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Title: Fighting Fire at Grinnell, Ia. -- 52 --
Description: Postcard view of men fighting a house fire while spectators look on.The house is identified on the verso as 172 3rd Avenue, Grinnell, Iowa, but it is actually 633 Main Street on the southwest corner of 2nd Avenue and Main Street. This view is looking north and slightly west from the south side towards 2nd Avenue. Sometime in the 1970s the decorative corbels and the belt course were removed, the porches were altered, and the house was covered in aluminum siding. Kruxo postcard. Drake Community Library (Grinnell, Iowa) Archives. Miscellaneous photographs. Collection #17-2, Grinnell Buildings.
Date Created: 1910
PID: grinnell:6510

Title: Fred E. Spaulding home
Description: Black and white photograph of 1109 Main Street, the home of Fred E. Spaulding (1877-1942), son of Spaulding Manufacturing Company founder Henry W. Spaulding. The house's tower has since been removed and replaced with a small dormer.
Date Created: 1910
PID: grinnell:26638

Title: Grant "Connie" Wilson
Description: Grant "Connie" Wilson in his Grinnell, Iowa, firefighter's uniform, circa 1910-1920. Mr. Wilson was probably a volunteer firefighter. Census records show that he worked as a blacksmith/engineer from at least 1900, working at the electric plant in 1910, at a school house in 1920, and at the city water works in 1930.
Date Created: 1910
PID: grinnell:12432

Title: Grant Ramsey Grocery Store
Description: The Grant Ramsey grocery store at 831 Main Street in Grinnell, Iowa, about 1910-1913. Drake Community Library (Grinnell, Iowa) Archives. McNally photographs. Collection #1, Series #1-3.
Date Created: 1910
PID: grinnell:6181

Title: Grill Room, Antlers Hotel
Description: Postcard view of the interior of the Grill Room in the Antlers Hotel in Grinnell, Iowa. The Antlers Hotel was located on the east side of Main Street just to the south of the B.P.O.E. (Elks) building on the corner of 4th Avenue and Main Street. Azo stamp box on verso. Drake Community Library (Grinnell, Iowa) Archives. McNally photographs. Collection #1, Series #1-1.
Date Created: 1910
PID: grinnell:6304

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 Fire Department
Description: Grinnell Fire Department. Top row, from left to right: Art Brande, John Manly, Stanley Little, Will Decany, Will Alley, Dean Carlson, Hugh Jacobs, John Cramer, Earl Neeley, Jim Rose, Geo. Clifton. Bottom row: Bud Struve (?), Lewis Rutis, Fay Matteson, Rudy Noel, Steve Smith, Russell Clindinin, Jasper Richardson, John Tharp, Marion Hulbert.Photo by Brooks. Drake Community Library (Grinnell, Iowa) Archives. Miscellaneous photographs. Collection #17-6, People.
Date Created: 1910
PID: grinnell:12973

Title: Grinnell Fire Department
Description: Photograph of members of the Grinnell, Iowa, Fire Department. Circa 1910 or 1920? Drake Community Library Archives. Oversize photos.
Date Created: 1910
PID: grinnell:6068

Title: Grinnell Gathering
Description: Postcard view of a group of men, women, and children holding a sign which reads, "Grinnell." Tents are visible in the background. The postcard appears to be from the early 1900s but it was sent through the U.S. mail in 2006 to Lorna Caulkins from Jim and Eileen Sanders. Drake Community Library (Grinnell, Iowa) Archives. Miscellaneous photographs. Collection #17-6, People.
Date Created: 1910
PID: grinnell:13114

Title: Grinnell High School
Description: View of Grinnell High School, Grinnell, Iowa. Built in 1904, this building was north of Central Park on Fourth Avenue. It was added onto in 1921. This section of the high school was demolished in 1980 when the building was remodeled to become the community center. Drake Community Library (Grinnell, Iowa) Archives. Miscellaneous photographs. Collection 20, Grinnell Schools.
Date Created: 1910
PID: grinnell:13194