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Title: First Baptist Church (interior), 1st Baptist Church (interior)
Description: Interior view of the First Baptist Church (Grinnell, Iowa) located at 4th Avenue and Park Street. View faces altar and organ pipes, includes empty pews and electrical chandelier.
Date Created: 1900
PID: grinnell:5285

Title: First United Presbyterian Church, Grinnell, Iowa -- 920
Description: Postcard view of the First United Presbyterian Church in Grinnell, Iowa. Card is addressed to Miss M.P. Seltzer in Union City, Pennsylvania, and postmarked September 4, 1909, in Cleveland(?), North Dakota. Postcard published by C.U. Williams Photoette in Bloomington, Illinois. Drake Community Library (Grinnell, Iowa) Archives. Miscellaneous photographs. Collection #17-2, Grinnell Buildings.
Date Created: 1909
PID: grinnell:11311

Title: Four Actors from "She Stoops to Conquer"
Description: Four actors from an early production of "She Stoops to Conquer," performed in Grinnell, Iowa by a traveling theater troupe, probably sometime in the early 1900s. The backs of the photos identify three of the actors as Bobbie Bridge as Miss Hardcastle, D.D. Griffith as Tony Lumpkin, and John Smith as George. Drake Community Library (Grinnell, Iowa) Archives. Miscellaneous photographs. Collection #100, Early Theater Productions.
Date Created: 1900
PID: grinnell:18910

Title: George Richard Ross's Cycle Whirl
Description: Cyanotype showing George Richard Ross riding a bicycle on the wall of his "Cycle Whirl," built in the back yard of 817 7th Avenue, Grinnell. An original note on the back of the photograph reads: "GEORGE RICHARD ROSS and his "Cycle Whirl" -- 1900 / In Back Yard of Lot at Rear of Mrs. Valley's where he later erected his home 817 -7th Avenue Grinnell, Iowa." Another note added by J. Kleinschmidt dated 1/22/88 reads: "Mrs. "Valley" is Angie Valleau, widow, who lived in the old "Phelps" house at 1203 Broad at least from 1905 to 1910. House at right is 1203-05 Broad, at left is 1209 Broad; part of wall showing between is at 1206 Broad."
Date Created: 1905
PID: grinnell:26631

Title: Grinnell College Campus
Description: View of Grinnell College Campus through the trees. Drake Community Library (Grinnell, Iowa) Archives. McNally photographs. Collection #1, Series #1-3.
Date Created: 1900
PID: grinnell:6171

Title: Grinnell Fairgrounds
Description: Harness racing at the Grinnell, Iowa, fairgrounds, ca. 1900-1910. Drake Community Library (Grinnell, Iowa) Archives. McNally photographs. Collection #1, Series #1-3.
Date Created: 1900
PID: grinnell:6177

Title: Grinnell High School
Description: View of Grinnell High School, Grinnell, Iowa. Built in 1904, this building was north of Central Park on Fourth Avenue. It was added onto in 1921. This section of the high school was demolished in 1980 when the building was remodeled to become the community center. Drake Community Library (Grinnell, Iowa) Archives. Miscellaneous photographs. Collection 20, Grinnell Schools.
Date Created: 1910
PID: grinnell:13194

Title: Grinnell High School Football Team
Description: Grinnell High School football team, unknown year, possibly the early 1900s.
Date Created: 1900
PID: grinnell:17761

Title: Grinnell Methodist Episcopal Church in the Winter
Description: Wintertime postcard view of the Grinnell Methodist Episcopal Church at 5th Avenue and Park Street in Grinnell, Iowa, in 1910. Drake Community Library (Grinnell, Iowa) Archives. Miscellaneous photographs. Collection #17-2, Grinnell Buildings.
Date Created: 1910
PID: grinnell:11313