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Title: Billy Robinson's Airplane
Description: Billy Robinson's airplane, a parasol wing monoplane. W.C. "Billy" Robinson was an early aviator who set an American nonstop distance flight record in 1914. Drake Community Library (Grinnell, Iowa) Archives. McNally photographs. Collection #1, Series #1-3.
Date Created: 1910
PID: grinnell:6154

Title: Looking southeast at South Main Street, New Sharon, Iowa, Bird's eye view of New Sharon, Iowa
Description: Looking southeast at South Main Street, New Sharon, Iowa. Number B1733A1.
Date Created: 1910
PID: grinnell:13738

Title: Bird's-eye view looking down Locust Street from the Capitol, Des Moines, Iowa
Description: Looking west from the stairs of the Iowa State Capitol building at Locust Street and downtown Des Moines in the background. The building was completed in 1886 at a cost of $3,296,256, and, and at the time, was the only five-domed capitol in the country. The dome of the capitol is gilded with tissue-paper thin sheets of pure 23-karat gold, with a protective layer sealing the gold from the weather, and the top of its finial peak is 275 feet (84 m) above the ground. From its opening during 1884 until 1924, it was the tallest building in Des Moines, and likely the entire state. It is located at 1007 East Grand Avenue, Des Moines, Polk County, Iowa and listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Number 107839.
Date Created: 1910
PID: grinnell:16145

Title: Birdland at Union Park, Des Moines, Iowa
Description: A view from Birdland Drive near the Des Moines River. Number 6447.
Date Created: 1910
PID: grinnell:18828

Title: Birds eye view of Arthur, Iowa, Bird's eye view of Arthur, Iowa, Birdseye view of Arthur, Iowa, Hoaglund and Son General Store
Description: Looking northeast at the business district of Arthur, Iowa, including the Hoaglund and Son General Store with a water tower in background. The town was incorporated in 1897. A yellow and purple banner says Arthur, Iowa. "If You were Here in Arthur, Iowa Rain or Shine Any Old Weather Would be Fine."--title page. Number 2103.
Date Created: 1910
PID: grinnell:13427

Title: Birds-eye view looking north, Garwin, Iowa
Description: Looking down the railroad tracks at the town of Garwin, Iowa, with a grain elevator in the background. 1910 postmark.
Date Created: 1910
PID: grinnell:14420

Title: Grinnell College, Blair Hall porch, Iowa College, Grinnell, Iowa
Description: Looking east. Blair Hall was constructed in 1882-1886 and razed in 1961. Cost was $37,200 excl. grading and landscaping. Originally housed the college chapel, the departments of chemistry, natural science, mathematics, and physics.
Date Created: 1910
PID: grinnell:13833

Title: Blair Hall, Grinnell College, Grinnell, Iowa
Description: Looking north. Blair Hall was constructed in 1882-1886, razed in 1961. Cost was $37,200 excluding grading and landscaping. Orignally housed the college chapel, the several departments. Title supplied by cataloger.
Date Created: 1910
PID: grinnell:13824

Title: Blair Hall, Grinnell College, Grinnell, Iowa
Description: Looking northeast. Blair Hall was constructed in 1882-1886, razed in 1961. Cost was $37,200 excluding grading and landscaping. Orignally housed the college chapel, the departments of chemistry, natural science, mathematics, and physics.
Date Created: 1910
PID: grinnell:13832

Title: Boaters on the Floyd River, Alton, Iowa, Souvenir of Alton, Iowa
Description: Looking at boaters enjoying a day on the Floyd River. The Floyd River is a tributary of the Missouri River, 112 long in northwestern Iowa. It enters the Missouri River at Sioux City and is named for Charles Floyd, a member of the Lewis and Clark Expedition. 1910 postmark. Number B1101A1. Title supplied by cataloger.
Date Created: 1910
PID: grinnell:13649