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Title: Congregational Church, 1860
Description: The original Grinnell, Iowa, Congregational Church built around 1860. It stood where the Stewart Library building now stands. To the right is Grinnell's first high school. Drake Community Library (Grinnell, Iowa) Archives. McNally photographs. Collection #1, Series #1-3.
PID: grinnell:6151

Title: Construction Begins on the Post Office
Description: Construction begins on the United States Post Office, on the corner of 5th Avenue and Broad Street in Grinnell, Iowa, 1917. Drake Community Library (Grinnell, Iowa) Archives. McNally photographs. Collection #1, Series #1-3.
Date Created: 1917
PID: grinnell:6180

Title: Cooper Family Portrait
Description: Cooper family portrait. On the back of the photo is written, "My mother, father, sisters, and brother," as well as, "Lila, June 19, 1904." The following names, birthdays, and ages are also written on the back: 1st row [right to left] - Claire (Oct. 1, [age] 26), Mother (Dec. 2, [age] 52, Nell (Sept. 28, [age] 7, Dad (Sep. 14, [age] 56, Ina (May 19, [age] 31; 2nd row [right to left] - Ethel (Dec. 31, [age] 20, Lila (April 16, [age] 19, Bernice (June 15, [age] 17, Viola (April 21, [age] 15). Drake Community Library Archives. Oversize photos.
Date Created: 1904
PID: grinnell:6076

Title: Debris after the Grinnell Cyclone
Description: Photograph of the debris after the cyclone of June 17, 1882, in Grinnell, Iowa. Drake Community Library (Grinnell, Iowa) Archives. McNally photographs. Collection #1, Series #1-2.
Date Created: 1882
PID: grinnell:6419

Title: Dining Room, Women's Dor'y, Grinnell -- 642, Dining room, women's dormitory, Grinnell -- 642
Description: Postcard view of the interior of Quad Dining Hall on the Grinnell College campus in Grinnell, Iowa. Card published by Cook-Montgomery Co. Postcards, Minneapolis.
Date Created: 1920
PID: grinnell:6339

Title: Dorothy Dunham at Stewart Library
Description: Dorothy Dunham examining a doll house at Stewart Library in Grinnell, Iowa, circa January 1958. Drake Community Library (Grinnell, Iowa) Archives. Miscellaneous photographs. Collection #17-1, Stewart Library.
Date Created: 1958
PID: grinnell:6454

Title: Duck Hunting is Good on Main Street
Description: Main Street, Grinnell, Iowa, 1898. Dawson Brande is aiming his gun at a duck decoy in a water-filled pothole on Main street. A sign says, "No swimming here." Other men are standing on the street observing. A horse watering trough is visible. Also pictured is a horse drawn vehicle, perhaps a food truck? Drake Community Library (Grinnell, Iowa) Archives. McNally photographs. Collection #1, Series #1-3.
Date Created: 1898
PID: grinnell:6156

Title: East Side of Main Street
Description: View of the east side of the 800 block of Main Street looking north in Grinnell, Iowa around 1900 or before. Visible businesses include: Palace Livery; Bates & Stoaks Druggists; a barber shop; L. Glemley, dentist; Shahans Grocery; Drs. Parish & [illegible]. Mud streets and hitching posts visible. Drake Community Library (Grinnell, Iowa) Archives. McNally photographs. Collection #1, Series #1-2.
Date Created: 1890
PID: grinnell:6371

Title: Fire Damaged Buildings
Description: Fire-damaged buildings. Probably the Great Grinnell (Iowa) Fire of 1889. Drake Community Library (Grinnell, Iowa) Archives. McNally photographs. Collection #1, Series #1-1.
Date Created: 1889
PID: grinnell:6212

Title: First Train Arrives in Grinnell
Description: The first train arrives in Grinnell, Iowa, in June 1863 on the Mississippi and Missouri railroad line. The Mississippi and Missouri line later became the Rock Island Railroad. Drake Community Library (Grinnell, Iowa) Archives. McNally photographs. Collection #1, Series #1-3.
Date Created: 1863
PID: grinnell:6163