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Title: Central Park after 1889 fire, Fire of 1889
Description: Photograph of the downtown district after the fire in June 1889, which destroyed everything between Broad and Main streets, from the railroad tracks to Fourth Avenue. This view, looking southeast across the rubble to Broad Street and Central Park, shows the temporary huts built by merchants to house the post office, bank, and other businesses.
Date Created: 1889
PID: grinnell:3288

Title: Fire of 1889
Description: Photograph of the damage to the business district, seen northeast across the railroad to the Congregational Church, caused by the 1889 fire. In 1891 another fire destroyed the center of the block to the north.
Date Created: 1889
PID: grinnell:3304

Title: Fire of 1889
Description: Photograph of damage to the business district caused by the fire of 1889. The view is northeast across the railroad to the Congregational Church; Central Park is on the right. As a result of the fire, the City Council set up a fire zone and forbade the use of wooden awnings. The width of Commercial Street, which varied, also was made uniform.
Date Created: 1889
PID: grinnell:3317

Title: Monroe Hotel Lobby
Description: Interior of the Monroe Hotel, Grinnell, Iowa in 1889 or 1899. Drake Community Library (Grinnell, Iowa) Archives. McNally photographs. Collection #1, Series #1-3.
Date Created: 1889
PID: grinnell:6148

Title: Preston's General Store, Main Street
Description: Photograph of a horse-drawn cart in front of Preston's General Store and a drug store on Main Street.
Date Created: 1889
PID: grinnell:3289

Title: Robert D. Steele family
Description: Photograph of the Robert D. Steele family, taken by Geist Photography in Montezuma, Iowa. Pictured are Robert D. Steele holding daughter, Elsie, and Laura Wilson Steele holding daughter, Blanche.
Date Created: 1889
PID: grinnell:6056