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Title: Records of the Poweshiek County Anti-Saloon League, Poweshiek County Anti-Saloon League Records
Description: Ledger containing records of the Poweshiek County (Iowa) Anti-Saloon League including names of officers, constitution and by-laws, minutes, and treasurer's accounts. Drake Community Library (Grinnell, Iowa) Archives. Collection # 65.
Date Created: 1905
PID: grinnell:5557

Title: Rural Mail Carrier
Description: John Nathaniel Norris, a rural mail carrier in Poweshiek County, Iowa, poses next to a horse and buggy driven by his wife, Alsinda. Mr. Norris, who was blind, covered the route from Ewart to Montezuma. Alsinda drove the buggy and read the names and addresses on the mail to him. Mr. Norris is holding a mail bag.
Date Created: 1890
PID: grinnell:12430

Title: Second Avenue and Main Street, Grinnell power plant, Grinnell steam plant
Description: Photograph of the steam power plant located at the corner of Second Avenue and Main Street. It was built in 1894 of brick and is no longer standing.
Date Created: 1900
PID: grinnell:3310

Title: Seventh Avenue and Broad Street after 1882 cyclone, Charles F. Craver residence, Cyclone of 1882
Description: Photograph of the destruction at Seventh Avenue and Broad Street, looking west, following the cyclone of 1882. The storm left the house in the foreground, owned by Charles F. Craver, in ruins. The house in the background, owned by L. C. Phelps, lost its roof and east wall.
Date Created: 1882
PID: grinnell:3314

Title: Seventh Avenue and Broad Street after 1882 cyclone, Cyclone of 1882
Description: Photograph of the aftermath of the 1882 cyclone that destroyed much of the town of Grinnell. Broad Street is at left, and Seventh Avenue runs through the center of the image.
Date Created: 1882
PID: grinnell:3293

Title: Sixth Avenue and West Street, Mrs. A. J. Hamlin residence
Description: Photographs of the house formerly located at the northwest corner of Sixth Avenue and West Street.
Date Created: 1890
PID: grinnell:3270

Title: Sixth and Broad Street, 1033 Broad Street, Southwest corner of Sixth Avenue and Broad Street, Site of former Pizza Hut
Description: Photograph of the house at Sixth Avenue and Broad Street, built sometime before 1884. It was originally owned by George Magoun, the first president of Iowa (Grinnell) College. The house, which faced east onto Broad Street, did not originally have a number, as the town began numbering houses and buildings in 1893.
Date Created: 1910
PID: grinnell:3258

Title: Spaulding Building, 914-918 Main Street, H. W. Spaulding Building
Description: Photograph of the Spaulding Building in the central business district at 914-918 Main Street.
Date Created: 1980
PID: grinnell:3315

Title: Third Avenue and Broad Street, Third Avenue and railroad, 733 Broad Street, Morrison & McIntosh Glove Factory
Description: Photographs of the Morrison & McIntosh Glove Factory, located at Third Avenue and Broad Street.
Date Created: 1895
PID: grinnell:3296

Title: Unknown to Unknown, January (?), 1859
Description: The letter seems to be a fragment. The first paragraph discusses the where the writer lives, and details of the surrounding area. The second paragraph discusses information concerning state government and jurisdiction districts. Also mentioned is the State University [later University of Iowa].
Date Created: 1859
PID: grinnell:12340