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Title: Grinnell Tannery
Description: View of the tannery in Grinnell, Iowa, about 1920. The tannery was located north of Hazelwood Cemetery on the west end of 1st Avenue. Drake Community Library (Grinnell, Iowa) Archives. McNally photographs. Collection #1, Series #1-2.
Date Created: 1920
PID: grinnell:6425

Title: Grinnell Wire Company Advertising Postcard
Description: Stamped one cent advertising postcard from the Grinnell Wire Company offering contracts for Grinnell Barb Wire. Drake Community Library (Grinnell, Iowa) Archives. McNally photographs. Collection #1, Series #1-1.
Date Created: 1880
PID: grinnell:6361

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: Horse-drawn delivery wagons
Description: Seven horse-drawn delivery wagons from the Co-operative Delivery Co. in Grinnell, Iowa. Kingsland blacksmith shop in the background. Picture possibly taken at corner of 3rd Ave and West St., Grinnell, Iowa. Picture dated March, 27, 1912. Names of drivers given as: Sony, Jim, Austin, Dock, Monk, Ret, Dan, Toad and Stoops. Name on back of photograph is Homer Dawkins. Drake Community Library Archives. Oversize photos.
Date Created: 1912
PID: grinnell:6064

Title: Ice Plant and Creamery
Description: Ice plant and creamery on the southeast corner of West Street and Third Avenue in Grinnell, Iowa, about 1915. Proprietor's name on sign: J.W. Fowler. Electric lines and street lights are visible. Drake Community Library (Grinnell, Iowa) Archives. McNally photographs. Collection #1, Series #1-3.
Date Created: 1915
PID: grinnell:6158

Title: J.W. Norris and Sons Livery Stable
Description: J.W. Norris and Sons Livery Stable on the lot which became the site of the Grinnell, Iowa, post office (southeast corner of 5th Avenue and Broad Street). Drake Community Library (Grinnell, Iowa) Archives. McNally photographs. Collection #1, Series #1-3.
Date Created: 1917
PID: grinnell:6182

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: Kibby & Benson Furniture Advertisement
Description: Postcard view of four men attempting to pull apart a chair. Verso of postcard is an advertisement for Kibby & Benson Furniture, Grinnell, Iowa. Drake Community Library (Grinnell, Iowa) Archives. McNally photographs. Collection #1, Series #1-1.
Date Created: 1910
PID: grinnell:6288

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