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Title: Fire Department, Grinnell, IA. --541--
Description: Postcard view of the Grinnell, Iowa, fire station and city hall. "Old Betsy" Grinnell Fire Department's 1913 American LaFrance is pictured in front of the building. The city hall/fire station was located at 820 Commercial Street (the south side of Commercial Street) and is no longer standing. Drake Community Library (Grinnell, Iowa) Archives. McNally photographs. Collection #1, Series #1-1.
Date Created: 1915
PID: grinnell:6347

Title: Gene Tyree
Description: A portrait of Gene Tyree, a resident of Grinnell, Iowa, in uniform. He enlisted in the United States Armed Forces in early 1942 along with his brother, Ernie; his sister, Mildred; and his best friend Neil Smith.
Date Created: 1942
PID: grinnell:18818

Title: Grant "Connie" Wilson
Description: Grant "Connie" Wilson in his Grinnell, Iowa, firefighter's uniform, circa 1910-1920. Mr. Wilson was probably a volunteer firefighter. Census records show that he worked as a blacksmith/engineer from at least 1900, working at the electric plant in 1910, at a school house in 1920, and at the city water works in 1930.
Date Created: 1910
PID: grinnell:12432

Title: Grant and Don Williams
Description: Portrait of Grant and Don Williams. A handwritten note on the back indicates the men are shown in their Teddy Roosevelt Rough Rider uniforms. Portrait taken in Cheyenne, Wyoming by W.G. Walker Photographers. Drake Community Library (Grinnell, Iowa) Archives. Miscellaneous photographs. Collection #67 Grinnell/ Williams Family.
Date Created: 1898
PID: grinnell:18873

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 Community Center
Description: Color view of the south facade of the Grinnell Community Center on the northwest corner of Park Street and Fourth Avenue in Grinnell, Iowa. Drake Community Library (Grinnell, Iowa) Archives. Miscellaneous photographs. Collection #17-2, Grinnell Buildings.
Date Created: 1990
PID: grinnell:13219

Title: Grinnell Downtown Redevelopment
Description: A plan for the redevelopment of downtown Grinnell, Iowa created by an Iowa State University Landscape Architecture student in Summer 1994. Other plans are available in the Drake archives. Drake Community Library (Grinnell, Iowa) Archives. Imagine Grinnell Slides, p.9, slide 8.
Date Created: 1994
PID: grinnell:20327

Title: Grinnell Downtown Site and Landscape Development Plan
Description: A landscape development plan for the Grinnell downtown created by an Iowa State University Landscape Architecture student in Summer 1994. Other plans are available in the Drake archives. . Drake Community Library (Grinnell, Iowa) Archives. Imagine Grinnell Slides, p.9, slide 13.
Date Created: 1994
PID: grinnell:20328

Title: Grinnell Fire Department
Description: Grinnell Fire Department. Top row, from left to right: Art Brande, John Manly, Stanley Little, Will Decany, Will Alley, Dean Carlson, Hugh Jacobs, John Cramer, Earl Neeley, Jim Rose, Geo. Clifton. Bottom row: Bud Struve (?), Lewis Rutis, Fay Matteson, Rudy Noel, Steve Smith, Russell Clindinin, Jasper Richardson, John Tharp, Marion Hulbert.Photo by Brooks. Drake Community Library (Grinnell, Iowa) Archives. Miscellaneous photographs. Collection #17-6, People.
Date Created: 1910
PID: grinnell:12973

Title: Grinnell Fire Department
Description: The Grinnell Fire Department poses on Fire Engine No. 1 on Fourth Avenue in Grinnell, Iowa. Known as "Old Betsy" the fire engine is a 1913 American LaFrance and continues to be maintained by the Grinnell Fire Department (2017). Drake Community Library (Grinnell, Iowa) Archives. Miscellaneous photographs. Collection #17-6, People.
Date Created: 1915
PID: grinnell:12972