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Title: Bill from Spaulding Manufacturing Company to the Grinnell School District
Description: Letter dated December 6, 1904, from the Spaulding Manufacturing Co. to the Grinnell (Iowa) school district billing the district for the use of rooms in the Spaulding block. The bill is marked, "Approved," with the signatures of W.T. Fuller, J.P. Lyman, and S.A. Cravath.
Date Created: 1904
PID: grinnell:11929

Title: Birthday Party for Jim Sanders
Description: Children attending a birthday party for Jim Sanders circa 1955 in Grinnell, Iowa. The photo was taken at 1411 6th Avenue in Grinnell. Back row, left to right: Gary Johnson, Jim Sanders, Jerry Schalinske, Dennis Stowe. Front row, left to right: Benny Brown, Randy Demaro, Jeff Phelps, Jean Sanders.
Date Created: 1955
PID: grinnell:20218

Title: Blair Hall, Grinnell College, Grinnell, Iowa -- 15
Description: Postcard view of Blair Hall on the Grinnell College campus in Grinnell, Iowa. Postcard number 22418N published by E.C. Kropp Co., Milwaukee, Wisconsin. From Joanne M. Bunge's Grinnell College student scrapbook, 1952-1956.
Date Created: 1955
PID: grinnell:12969

Title: Blair Hall, Grinnell College, Grinnell, Iowa 35101
Description: Postcard view of Blair Hall on the Grinnell College campus in Grinnell, Iowa. From Joanne M. Bunge's Grinnell College student scrapbook, 1952-1956.
Date Created: 1955
PID: grinnell:12968

Title: Blue World War I Luggage Tag
Description: Roy McNeal's World War I luggage tag reads: Troop Space 23; Bunk No. 22; Mess, 2nd sitting; Abandon Ship station, Raft 63.
Date Created: 1917
PID: grinnell:27216

Title: Bridge over Railroad Tracks West of Grinnell
Description: Postcard view of the bridge over the railroad tracks west of Grinnell, Iowa. The bridge was located just south of 385th Avenue on 20th Street. This bridge burned at some point in time and was replaced by the current (April 2015) bridge. Postcard is addressed to Mrs. Rosa Sparks, Austin, Texas, and is postmarked February 4, 1908, in Grinnell, Iowa, and February 6, 1908, in Austin, Texas.
Date Created: 1908
PID: grinnell:11369

Title: Broad St., Grinnell, Ia. S-201, Broad Street, Grinnell, Iowa
Description: Postcard view of Broad Street in Grinnell, Iowa, looking north from the intersection of Broad Street and Fifth Avenue. Postcard published by L.L. Cook Co., Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Drake Community Library (Grinnell, Iowa) Archives. Miscellaneous photographs. Collection #17-5, Views of Grinnell.
Date Created: 1940
PID: grinnell:12453

Title: Broad Street Looking South from 5th Avenue
Description: Stereo card view of Broad Street in Grinnell, Iowa, covered in snow. The view is looking south from approximately 5th Avenue. The low building on the left is Norris Livery with the Old Stone Church visible behind it. Central Park is the open area beyond the church. On the right side of the street a sign advertises furniture. Much of the furniture store block was destroyed by a fire in 1891, right around the time the photo may have been taken.
Date Created: 1891
PID: grinnell:13248

Title: Broad Street Parking to End
Description: Photograph of cars parked in the middle of Broad Street in Grinnell, Iowa, in 1961. A news clipping attached to the photo reads, "Broad Street parking to end. Grinnell City Council voted Monday night to end center street parking on a 2-block stretch of Broad Street between Fifth Avenue and Commercial. The center of the 2-block stretch of Broad Street has been used for parking for about 12 years." A handwritten date of April 14, 1961, has been added. George and Rolf Hardware Store and the New Home Bakery are visible in the background.
Date Created: 1961
PID: grinnell:11904

Title: Budweiser Clydesdales in Front of the Rexall Drug Store
Description: The Budweiser Clydesdales pose in front of Mathews Rexall Drug Store on the southeast corner of 4th Avenue and Main Street in Grinnell, Iowa.
Date Created: 1951
PID: grinnell:11901