's Record, [Grinnell, Iowa]
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Description
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Looking northeast at Spaulding car driving west on Fourth Avenue. Hatch Apartments in background. Originally started manufacturing buggies, the Spaulding Manufacturing Company introduced the first Spaulding automobile in 1909. However, the Spaulding automobile never caught on and the last vehicle was made in 1916.
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Date Created
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1920
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PID
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grinnell:13299
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Title
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Washington Avenue, Monroe, Iowa
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Description
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Looking northwest at Washington Avenue. Oil company in foreground and meat market and pool hall in background. Directional sign in front of oil company says "Great White Way". Number 17202.
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Date Created
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1920
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PID
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grinnell:14336