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Title: Broad Street Looking South from 5th Avenue
Description: Stereo card view of Broad Street in Grinnell, Iowa, covered in snow. The view is looking south from approximately 5th Avenue. The low building on the left is Norris Livery with the Old Stone Church visible behind it. Central Park is the open area beyond the church. On the right side of the street a sign advertises furniture. Much of the furniture store block was destroyed by a fire in 1891, right around the time the photo may have been taken.
Date Created: 1891
PID: grinnell:13248

Title: Broad Street Parking to End
Description: Photograph of cars parked in the middle of Broad Street in Grinnell, Iowa, in 1961. A news clipping attached to the photo reads, "Broad Street parking to end. Grinnell City Council voted Monday night to end center street parking on a 2-block stretch of Broad Street between Fifth Avenue and Commercial. The center of the 2-block stretch of Broad Street has been used for parking for about 12 years." A handwritten date of April 14, 1961, has been added. George and Rolf Hardware Store and the New Home Bakery are visible in the background.
Date Created: 1961
PID: grinnell:11904

Title: Gambles Store, Grinnell, Iowa
Description: Rally outside of Gambles Store, downtown Grinnell, Iowa, ca. 1950-1954. Possibly Clark Hall residents from Grinnell College.
Date Created: 1950
PID: grinnell:5684

Title: General Telephone Building
Description: General Telephone building on 5th Avenue in Grinnell, Iowa, in 1965. View is looking north and slightly west. The Grinnell-Herald Register building and a Citgo gas station are visible in the background.
Date Created: 1965
PID: grinnell:6390

Title: General Telephone Building on 5th Avenue
Description: View of the General Telephone company building in Grinnell, Iowa. Taken looking north and west from the corner of 5th Avenue and Broad Street in 1965. Eyestone Insurance company and an ice cream store are on the corner.
Date Created: 1965
PID: grinnell:6391

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: Looking East from 4th Avenue and Main Street
Description: Color postcard view of 4th Avenue in Grinnell, Iowa, looking east from the intersection of 4th Avenue and Main Street. Businesses visible include: Arnold's Shoes, Strand's Shoes, Mathews Rexall Drugs, Grinnell Insurance Agency, Grinnell State Bank, and Danish Maid Bakery, among others.
Date Created: 1960
PID: grinnell:11910

Title: North Side of Fourth Avenue
Description: Stereo card view of the north side of 4th Avenue between Main and Broad Streets in Grinnell, Iowa taken between 1879 and 1885.The first building on the left is the Eagle Block built in 1879. The Eagle Block and the building with the sign "Boots & Shoes" at the top are still standing (2017). The wooden buildings are no longer standing with the exception of the hardware store building which was moved, had its roofline changed and is now a home at 1316 4th Avenue. Visible business signs include ? & Norris, Attorney at Law; Dr. Kittoe, Dentist; H.C. Hyatt; Meat Market; and Hardware.
Date Created: 1880
PID: grinnell:13250

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: 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