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Title: 827 Broad Street, Johnson & Wadsworth Drug Store
Description: Photograph of the Johnson & Wadsworth Drug Store and other Broad Street businesses before the 1889 fire. A tailor shop was located at 825 Broad, and a two-story confectionery at 831 Broad. A delivery wagon for Preston & Proctor Groceries is visible at far right.
Date Created: 1880
PID: grinnell:3297

Title: Broad Street to Third Avenue
Description: Photograph of Company K troops on the curve of Broad Street to Third Avenue, looking east, taken in 1878.
Date Created: 1878
PID: grinnell:3302

Title: Central Park after 1889 fire, Fire of 1889
Description: Photograph of the downtown district after the fire in June 1889, which destroyed everything between Broad and Main streets, from the railroad tracks to Fourth Avenue. This view, looking southeast across the rubble to Broad Street and Central Park, shows the temporary huts built by merchants to house the post office, bank, and other businesses.
Date Created: 1889
PID: grinnell:3288

Title: Horse-drawn wagon, Fourth Avenue
Description: Photograph of a horse-drawn wagon carrying two men south of Fourth Avenue. The Eagle Block building (1879), recognizable by the eagle sculpture atop its pediment, is visible in the background.
Date Created: 1880
PID: grinnell:3303

Title: Mack Building, Broad Street and Commercial Street
Description: Photograph of the Mack Building on the corner of Broad and Commercial Streets. Built in 1889, it originally housed two storefronts; in 1894, two additions to the south formed the Mack Hotel.
Date Created: 1890
PID: grinnell:3311

Title: Preston's General Store, Main Street
Description: Photograph of a horse-drawn cart in front of Preston's General Store and a drug store on Main Street.
Date Created: 1889
PID: grinnell:3289