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Title: Charles Noble riding in the rumble seat, Grinnell, Iowa
Description: Charles Noble was a faculty member in the English department at Grinnell College from 1893-1919. Title supplied by cataloger.
Date Created: 1915
PID: grinnell:14483

Title: Circus band wagon, Circus day, Grinnell, Iowa
Description: Looking northeast on Broad Street with horse-drawn bandwagon in front of Stewart Library. Title supplied by cataloger. 1911 postmark.
Date Created: 1911
PID: grinnell:13881

Title: Circus day, Grinnell, Iowa
Description: Looking northeast on Broad Street at circus wagons, elephants and camels with automobiles parked on both sides of street. Post office and Stewart Library are in background. 1917 postmark.
Date Created: 1917
PID: grinnell:14012

Title: City Hall and fire station, Grinnell, Iowa
Description: Looking south from Commercial Street at fire engine and firemen. Bell tower on building. The fire station served from 1889 to 1957, when a new station was built on Fourth Avenue.
Date Created: 1920
PID: grinnell:14522

Title: Central Park, City Park, Grinnell, Iowa
Description: Looking northwest at Central Park from Third Avenue at Broad Street and park.
Date Created: 1920
PID: grinnell:13900

Title: York Lumber, Clark Lumber Company, Grinnell, Iowa
Description: Truck pulling wagon full of lumber in from of warehouse. Sign says "We use lumber from the Clark Lumber Co." Verso says: "The 600 block of Broad, I remember this as York Lumber, J.B. Grinnell's big home was to the right after being moved from its location East of Central Park. All this was cleared for Mayflower homes in the 1980s". Title supplied by cataloger.
Date Created: 1920
PID: grinnell:13589

Title: E.W. Clark Memorial Fountain, Central Park, Clark's Memorial Fountain, Grinnell, Iowa
Description: Looking southeast from Broad Street at fountain and park. This fountain was built in 1911 and dismantled in 1959. Named for local physician E.W. Clark.
Date Created: 1920
PID: grinnell:13441

Title: Grinnell College, College campus, Grinnell, Iowa
Description: Unknown location on Grinnell College campus showing trees and sidewalk. Number 2365.
Date Created: 1910
PID: grinnell:13816

Title: Grinnell High School, Colonia[l] Opera House, Grinnell, Iowa
Description: Looking southwest at the front entrance of the Colonial Theatre. It was built in 1902 at the southwest corner of Fifth Avenue and Main Street. It was used for touring stage plays, special events and Grinnell College productions. The theatre was torn down in 1974. 1912 postmark. Number 13.
Date Created: 1912
PID: grinnell:13372

Title: Colonial Theater, Iowa Theater, Colonial Theatre, Grinnell, Iowa
Description: Looking southwest from corner of Main Street & Fifth Avenue. Number 922. The Colonial Theatre was built in 1902 and torn down in 1974. It originally held touring stage plays, special events and Grinnell College productions. Movies were added in the 30's
Date Created: 1915
PID: grinnell:13495