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Title: Greetings from Grinnell, Iowa
Description: Color greeting postcard with four views of Grinnell, Iowa, in the shape of butterfly wings. The figure of a woman is in the center. The four views are of: Iowa [Grinnell] College, Stewart Library, Broad Street between 4th and 5th Avenues, and Blair Hall on the Iowa College campus. Postcard published by Brown & Harrington, Grinnell, Iowa. "The PCK Series" is embedded in a drawing of a peacock on the verso. Postcard is addressed to Mrs. Lula Baird, Corwith, Iowa, and is dated May 25, 1909. Drake Community Library (Grinnell, Iowa) Archives. McNally photographs. Collection #1, Series #1-1.
PID: grinnell:6287

Title: Grinnell Appreciation Days
Description: Photo is labeled, "Grinnell Appreciation Days, late 1940s." The date is probably 1930s. Man with megaphone on truck is talking to large crowd gathered on the sidewalks and in the street. Store fronts pictured are on the north side of the 800 block of 4th Avenue in downtown Grinnell. Businesses visible include: Sanders (five and dime), Dr. Kinzer, Grinnell Central Market (groceries and meats), and R.E. Brooker (osteopathic physician). Drake Community Library (Grinnell, Iowa) Archives. McNally photographs. Collection #1, Series #1-3.
Date Created: 1930
PID: grinnell:6176

Title: Grinnell Celebration
Description: A large crowd of people, many holding open umbrellas (even though it is not raining), watch an event at Central Park in Grinnell, Iowa. The view is looking towards the southwest and shows the west side of 800 block of Broad Street. Possibly a July 4 parade as several American flags are visible. The signature "J.C. Goodrich" is on the verso. Drake Community Library (Grinnell, Iowa) Archives. Miscellaneous photographs. Collection #17-5, Views of Grinnell.
Date Created: 1910
PID: grinnell:12299

Title: Grinnell Park, Grinnell, Iowa
Description: Postcard view of Central Park in Grinnell, Iowa. The view is looking through the southern end of the park to the west side of the 800 block of Broad Street. Drake Community Library (Grinnell, Iowa) Archives. Miscellaneous photographs. Collection #17-5, Views of Grinnell.
Date Created: 1910
PID: grinnell:12335

Title: Grinnell Savings Bank
Description: Colorized postcard view of Grinnell Savings Bank on the south side of 4th Avenue between Main Street and Broad Street in Grinnell, Iowa. Rayburn and Lyman, Lawyers occupy the top floor. Drake Community Library (Grinnell, Iowa) Archives. McNally photographs. Collection #1, Series #1-1.
Date Created: 1910
PID: grinnell:6291

Title: Grinnell's Largest Clothier
Description: Advertising postcard for Rinefort's Clothing and Furnishings in Grinnell, Iowa. View is of the store on the southwest corner of Broad Street and 4th Avenue in about 1910. Other businesses visible include Brock Bros. Dentists; E.M. Fitch, Lawyer; a store advertising pianos; Buchanan & Smith Real Estate; and H.A. Spooner, Dentist. Kruxo postcard. Drake Community Library (Grinnell, Iowa) Archives. McNally photographs. Collection #1, Series #1-1.
Date Created: 1910
PID: grinnell:6290

Title: H.T. Harrington Dray
Description: Postcard view of H.T. Harrington's dray and horses posed in front of the 900 block of the west side of Broad Street in Grinnell, Iowa. Businesses visible in the background are Simmon's Ideal Grocery and G. L. Miles Hardware. H.T. Harrington was a drayman whose business was located at 812 Commercial. Azo stamp box on verso. Drake Community Library (Grinnell, Iowa) Archives. McNally photographs. Collection #1, Series #1-1.
Date Created: 1900
PID: grinnell:6303

Title: Johnson and Wadsworth Drugs
Description: Johnson and Wadsworth Drug store in Grinnell, Iowa. Preston Grocers wagon visible on the far right side. Located on the west side of Broad Street between 4th Avenue and Commercial and taken before the fire of 1889. Johnson rebuilt in the same location after the fire. Drake Community Library (Grinnell, Iowa) Archives. McNally photographs. Collection #1, Series #1-2.
Date Created: 1880
PID: grinnell:6421

Title: Looking East from 4th Avenue and Broad Street, Grinnell, Iowa
Description: Photograph taken looking east from 4th Avenue and Broad Street, Grinnell, Iowa. Central Park is visible with the first bandstand in the lower right. Mud streets and brick sidewalks. Horses and carriages and wagons in the street. Horses drinking at a water fountain in the lower right. A man is mowing the grass in the park with a reel mower. Monroe Hotel is faintly visible through the trees in the park, as are several other residences on the east side of the park. Electric street lamp visible at center top of picture. Probably photographed by F.J. Bandholtz in 1907. Drake Community Library Archives. Oversize photos. McNally photograph, series #1-2.
Date Created: 1907
PID: grinnell:6080

Title: Looking East from 4th Avenue and Main Street
Description: Color postcard view of 4th Avenue in Grinnell, Iowa, looking east from the intersection of 4th Avenue and Main Street. Businesses visible include: Arnold's Shoes, Strand's Shoes, Mathews Rexall Drugs, Grinnell Insurance Agency, Grinnell State Bank, and Danish Maid Bakery, among others.
Date Created: 1960
PID: grinnell:11910