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Title: Old Stone Church from Fourth Street
Description: Black and white photograph of the Old Stone Church from the south-east, showing the south-facing stained glass window.
Date Created: 1940
PID: grinnell:26616

Title: Old Stone Church from NE in 1923
Description: Black and white photograph of the Old Stone Church in 1923. The church was on the north east corner of Broad Street and Fourth Avenue.
Date Created: 1923
PID: grinnell:26619

Title: Pipe Organ in Old Stone Church
Description: A black and white photograph of the inside of the Old Stone Church in Grinnell, IA. The architectural details of the church pews, pulpit, and walls are shown. A U.S. flag is also shown in front of the pews, and the pipe organ is shown prominently in the back.
Date Created: 1940
PID: grinnell:26615

Title: Portion of Train on Iowa Central, east of track
Description: A black and white photograph of an overturned train on the Iowa Central railroad track after the Grinnell Cyclone on June 17, 1882. A man is standing on the track looking at the damage. The caption of the photograph states "Portion of train on Iowa Central, east of track." The photograph appears to be part of a stereograph that has been removed from its cardboard backing.
Date Created: 1882
PID: grinnell:26651

Title: Runners at starting line for Grinnell's 125th Anniversary Race
Description: Black and white photograph of runners at the starting line of the Grinnell 125th Anniversary Race.
Date Created: 1979
PID: grinnell:26648

Title: Spaulding Four Door Car
Description: Black and white photograph of a Spaulding open-top four-door car (model unknown) in front of a house. The license number is 47408 W/15. Three people are sitting in the car: a boy in white clothes and straw hat, a woman whose hat has a very large puff of some sort on the left side, and a man in the driver's seat who is wearing a suit and small brimmed hat. The car is in the yard of a dark colored frame house.
Date Created: 1914
PID: grinnell:26633

Title: Spaulding H advertisement
Description: Copy of an ad for the Spaulding H 5-passenger car in the January 1914 issue of 'The Automobile' magazine. At the time, this Sleeper car sold for $1875. The ad is titled "Spaulding Radically Refines Bodies" and describes the changes and benefits of this newest model
Date Created: 1914
PID: grinnell:26628

Title: Spaulding Racer
Description: Black and white photograph of the Spaulding Racer, a lightweight two-seat open-top car built on a stock chassis that broke the records for fastest time driving across Iowa and for highest speed on a dirt road during the 1913 River-to-River race. A sign on the car reads "THIS "SPAULDING" STOCK CHASSIS HOLDS THE CROSS STATE RECORD AND WORLD'S HIGH SPEED DIRT ROAD RECORD 337.8 MILES IN 8 HRS.14 MIN"
Date Created: 1913
PID: grinnell:26626

Title: Tony Peterson driving fire truck in parade
Description: Black and white photograph of a Grinnell Fire Department ladder/pumper truck in the Grinnell 125th Anniversary parade. The driver is identified as Tony Peterson.
Date Created: 1979
PID: grinnell:26647

Title: William Oelke, Rose Stoops, and Floyd Beaver
Description: Black and white photograph of William Oelke (1906-1988), former professor emeritus of chemistry at Grinnell College and president of the Grinnell Museum Society; Rose Stoops (1895-2001), longtime curator of the Grinnell Historical Museum; and Floyd Beaver (1920-1990), veterinarian and mayor of Grinnell. The three are standing on the front lawn of the Grinnell Historical Museum on Rose Stoops Day, September 12, 1981. From left: William Oelke, Rose Stoops, and Floyd Beaver.
Date Created: 1981
PID: grinnell:26649