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Title: Lang's Dairy Float
Description: Lang's Dairy float in the 1953 Labor Day parade in Grinnell, Iowa. A dairy truck pulls a float on which there is a statue of a dairy cow and an oversized milk carton. The photograph was taken at the corner of Commercial Street and Broad Street, looking west along Commercial.
Date Created: 1953
PID: grinnell:20625

Title: Masonic Temple, Grinnell, IA. 838
Description: Postcard view of the Masonic Temple on Main Street in Grinnell, Iowa. Postcard published by L.L. Cook Company, Lake Mills, Wis. Drake Community Library (Grinnell, Iowa) Archives. McNally photographs. Collection #1, Series #1-1.
Date Created: 1920
PID: grinnell:6344

Title: North Side of Fourth Avenue, 1953
Description: View of the north side of Fourth Avenue, west of Broad Street, during the 1953 Labor Day parade in Grinnell, Iowa. Merchant's National Bank and signs for Turner Drugs and a cafe are visible. The Fire Department's "Old Betsy" is driving away down the street.
Date Created: 1953
PID: grinnell:20622

Title: Northeast Corner of 4th Avenue and Broad Street, Northeast Corner of Fourth Avenue and Broad Street
Description: The Congregational Church (UCC) at the northeast corner of 4th Avenue and Broad Street in Grinnell, Iowa. Drake Community Library (Grinnell, Iowa) Archives. Main Street Slides, p.18, slide 17.
Date Created: 1990
PID: grinnell:21449

Title: Parade in Grinnell
Description: Postcard of circa 1910 automobile with large U.S. flag at the corner of 4th Avenue and Main St. in Grinnell, Iowa, possibly leading a 4th of July parade. Corrough block on the northwest corner is visible in the background. To the south is H.R. Ritter Hardware (905 Main Street). Drake Community Library (Grinnell, Iowa) Archives. McNally photographs. Collection #1, Series #1-1.
Date Created: 1918
PID: grinnell:6203

Title: Parade in Grinnell
Description: Postcard of an automobile with multiple U.S. flags at the corner of 4th Avenue and Main St. in Grinnell, Iowa, possibly leading a 4th of July parade. Visible in the background is H.R. Ritter Hardware (905 Main Street). Drake Community Library (Grinnell, Iowa) Archives. McNally photographs. Collection #1, Series #1-1.
Date Created: 1920
PID: grinnell:6366

Title: Park Hotel in 1953
Description: View of the Park Hotel at 815 Broad Street in Grinnell, Iowa, as a parade float passes in front of it during the 1953 Labor Day parade. The float is advertising MoorMan's feed and has a hog in a pen on it as well as small boys in cowboy hats.
Date Created: 1953
PID: grinnell:20626

Title: Paving the Streets
Description: Image of a steam roller on Broad Street in Grinnell, Iowa. The downtown streets were first paved in 1909. The Congregational Church and Stewart Library are visible in the background. Drake Community Library (Grinnell, Iowa) Archives. Miscellaneous photographs. Collection #17-2, Grinnell Buildings.
Date Created: 1909
PID: grinnell:6520

Title: Post Office, Grinnell, Iowa, 8311
Description: Postcard view looking southeast from the corner of Broad Street and 5th Avenue in Grinnell, Iowa. U.S. Post Office, Stewart Library and the Congregational Church are visible. Defender stamp box with diamond inside. Drake Community Library (Grinnell, Iowa) Archives. Miscellaneous photographs. Collection #17-2, Grinnell Buildings.
Date Created: 1920
PID: grinnell:11636

Title: S. W. Belden Clothing
Description: View looking northeast at the corner of 4th Avenue and Broad Street in Grinnell, Iowa. There is a parade of soldiers carrying flags and others. Horses and carriages as well as electrical lines are visible. A large clock labeled "H.P. Proctor" is in the foreground as is a sign for "S.W. Belden Clothing." The Old Stone Church is visible in the background as are Stewart Library and the high school (both partially obscured). Central Park is to the right. Drake Community Library (Grinnell, Iowa) Archives. McNally photographs. Collection #1, Series #1-1.
Date Created: 1890
PID: grinnell:6211