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Title: East Side of Broad Street between 4th and 5th Avenues, East Side of Broad Street between Fourth and Fifth Avenues
Description: Panoramic view of the east side of Broad Street between 4th and 5th Avenues in Grinnell, Iowa. 4th Avenue is on the right and 5th Avenue is on the left. Buildings (from left to right) are Norris Livery, Stewart Library, and the Congregational Church. Posters on the wall of Norris Livery advertise Forepaugh and Sells Bros. circus coming on August 1. Photo taken between 1902 and 1917. Drake Community Library (Grinnell, Iowa) Archives. McNally photographs. Collection #1, Series #1-2.
Date Created: 1905
PID: grinnell:6369

Title: George Richard Ross's Cycle Whirl
Description: Cyanotype showing George Richard Ross riding a bicycle on the wall of his "Cycle Whirl," built in the back yard of 817 7th Avenue, Grinnell. An original note on the back of the photograph reads: "GEORGE RICHARD ROSS and his "Cycle Whirl" -- 1900 / In Back Yard of Lot at Rear of Mrs. Valley's where he later erected his home 817 -7th Avenue Grinnell, Iowa." Another note added by J. Kleinschmidt dated 1/22/88 reads: "Mrs. "Valley" is Angie Valleau, widow, who lived in the old "Phelps" house at 1203 Broad at least from 1905 to 1910. House at right is 1203-05 Broad, at left is 1209 Broad; part of wall showing between is at 1206 Broad."
Date Created: 1905
PID: grinnell:26631

Title: Grinnell Center School Grade Eight, 1905
Description: A black and white photograph of 8th grade students at Center School in Grinnell, Iowa in 1905. The photograph seems to be taken at the front of a classroom, with students dressed formally and sitting at a desk or standing in a row at the back of the room. A chalkboard is on the right and the blinds are drawn for all but one window. The back of the photograph states: "Center School / Grinnell, Iowa / Grade 8 / 1905"
Date Created: 1905
PID: grinnell:26612

Title: Hotel Monroe, Grinnell, Ia., Hotel Monroe, Grinnell, Iowa
Description: Postcard view of the Hotel Monroe in Grinnell, Iowa. The Monroe was located on the northeast corner of Park Street and Third Avenue across from the railroad depot. Postcard published by C.E. Wheelock, Peoria, Illinois. Drake Community Library (Grinnell, Iowa) Archives. Miscellaneous photographs. Collection #17-2, Grinnell Buildings.
Date Created: 1905
PID: grinnell:6524

Title: Lyceum Agents Winter Retreat
Description: Postcard view of a man nailing a sign which says, "Closed for the summer" onto the door of a small hut made of sod(?). Printed on the bottom of the postcard is the text: "I am again ready to see you concerning a lecture course. When you are ready to see me, drop me a line. Laurence Tom Kersey, representing Slayton Lyceum Bureau, 907 Steinway Hall, Chicago." A sign above the door says, "Long. 100? West, Lat., 37? Nor." Verso of the postcard has a photo of a team of horses hitched to a covered wagon in the upper left corner. Drake Community Library (Grinnell, Iowa) Archives. Miscellaneous photographs. Collection #17-2, Grinnell Buildings.
Date Created: 1905
PID: grinnell:6512

Title: Main Street Looking North, Grinnell, Iowa, 919
Description: Colorized postcard view of Main Street in Grinnell, Iowa, looking north from the intersection of 4th Avenue and Main Street. Mud streets, electric street light hangs over the intersection. Postcard produced by C.U. Williams Photoette, Bloomington, Illinois. Drake Community Library (Grinnell, Iowa) Archives. McNally photographs. Collection #1, Series #1-1.
Date Created: 1905
PID: grinnell:6352

Title: Stewart Library and the Congregational Church
Description: Postcard view of Stewart Library and the First Congregational Church in Grinnell, Iowa, in the early 1900s. Drake Community Library (Grinnell, Iowa) Archives. Miscellaneous photographs. Collection #17-1, Stewart Library.
Date Created: 1905
PID: grinnell:6445

Title: Stewart Library, Grinnell, Iowa --34--
Description: Postcard view of Stewart Library in Grinnell, Iowa. Before 1917 as the Post Office has not yet been built to the north (left in the photo). Drake Community Library (Grinnell, Iowa) Archives. Miscellaneous photographs. Collection #17-1, Stewart Library.
Date Created: 1905
PID: grinnell:6439