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Title: Brooklyn High School cheer, Brooklyn, Iowa, B.H.S.
Description: Card has small school banner with cheer: "Whoop em! Skoop em! Thru and thru. We do! We do! Why don't you? Always loyal, always true, B.H.S. scarlet and blue"--t.p.. Copyright 1908 with Acmegraph Co. Number 015.
Date Created: 1908
PID: grinnell:13918

Title: Old Stone Church, United Church of Christ, Congregational Church, Grinnell, Iowa, First Congregational Church
Description: Looking northeast on Broad Street. Often called the "Old Stone Church". Erected in the year 1877. 1908 postmark. Number 156898.
Date Created: 1908
PID: grinnell:13285

Title: Grinnell High School, High School, Grinnell, Iowa
Description: Looking northeast from Fourth Avenue. The first Grinnell high school was built in 1904. An addition that expanded the building to include junior high students was completed in 1921. 1908 postmark. Number 61. It now houses the Grinnell Community Center.
Date Created: 1908
PID: grinnell:13809

Title: Home of Hon. J.B. Grinnell, Grinnell, Iowa
Description: Looking east from Central Park. Home of J.B. Grinnell and his wife Julia. The cellar was a registered stop in the Underground Railroad. A portion of the house was moved to Broad Street south of Third Avenue until the late 1970's. 1908 postmark.
Date Created: 1908
PID: grinnell:14513

Title: Methodist Episcopal Church, United Methodist Church, Methodist Church, Grinnell, Iowa
Description: Looking southwest on corner of Fifth Avenue and Park Street. The Methodist Church was begun in 1895 and completed and dedicated in 1896. Richardsonian Romanesque in architectural styling. 1908 postmark. Number 156902.
Date Created: 1908
PID: grinnell:13576

Title: Morrison Glove Factory, Grinnell Gloves, Morrison & Ricker Manufacturing Company, Glove Factory, Grinnell, Iowa
Description: Looking west from Broad Street. Established in 1856, the glove factory was Grinnell's first industry which originally manufactured gauntlet gloves. The building now houses Grinnell College offices. 1908 postmark. Number 156891.
Date Created: 1908
PID: grinnell:13476

Title: Stewart Library, Grinnell, Iowa, Public library
Description: Looking east from Broad Street. In 1901 Joel Stewart, a farmer, banker, and state legislator, offered to build the public library on land donated by the Congregational Church Society. The cornerstone was laid on May 7, 1901. 1 Listed on the National Register of Historic Places. 908 postmark. Number 60.
Date Created: 1908
PID: grinnell:13631

Title: North Star Mill, American Cereal Company, Stewarts [sic] Library, Grinnell, Iowa
Description: Looking east from Broad Street. In 1901, Joel Stewart, a farmer, banker, and state legislator, offered to build the public library on land donated by the Congregational Church Society. The cornerstone was laid on May 7, 1901. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places. 1908 postmark. Number 156897.
Date Created: 1908
PID: grinnell:13627

Title: First United Presbyterian Church, United Presbyterian Church, Grinnell, Iowa
Description: Looking south. The United Presbyterian Church was built in 1907 and razed in 1977 for the new church. 1908 postmark. Title supplied by cataloger.
Date Created: 1908
PID: grinnell:13856