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Title: Grinnell High School, Spaulding Stock Chassis, Making World's Record, [Grinnell, Iowa]
Description: Looking northeast at Spaulding car driving west on Fourth Avenue. Hatch Apartments in background. Originally started manufacturing buggies, the Spaulding Manufacturing Company introduced the first Spaulding automobile in 1909. However, the Spaulding automobile never caught on and the last vehicle was made in 1916.
Date Created: 1920
PID: grinnell:13299

Title: Stewart Public Library, Spaulding buggies, Grinnell, Iowa
Description: Men standing in front of buggies. The Spaulding Manufacturing Company was created by Blacksmith Henry W. Spaulding turning out 15 buggies year. By 1905 the company was producing 10,000 buggies annually. The Spaulding building is listed in the National Register of Historic Places. Title supplied by cataloger.
Date Created: 1910
PID: grinnell:13301

Title: Saint Francis Hospital, St. Francis Hospital, Grinnell, Iowa
Description: St. Francis Hospital was a 35-bed facility owned and operated by the Sisters of St. Francis. The hospital was merged with the Community Hospital in 1967 under the name Grinnell General Hospital.
Date Created: 1925
PID: grinnell:13656

Title: First Congregational Church, Old Stone Church, United Church of Christ, St. [sic] Congregational Church, located on corner of Broad Street & 4th Avenue, Grinnell, Iowa
Description: Looking northeast on Broad Street. Often called the "Old Stone Church". Erected in the year 1877 & the first church organized in Grinnell. The Rev. J.B. Grinnell was the founding pastor. Number 55. Dated March 21, 1911 on back of card.
Date Created: 1911
PID: grinnell:13284

Title: Stained glass window in Herrick Chapel, Grinnell College, Grinnell, Iowa
Description: Stained glass window in Herrick Chapel. Built in 1906, the chapel has been the site of morning devotions, Scholars' Convocations, recitals, and weddings at Grinnell College.
Date Created: 1990
PID: grinnell:14377

Title: Poweshiek County Court House, Poweshiek County Courthouse, Steiner Hall, Grinnell College, Grinnell, Iowa
Description: Looking east from Park Street. Steiner Hall was originally intended to house the Y.M.C.A. and Y.W.C.A. programs (named the Association Building). It later housed office, seminar rooms and classrooms. The building was constructed in 1906 at a cost of approximately $10,000 and renovated in 1977 and 1991-92.
Date Created: 1985
PID: grinnell:13924

Title: Hotel Brooklyn, Stephenson House, Stewart Library, Grinnell, Iowa
Description: Looking east from Broad Street. In 1901 Joel Stewart, a farmer, banker, and state legislator, offered to build the public library on land donated by the Congregational Church Society. The cornerstone was laid on May 7, 1901. 1910 postmark. Number 543. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
Date Created: 1910
PID: grinnell:13633

Title: Stewart Library, Grinnell, Iowa
Description: Looking east from Broad Street. In 1901 Joel Stewart, a farmer, banker, and state legislator, offered to build the public library on land donated by the Congregational Church Society. The cornerstone was laid on May 7, 1901. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Number R-67045.
Date Created: 1916
PID: grinnell:13629

Title: Stewart Library, Grinnell, Iowa
Description: Looking east from Broad Street. In 1901 Joel Stewart, a farmer, banker, and state legislator, offered to build the public library on land donated by the Congregational Church Society. The cornerstone was laid on May 7, 1901. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
Date Created: 1920
PID: grinnell:13628

Title: Grinnell High School, Stewart Library, Grinnell, Iowa
Description: Looking east from Broad Street. In 1901 Joel Stewart, a farmer, banker, and state legislator, offered to build the public library on land donated by the Congregational Church Society. The cornerstone was laid on May 7, 1901. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Number 34.
Date Created: 1920
PID: grinnell:13626