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Title: 1407 Sixth Avenue, Under the Elms
Description: View of 1407 Sixth Avenue in Grinnell, Iowa. Verso of photo reads: "Under the elms -- March 15, 1901 -- 1407 Sixth Ave., Grinnell." Additional notes on verso read: "Hobart carload lumber from Chicago. 1882 first coat of paint night before cyclone. Chicken feathers driven into wood. House had to be scraped. Used as hospital for injured. Dead bodies taken to house." The Grinnell Cyclone was on June 17, 1882. Drake Community Library (Grinnell, Iowa) Archives. Miscellaneous photographs. Collection #17-5, Views of Grinnell.
Date Created: 1901
PID: grinnell:12274

Title: Eva Craig Renfrow Wedding Portrait
Description: Wedding portrait of Eva Pearl Craig Renfrow. Eva married Lee Augustus Renfrow on July 31, 1901, in Grinnell, Iowa. Eva and Lee Renfrow were the parents of Edith Renfrow Smith. Portrait by John W. Kester, Grinnell photographer.
Date Created: 1901
PID: grinnell:12140

Title: Interior Views of Stewart Library
Description: Interior views of the first floor of Stewart Library in Grinnell, Iowa, probably shortly after its construction in 1901. Drake Community Library (Grinnell, Iowa) Archives. Miscellaneous photographs. Collection #17-1, Stewart Library.
Date Created: 1901
PID: grinnell:6435

Title: Letter from H.R. Booknau to G.H. Hamlin
Description: Letter from H.R. Booknau to G. H. Hamlin dated May 9, 1901, in which Mr. Booknau asks Mr. Hamlin to try to acquire a farm for him north of Malcom, Iowa, for $55 per acre. The letter is on letterhead for H.R. Booknau, Dealer in Live Stock and Real Estate. Drake Community Library (Grinnell, Iowa) Archives. Pamphlet file.
Date Created: 1901
PID: grinnell:12821

Title: Mason & Abel Buggy
Description: Black and white photograph of a small buggy manufactured by Mason & Abel, a manufacturer operating in Grinnell between 1901 and 1906. An advertising banner susrrounds the buggy box. The firm was founded by L.F. Mason and F.L. Abel, the former having been an employee of the Spaulding Manufacturing Company in prior years. L. F. Mason is supposedly pictured here, but is not identified.
Date Created: 1901
PID: grinnell:26625

Title: Mason Buggy
Description: Black and white photograph of a small two-seat buggy with a collapsible top. The buggy was manufactured by Mason & Abel, a manufacturer operating in Grinnell between 1901 and 1906. The firm was founded by L.F. Mason and F.L. Abel, the former having been an employee of the Spaulding Manufacturing Company in prior years.
Date Created: 1901
PID: grinnell:26627

Title: Mrs. Joel Stewart
Description: Assumed to be a photograph of Mrs. Joel Stewart (Anna Marie Bush) taken in 1901 by Child Art Studio in Grinnell, Iowa. Drake Community Library (Grinnell, Iowa) Archives. McNally photographs. Collection #1, Series #1-2.
Date Created: 1901
PID: grinnell:6428

Title: Rock Island Stockyards
Description: View of twenty horses in the paddock at the Rock Island stockyard at 3rd Avenue and West Street in Grinnell, Iowa, in the early 1900s. The railroad is in the background. A sign which reads "Improved Montgomery Palace Stock Car" is visible. Photo by Child. Drake Community Library (Grinnell, Iowa) Archives. Miscellaneous photographs. Collection #17-5, Views of Grinnell.
Date Created: 1901
PID: grinnell:12291

Title: Stewart Library
Description: Photograph of Stewart Library in Grinnell, Iowa, probably shortly after it was built in 1901. Norris Livery Stable is visible to the left. Drake Community Library (Grinnell, Iowa) Archives. Miscellaneous photographs. Collection #17-2, Stewart Library.
Date Created: 1901
PID: grinnell:6431

Title: Stewart Library
Description: View of Stewart Library in Grinnell, Iowa, probably shortly after construction in 1901. Drake Community Library (Grinnell, Iowa) Archives. Miscellaneous photographs. Collection #17-2, Stewart Library.
Date Created: 1901
PID: grinnell:6434