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Title: Temporary Stores, Grinnell, Iowa, 1889
Description: Photograph of the temporary stores built on the east side of the 800 block of Broad Street (in Central Park) after the big fire of 1889 in Grinnell, Iowa. Drake Community Library Archives. Oversize photos.
Date Created: 1889
PID: grinnell:6070

Title: Beyer Building with the Shirt Shoppe
Description: The Shirt Shoppe in the Beyer Building on Fourth Avenue in Grinnell, Iowa. Drake Community Library (Grinnell, Iowa) Archives. Main Street Slides, p.25, slide 20.
Date Created: 1987
PID: grinnell:21529

Title: Demise of the Spencer Family of Grinnell, Spencer Family of Grinnell
Description: A collection of primarily newspaper clippings from throughout the United States concerning the Grinnell, Iowa, First National Bank Scandal of 1904 and the deaths of Charles H. Spencer, Henry C. Spencer. and Clarke H. Spencer.
Date Created: 1904
PID: grinnell:27178

Title: The Depot
Description: The Depot at 1014 3rd Avenue in Grinnell, Iowa. Originally the Rock Island railroad station and later a restaurant called The Deport. Drake Community Library (Grinnell, Iowa) Archives. Martzahn City Planning Slides, p.18, slide 4.
Date Created: 2003
PID: grinnell:30302

Title: Grinnell Savings Bank
Description: Postcard view of the interior of the Grinnell Savings Bank, Grinnell, Iowa, established 1877. Postcard published by Fergason Post Card Co., Waterloo, Iowa. Drake Community Library (Grinnell, Iowa) Archives. McNally photographs. Collection #1, Series #1-1.
Date Created: 1920
PID: grinnell:6295

Title: New Gas Plant, Grinnell, IA
Description: Postcard view of Peoples Light and Fuel Co., Grinnell, Iowa. Slogans on the card read: "Use the light that lights," and "Use the fuel that makes cooking fun." Verso of postcard is addressed to "J.J. Mincer, 922 Main St., City" and is postmarked September 7, 1909. The message reads, "Gas will be turned on about Sept. 15 or 20," and is signed with a stamped "Peoples Light and Fuel Co." Photograph by Child. Drake Community Library (Grinnell, Iowa) Archives. McNally photographs. Collection #1, Series #1-1.
Date Created: 1909
PID: grinnell:6272

Title: Otherside Supper Club and Pagliai's Pizza
Description: The Otherside Supper Club and Pagliai's Pizza at 816 Fifth Avenue in downtown Grinnell, Iowa. Drake Community Library (Grinnell, Iowa) Archives. Main Street Slides, p.35, slide 10.
Date Created: 1987
PID: grinnell:21651

Title: Penquite Motel
Description: Flier for the Penquite Motel, located on the corner of 6th Avenue and Penrose Street in Grinnell, Iowa, advertising rooms for a bowling tournament to be held in Grinnell from February 17 to March 24 probably in 1961. Fern and Gene Freeborn bought the Penquite Motel in 1961 and changed the name to Freeborn Motel shortly thereafter.
Date Created: 1961
PID: grinnell:12204

Title: Story of an Old Settler
Description: Newspaper clipping of article written by Jennie Bailey (1858-1937) about her father, James Bailey (1815-1888), and mother, Cornelia Doolittle Bailey (1824-1893) and their life in early Grinnell. James Bailey was an Abolitionist and his home was a station on the Underground Railroad. Other people mentioned include Alfred Bailey, Lorenzo Bailey, Joanna Bailey Baggs, and Dennis and Clark Thompson. Topics discussed include the first saw mill in Grinnell, the Bailey House hotel, the Sugar Creek war, and prairie flora.
Date Created: 1930
PID: grinnell:5828

Title: Three Men Against a Wall
Description: Postcard view of three men dressed in suits and hats against a wall in Grinnell, Iowa (?). Poster for the 1914 film September Morn in shop window at left. Drake Community Library (Grinnell, Iowa) Archives. McNally photographs. Collection #1, Series #1-1.
Date Created: 1914
PID: grinnell:6355