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Title: Polka Motor Company, Service station, Chelsea, Iowa
Description: Service station with gas pump and service station attendant. Title supplied by cataloger.
Date Created: 1920
PID: grinnell:13675

Title: Grinnell College, Magoun Hall, Showing Chicago Hall and campus, Iowa College, Grinnell, Iowa
Description: Looking northwest. Chicago Hall was constructed in 1883, costing approximately $20,000 excluding grading and landscaping. Razed in 1958 to provide space for construction of Burling Library. 1909 postmark. Number 156893.
Date Created: 1909
PID: grinnell:13510

Title: Snowstorm at Armentrout home, December 28, 1909, Grinnell, Iowa
Description: Big snowstorm commencing on December 23, 1909. Photo of George Armentrout's home by C.W. Benson on December 28, 1909. Lena Armentrout (wife) in doorway. George Armentrout was a local blacksmith in Grinnell. 1909 postmark.
Date Created: 1909
PID: grinnell:14478

Title: Taylor County Courthouse, Soccer at Grinnell College, Grinnell, Iowa
Description: Looking northwest from central campus. Soccer is a popular sport among Grinnell College students, both the men's and women's soccer teams have a loyal following, and students often engage in "pick up" soccer games both indoors and outdoors. The Harris Student Center in the background, is the most recent building constructed (1990) on the Grinnell College campus.
Date Created: 1990
PID: grinnell:13480

Title: Central Park, South Broad Street, Grinnell, Iowa
Description: Looking northwest from Third Avenue at Broad Street and park. Automobiles in background. Number 13888N.
Date Created: 1950
PID: grinnell:13901

Title: Grinnell College, South entrance to Goodnow Hall, Iowa College, [Grinnell, Iowa]
Description: Looking north. Goodnow Hall was constructed in 1885, costing $15,700 excluding telescope ($2,125) and book stacks. Originally served as college library and astronomical observatory. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
Date Created: 1910
PID: grinnell:13829

Title: Mears Cottage, Carnegie Library, Chicago Hall, Magoun Hall, Rand Gymnasium, men's gymnasium, Souvenir of Grinnell College, [Grinnell], Iowa
Description: Montage of nine Grinnell College buildings: Mears Cottage, Carnegie Library, Chicago (Magoun) Hall, Rand Gymnasium, men's gymnasium, Herrick Chapel, Blair Hall, Goodnow Hall. 1909 postmark.
Date Created: 1909
PID: grinnell:13377

Title: Spaulding "30" touring car, Grinnell, Iowa
Description: Spaulding '30' Touring Car, Sliding Gear $1550, Planetary $1500, Without Top.--t.p. Originally started manufacturing buggies, the Spaulding Manufacturing Company introduced the first Spaulding automobile in 1909. Title supplied by cataloger. However, the Spaulding automobile never caught on and the last vehicle was made in 1916. Listed in the National Register of Historic Places.
Date Created: 1915
PID: grinnell:13556

Title: Spaulding Building, Grinnell, Iowa
Description: One of the old Spaulding buildings that set on the corner of Spring & 4th torn down in the fall 87 or 88. Note the car on the middle floor. The bldg. was used previously for lawnmower repair and before that as a welding shop.--photo verso. Listed in the National Register of Historic Places. Title supplied by cataloger.
Date Created: 1988
PID: grinnell:13555