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Title: Greetings from Grinnell, Iowa
Description: Color greeting postcard with four views of Grinnell, Iowa, in the shape of butterfly wings. The figure of a woman is in the center. The four views are of: Iowa [Grinnell] College, Stewart Library, Broad Street between 4th and 5th Avenues, and Blair Hall on the Iowa College campus. Postcard published by Brown & Harrington, Grinnell, Iowa. "The PCK Series" is embedded in a drawing of a peacock on the verso. Postcard is addressed to Mrs. Lula Baird, Corwith, Iowa, and is dated May 25, 1909. Drake Community Library (Grinnell, Iowa) Archives. McNally photographs. Collection #1, Series #1-1.
PID: grinnell:6287

Title: Grinnell Savings Bank
Description: View of Grinnell State Bank at 825 4th Avenue on the north side of the street in 1908. Among the men standing in front are Carl Childs, Sam Pooley, and Geo. Walker.
Date Created: 1908
PID: grinnell:12974

Title: H.T. Harrington Dray
Description: Postcard view of H.T. Harrington's dray and horses posed in front of the 900 block of the west side of Broad Street in Grinnell, Iowa. Businesses visible in the background are Simmon's Ideal Grocery and G. L. Miles Hardware. H.T. Harrington was a drayman whose business was located at 812 Commercial. Azo stamp box on verso. Drake Community Library (Grinnell, Iowa) Archives. McNally photographs. Collection #1, Series #1-1.
Date Created: 1900
PID: grinnell:6303

Title: Hauser Hotel, Montezuma, Iowa No. 331
Description: Postcard view of the Hauser Hotel in Montezuma, Iowa, which is located on the southwest corner of the intersection of Main Street and 5th Street. Card is postmarked October 4, 1909, in Montezuma, Iowa, is addressed to Mrs. R.M. Anderson, Newell, Iowa, and is signed by her sister, Jane.
Date Created: 1909
PID: grinnell:12514

Title: Hotel Monroe, Grinnell, Ia., Hotel Monroe, Grinnell, Iowa
Description: Postcard view of the Hotel Monroe in Grinnell, Iowa. The Monroe was located on the northeast corner of Park Street and Third Avenue across from the railroad depot. Postcard published by C.E. Wheelock, Peoria, Illinois. Drake Community Library (Grinnell, Iowa) Archives. Miscellaneous photographs. Collection #17-2, Grinnell Buildings.
Date Created: 1905
PID: grinnell:6524

Title: Letter from H.R. Booknau to G.H. Hamlin
Description: Letter from H.R. Booknau to G. H. Hamlin dated May 9, 1901, in which Mr. Booknau asks Mr. Hamlin to try to acquire a farm for him north of Malcom, Iowa, for $55 per acre. The letter is on letterhead for H.R. Booknau, Dealer in Live Stock and Real Estate. Drake Community Library (Grinnell, Iowa) Archives. Pamphlet file.
Date Created: 1901
PID: grinnell:12821

Title: Letter from M.A. Sulser to George Hamlin
Description: Letter on Spaulding Manufacturing Company letterhead dated October 4, 1904, in Reardon, Washington, from M.A. Sulser to George Hamlin, Grinnell, Iowa, concerning a sale note that was due on September 27th. Drake Community Library (Grinnell, Iowa) Archives. Pamphlet file : Grinnell (Iowa) -- Business & Manufacturing -- Spaulding Manufacturing Company.
Date Created: 1904
PID: grinnell:12820

Title: Looking East from 4th Avenue and Broad Street, Grinnell, Iowa
Description: Photograph taken looking east from 4th Avenue and Broad Street, Grinnell, Iowa. Central Park is visible with the first bandstand in the lower right. Mud streets and brick sidewalks. Horses and carriages and wagons in the street. Horses drinking at a water fountain in the lower right. A man is mowing the grass in the park with a reel mower. Monroe Hotel is faintly visible through the trees in the park, as are several other residences on the east side of the park. Electric street lamp visible at center top of picture. Probably photographed by F.J. Bandholtz in 1907. Drake Community Library Archives. Oversize photos. McNally photograph, series #1-2.
Date Created: 1907
PID: grinnell:6080

Title: Looking North from 4th Avenue and Broad Street, Grinnell, Iowa
Description: Photograph of downtown looking north on Broad Street from 4th Avenue in Grinnell, Iowa. Horse-drawn carriages at hitching posts, mud street. Stewart Library is in the background, but the post office has not been built yet which dates the picture as 1902-1916. Probably photographed by F. J. Bandholtz in 1907. Drake Community Library Archives. Oversize photos. McNally photographs, series # 1-2.
Date Created: 1907
PID: grinnell:6075

Title: Looking South from 4th Avenue and Broad Street, Grinnell, Iowa
Description: Photograph taken at the intersection of 4th Avenue and Broad Street in Grinnell, Iowa, looking south. Central Park is visible to the left, mud streets with board walks, horses and carriages in the street. Visible businesses include: McMurray & Rinefort Clothers; Floyd Bray, Attorney-at-Law; Viets & Yeager Drugs and Russ's. Copyright 1907 by F.J. Bandholtz, Des Moines, Ia. McNally photograph, series #1-2.
Date Created: 1907
PID: grinnell:6079