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Title: Godfather's Pizza Building
Description: The B.P.O.E. building when it housed Godfather's Pizza in Grinnell, Iowa. Godfather's closed it's Grinnell location in 2011. Drake Community Library (Grinnell, Iowa) Archives. Imagine Grinnell Slides, p.37, slide 2.
Date Created: 1988
PID: grinnell:20569

Title: Granger Store
Description: View of the west side of the 900 block of Broad Street in Grinnell, Iowa, probably in the 1890s. Businesses visible include: Granger Store on the right, W.A. Little General Notions on the left with the Child Art Rooms above. Horses and buggies parked along the dirt streets. Drake Community Library (Grinnell, Iowa) Archives. McNally photographs. Collection #1, Series #1-2.
Date Created: 1890
PID: grinnell:6423

Title: Grinnell Appreciation Days
Description: Photo is labeled, "Grinnell Appreciation Days, late 1940s." The date is probably 1930s. Man with megaphone on truck is talking to large crowd gathered on the sidewalks and in the street. Store fronts pictured are on the north side of the 800 block of 4th Avenue in downtown Grinnell. Businesses visible include: Sanders (five and dime), Dr. Kinzer, Grinnell Central Market (groceries and meats), and R.E. Brooker (osteopathic physician). Drake Community Library (Grinnell, Iowa) Archives. McNally photographs. Collection #1, Series #1-3.
Date Created: 1930
PID: grinnell:6176

Title: Grinnell Celebration
Description: A large crowd of people, many holding open umbrellas (even though it is not raining), watch an event at Central Park in Grinnell, Iowa. The view is looking towards the southwest and shows the west side of 800 block of Broad Street. Possibly a July 4 parade as several American flags are visible. The signature "J.C. Goodrich" is on the verso. Drake Community Library (Grinnell, Iowa) Archives. Miscellaneous photographs. Collection #17-5, Views of Grinnell.
Date Created: 1910
PID: grinnell:12299

Title: Grinnell Park, Grinnell, Iowa
Description: Postcard view of Central Park in Grinnell, Iowa. The view is looking through the southern end of the park to the west side of the 800 block of Broad Street. Drake Community Library (Grinnell, Iowa) Archives. Miscellaneous photographs. Collection #17-5, Views of Grinnell.
Date Created: 1910
PID: grinnell:12335

Title: Grinnell Savings Bank
Description: Colorized postcard view of Grinnell Savings Bank on the south side of 4th Avenue between Main Street and Broad Street in Grinnell, Iowa. Rayburn and Lyman, Lawyers occupy the top floor. Drake Community Library (Grinnell, Iowa) Archives. McNally photographs. Collection #1, Series #1-1.
Date Created: 1910
PID: grinnell:6291

Title: Grinnell's Largest Clothier
Description: Advertising postcard for Rinefort's Clothing and Furnishings in Grinnell, Iowa. View is of the store on the southwest corner of Broad Street and 4th Avenue in about 1910. Other businesses visible include Brock Bros. Dentists; E.M. Fitch, Lawyer; a store advertising pianos; Buchanan & Smith Real Estate; and H.A. Spooner, Dentist. Kruxo postcard. Drake Community Library (Grinnell, Iowa) Archives. McNally photographs. Collection #1, Series #1-1.
Date Created: 1910
PID: grinnell:6290

Title: Johnson and Wadsworth Drugs
Description: Johnson and Wadsworth Drug store in Grinnell, Iowa. Preston Grocers wagon visible on the far right side. Located on the west side of Broad Street between 4th Avenue and Commercial and taken before the fire of 1889. Johnson rebuilt in the same location after the fire. Drake Community Library (Grinnell, Iowa) Archives. McNally photographs. Collection #1, Series #1-2.
Date Created: 1880
PID: grinnell:6421

Title: Main Street
Description: View of Main Street in Grinnell, Iowa, looking northwest from the corner of 4th and Main. Hammen Jewelry, Rainbow's End, KGRN, Brown's Shoe Fit Company, Spurgeon's, and the Cinema are visible. Drake Community Library (Grinnell, Iowa) Archives. Martzahn City Planning Slides, p.3, slide 10.
Date Created: 1990
PID: grinnell:30153

Title: Main Street between Commercial and 4th
Description: View of the west side of Main Street between Commercial Street and 4th Avenue in Grinnell, Iowa, in the mid-1950s. Duffy's Tavern (829 Main St.), established 1957, is on the right; P & M Cafe (825 Main St., run by Peg and Merl Masteller) is at the left. 827A Main Street is Rawlings TB Barber Shop. 827B Main Street was F&R Used Furniture in 1959 and C.H. King Used Furniture in 1962. Grinnell Feed and Grain is in the background at the left. Drake Community Library (Grinnell, Iowa) Archives. Miscellaneous photographs. Collection #17-2, Grinnell Buildings.
Date Created: 1950
PID: grinnell:6475