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Women's quadrangle (1888 to 1948), Main Hall, Grinnell College, Grinnell, Iowa
Title
Main Hall
Description
Looking northeast. The Women's Quadrangle was built in 1915, with a combined cost of about $1 million for the quadrangle, and the men's halls in 1916-17. Number C12271.
Date Created
1970
PID
grinnell:13725
Women's quadrangle and dining room, Grinnell College, Grinnell, Iowa
Title
Quad Dining Hall, Main Hall
Description
Looking northwest from Sixth Avenue. The Women's Quadrangle was built in 1915, with a combined cost of about $1 million for the quadrangle, and the men's halls in 1916-17. Number B-86.
Date Created
1950
PID
grinnell:13514
Women's quadrangle, Grinnell College, Grinnell, Iowa
Title
Quadrangle Dining Room, Quad Dining Hall, Main Hall
Description
Looking southeast. Building from left to right: Loose Hall, Read Hall, Haines Hall. Number B-84.
Date Created
1950
PID
grinnell:13334
Y.M. & Y.W.C.A., Grinnell College, Grinnell, Iowa
Title
Y.M. & Y.W.C.A., Grinnell College, Grinnell, Iowa
Description
Looking northeast. The Christian Association Building, later changed to Steiner Hall, was built in 1906 for approximately $10,000 to house the Y.M.C.A. and Y.W.C.A. programs. It now houses classrooms and seminar rooms for varius departments on campus. Number D13728.
Date Created
1910
PID
grinnell:13564
[Billy] Robinson flying, Grinnell, Iowa
Title
[Billy] Robinson flying, Grinnell, Iowa
Description
W.C. "Billy" Robinson was an early aviator who set an American nonstop distance flight record in 1914. He became the second officially appointed air mail carrier in the U.S. He built his own airplane & invented a rotary airplane engine. Robinson was killed in 1916 at age 31 in a plane crash while attempting to set an altitude record.
Date Created
1920
PID
grinnell:14510