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Title: Billy Robinson
Description: Billy Robinson, pioneer aviator from Grinnell, Iowa, in his airplane. Photo by Child Art Studio. Drake Community Library (Grinnell, Iowa) Archives. McNally photographs. Collection #1, Series #1-3.
Date Created: 1910
PID: grinnell:6165

Title: Billy Robinson in a Biplane
Description: Photograph of Billy Robinson, Grinnell aviator, in a biplane. Drake Community Library (Grinnell, Iowa) Archives. McNally photographs. Collection #1, Series #1-1.
Date Created: 1910
PID: grinnell:6204

Title: Billy Robinson's "Scout"
Description: Black and white photograph of Billy Robinson's "Scout" parasol monoplane, the first design he built at the Grinnell Aeroplane Company.
Date Created: 1913
PID: grinnell:26632

Title: Billy Robinson's Airplane
Description: Billy Robinson's airplane, a parasol wing monoplane. W.C. "Billy" Robinson was an early aviator who set an American nonstop distance flight record in 1914. Drake Community Library (Grinnell, Iowa) Archives. McNally photographs. Collection #1, Series #1-3.
Date Created: 1910
PID: grinnell:6154

Title: Billy Robinson's airplane
Description: Postcard view of the port (left) side of Billy Robinson's airplane. Azo stamp box on verso. Drake Community Library (Grinnell, Iowa) Archives. McNally photographs. Collection #1, Series #1-1.
Date Created: 1915
PID: grinnell:6294

Title: Billy Robinson's airplane
Description: Postcard view of the starboard (right) side of Billy Robinson's airplane. Azo stamp box on verso. Drake Community Library (Grinnell, Iowa) Archives. McNally photographs. Collection #1, Series #1-1.
Date Created: 1915
PID: grinnell:6292

Title: Blue Banner Kentucky Rock
Description: Two men pose with a horse-drawn wagon full of rock on a Grinnell, Iowa, street. A large sign on the wagon says: "This is a load of celebrated Blue Banner Kentucky rock sold by Willson and Hastings. Will give to the one guessing nearest actual weight." The wagon and the horses are decorated with American flags so this is possibly an entry in a July 4th parade. Businesses in the background include C.N. Dawley and The Grinnell House. Blue Banner was a type of coal in use circa 1915. Drake Community Library (Grinnell, Iowa) Archives. Miscellaneous photographs. Collection #17-5, Views of Grinnell.
Date Created: 1915
PID: grinnell:12712

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: Broad St. Looking North, Grinnell, Iowa
Description: Color postcard view of Broad Street in Grinnell, Iowa, looking approximately northwest across Central Park towards Broad Street between Commercial and Fourth Avenue. Postcard is addressed to Miss Hazel McIntyre and postmarked April 29, 1910, in Grinnell, Iowa. Drake Community Library (Grinnell, Iowa) Archives. Miscellaneous photographs. Collection #17-2, Grinnell Buildings.
Date Created: 1910
PID: grinnell:6534

Title: Broad Street North From Third Avenue, Grinnell, Iowa
Description: Color postcard view of Broad Street in Grinnell, Iowa, looking north northwest from near the intersection of Commercial Avenue and Broad Street. Central Park is visible on the right, the hotel and bank on the left. Postcard is addressed to Mr. Fay Bagley, Hilton, N.Y., and postmarked July 17 [1919]. C.T. Photochrom postcard number R-57049 published by Curt Teich. Drake Community Library (Grinnell, Iowa) Archives. Miscellaneous photographs. Collection #17-5, Views of Grinnell.
Date Created: 1919
PID: grinnell:12334