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Title: Story of an Old Settler
Description: Newspaper clipping of article written by Jennie Bailey (1858-1937) about her father, James Bailey (1815-1888), and mother, Cornelia Doolittle Bailey (1824-1893) and their life in early Grinnell. James Bailey was an Abolitionist and his home was a station on the Underground Railroad. Other people mentioned include Alfred Bailey, Lorenzo Bailey, Joanna Bailey Baggs, and Dennis and Clark Thompson. Topics discussed include the first saw mill in Grinnell, the Bailey House hotel, the Sugar Creek war, and prairie flora.
Date Created: 1930
PID: grinnell:5828

Title: Three Views of the General Telephone Company Building
Description: Three views of the completed General Telephone company building at 11 11th Avenue in Grinnell, Iowa, in 1967: daytime, dusk and nighttime.
Date Created: 1967
PID: grinnell:6398

Title: Tom and Mary Parmley at the Longhorn
Description: Mary and Tom Parmley (on the far left) visit with customers at their restaurant, the Longhorn in Grinnell, Iowa.
Date Created: 1970
PID: grinnell:27207

Title: Van Horne Park
Description: Photograph of the construction of Van Horne Park in Grinnell, Iowa.
Date Created: 1981
PID: grinnell:3383

Title: Walter Ford Hammond
Description: Walter Ford Hammond, Grinnell, Iowa, business man. Husband of Hattie M. Child and father of seven children: Russell, Walter, Arthur, Aldace, Mae, Harold and Bruce. Photo by Child Studios in Grinnell.
Date Created: 1890
PID: grinnell:20608

Title: West Side of Broad Street between 5th and 6th Avenues
Description: View of the west side of Broad Street looking south from 5th Avenue in 1965. Businesses visible include Tots (a children's clothing store), Grinnell Office Supply, Pagliai's Pizza, Norris and Hays Heating and Air Conditioning, Lennox Air Conditioning and Heating.
Date Created: 1965
PID: grinnell:6392

Title: White Star Filling Station, Grinnell, Iowa
Description: Postcard of the White Star Filling Station which was located on the northeast corner of Main Street and Fifth Avenue in Grinnell, Iowa. Opened on January 1, 1917. John Hall and Walter Hastings, proprietors. C.W. Shaw, assistant manager, planned and cared for the flower garden pictured. The White Star featured "Straight Run Gasoline." Willard Oil company can be seen in the background. Photo by Child Art Rooms.
Date Created: 1917
PID: grinnell:5879

Title: Win a Rabbit Contest
Description: Max Breniman, on the right, won a rabbit in a "guess the number of jelly beans in a jar" contest at a Brooklyn, Iowa, grocery store, circa 1945.
Date Created: 1946
PID: grinnell:27222