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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 900 block of Main Street, Grinnell, Iowa, about 1907. Visible businesses include Mullins Pharmacy, Meat Market (McNallys?), The Leader, Lyric Theater, Bates & Stoaks Drugs, and Stick the Barber. Horse-drawn wagons in the mud streets. "No Swimming Here" sign posted by mud puddle in the middle of the street. Drake Community Library (Grinnell, Iowa) Archives. McNally photographs. Collection #1, Series #1-1.
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Date Created
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1907
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PID
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grinnell:6263
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Title
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View on Broad Street, Grinnell, Iowa
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Description
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Color postcard view of the west side of Broad Street between 4th and 5th Avenues in Grinnell, Iowa, about 1907. The First Congregational Church is partially visible on the right edge of the view. Postcard was made in Germany and imported by Brown & Harrington, Grinnell. Postcard published by C.E. Wheelock & Co. Drake Community Library (Grinnell, Iowa) Archives. Miscellaneous photographs. Collection #17-2, Grinnell Buildings.
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Date Created
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1907
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PID
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grinnell:6511
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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