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Title: Alex Manson
Description: Black and white photographic portrait of Alexander Manson (1875-1966) in police uniform with a badge reading "CHIEF" on his cap. Manson served as chief of police in Grinnell from 1921 through 1939. Judging by his appearance, this photograph was most likely taken in the 1920s. During World War I he joined the YMCA and served as secretary with overseas duty in Paris for 2 1/2 years.
Date Created: 1921
PID: grinnell:23239

Title: Armory, Grinnell, Iowa
Description: Postcard view of the Armory at 816 Fifth Avenue in Grinnell, Iowa. Postcard produced by C.U. Williams Photoette, Bloomington, Illinois. Drake Community Library (Grinnell, Iowa) Archives. McNally photographs. Collection #1, Series #1-1.
Date Created: 1920
PID: grinnell:6280

Title: Barbershop
Description: At the east end of the 900 block of Main Street in Grinnell, Iowa. Post Office with barbershop in the cellar in 1919. Standing in front on either side of a barbershop pole are: Les Grooms, Barney (Bony) Little, unknown itinerant barber, G.B. McGuin (assistant postmaster) and Glen Anderson (post office). Drake Community Library (Grinnell, Iowa) Archives. McNally photographs. Collection #1, Series #1-3.
Date Created: 1919
PID: grinnell:6152

Title: Blue World War I Luggage Tag
Description: Roy McNeal's World War I luggage tag reads: Troop Space 23; Bunk No. 22; Mess, 2nd sitting; Abandon Ship station, Raft 63.
Date Created: 1917
PID: grinnell:27216

Title: Central Park Plans
Description: A plan for downtown Grinnell, Iowa, including the sidewalks and Central Park gazebo created by an Iowa State University Landscape Architecture student in Summer 1994. Other plans are available in the Drake archives. Drake Community Library (Grinnell, Iowa) Archives. Imagine Grinnell Slides, p.8, slide 17.
Date Created: 1994
PID: grinnell:20326

Title: Children's Room, Stewart Library
Description: Views of the children's room in Stewart Library, Grinnell, Iowa, before the renovations in 1980. The child pictured is Lisa York. Drake Community Library (Grinnell, Iowa) Archives. Miscellaneous photographs. Collection #17-2, Stewart Library.
Date Created: 1978
PID: grinnell:6471

Title: Circulation Desk at Stewart Library
Description: View of the circulation desk and first floor of Stewart Library in Grinnell, Iowa, looking down from the mezzanine towards the front of the building. Drake Community Library (Grinnell, Iowa) Archives. Miscellaneous photographs. Collection #17-1, Stewart Library.
Date Created: 1978
PID: grinnell:6473

Title: Circulation Desk at Stewart Library
Description: Views of the circulation desk at Stewart Library before the renovations in 1980. Library stacks in the background. Lorna Caulkins at the desk to the left. Drake Community Library (Grinnell, Iowa) Archives. Miscellaneous photographs. Collection #17-2, Stewart Library.
Date Created: 1978
PID: grinnell:6465

Title: City Water Tower
Description: Photograph of the Grinnell, Iowa, city water tower at 722 Main Street in the 1920s. The tower has ruptured and cascades of ice have formed from the bottom of the tower to the ground. Photo by Cornelia Clarke. Drake Community Library (Grinnell, Iowa) Archives. Cornelia Clarke Collection. Collection #237.
Date Created: 1920
PID: grinnell:11839

Title: Co. K Lines Up on Main Street
Description: Co. K (possibly the Iowa 49th Volunteer Infantry) lines up on Main Street in Grinnell, Iowa, in spring 1898. The view is looking west northwest from the corner of Commercial and Main. Drake Community Library (Grinnell, Iowa) Archives. Miscellaneous photographs. Collection #17-5, Views of Grinnell.
Date Created: 1898
PID: grinnell:12229