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Title
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900 Block of Main Street, Grinnell, Iowa
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Description
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Postcard view of the west side of the 900 block of Main Street in Grinnell, Iowa. A horse-drawn Co-operative Delivery wagon is being unloaded in front of Wesco and Roby Grocery which was located at 909 Main Street. Also visible is J.W. Harpster Furniture and Undertaking. Drake Community Library (Grinnell, Iowa) Archives. Miscellaneous photographs. Collection #17-2, Grinnell Buildings.
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Date Created
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1900
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PID
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grinnell:11237
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Title
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Corrough Block, 901 Main Street, Grinnell, Iowa
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Description
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Photograph of the Corrough Block at 901 Main Street (northwest corner of 4th and Main) in Grinnell, Iowa. Built in 1900 in Romanesque style; the building was significant for its use of stone and brick. The Main Street facade features rusticated stone. The Fourth Avenue facade is constructed of rough textured burgundy brick on the lower level and smooth-moulded buff colored brick on the upper level. The oriel window on the second floor was where the dental chair sat because of the good lighting. Photo also features man and woman standing outside of bank. Horses and buggies in the street. Boardwalk across the unpaved street. Visible businesses include F.A. Palmer Dentist, Lanphere Land co., Gallagher Dentist, and a drug store. Drake Community Library (Grinnell, Iowa) Archives. Miscellaneous photographs. Collection #17-2, Grinnell Buildings.
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Date Created
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1900
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PID
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grinnell:5636
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Title
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Dr. Samuel Austin Cravath
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Description
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Portrait of Dr. Samuel Austin Cravath, editor of the Grinnell Herald, Grinnell, Iowa, from 1872 to 1894. Portrait by Stallings. Drake Community Library (Grinnell, Iowa) Archives. Miscellaneous photographs. Collection #17-6, People.
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Date Created
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1900
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PID
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grinnell:12478
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Title
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Manufacturing district, Grinnell, Iowa --1--
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Description
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Postcard of the manufacturing district in Grinnell, Iowa. The black column in the center of the image was a smoke stack at the Iowa Southern Utilities company that provided steam heat to the college and some of the downtown buildings. The building in the lower left corner of the picture was the One Minute Washing Machine Factory. The Elks Lodge is currently (2015) in that location on the southwest corner of Main Street and Third Avenue. Drake Community Library (Grinnell, Iowa) Archives. McNally photographs. Collection #1, Series #1-3.
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Date Created
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1900
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PID
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grinnell:6167