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Title: 2322 Olive Street, Cedar Falls, Iowa
Description: Looking northeast at the home of Dr. David Sands Wright. Professor Wright taught the first English Literature class at the opening of the Iowa State Normal School on September 6, 1876. He went on to also teach Mathematics and Religious Education. Wright was well known throughout the state for his sermons and lectures, and was recognized as an eloquent and forceful speaker. The home was later purchased in 1941 by the Board of Directors of the school and served as a residence, chapel and student center for the College Hill Lutheran Church. The Wright house was torn down to make room for a new building in 1946. Series 732.
PID: grinnell:14143

Title: 436 East Street
Description: Photograph of the house at 436 East Street built in the 1860s for Samuel F. Cooper, a banker, real estate broker, and politician. The house sat on 40 acres well back from East Street. The porte cochere was one of the few in town. The house was later owned by Frank Almy, a professor of physics at Grinnell College. The house was burned down by design in 1978. This photograph was taken in the 1920s.
PID: grinnell:3261

Title: Alumni Hall (old chapel), [Iowa College, Grinnell, Iowa]
Description: Looking north. Title from photo verso. Alumni Hall (Music Building) was constructed in 1882, razed in 1958 to make room for construction of Burling Library. Cost approximately $19,100 excluding grading and landscaping.
PID: grinnell:13530

Title: Alumni Hall, Grinnell College, 751
Description: Postcard view of Grinnell College's Alumni Recitation Hall (ARH) on the southeast corner of Park Street and 8th Avenue in Grinnell, Iowa. Drake Community Library (Grinnell, Iowa) Archives. McNally photographs. Collection #1, Series #1-1.
PID: grinnell:6334

Title: Arbor Lake
Description: Photograph by Cornelia Clarke with view of a lake presumed to be Arbor Lake. Drake Community Library (Grinnell, Iowa) Archives. Cornelia Clarke Collection. Collection #237.
PID: grinnell:11840

Title: Arbor Lake in Winter
Description: View of Arbor Lake in Grinnell, Iowa, in the winter with ice skaters. The boat house is visble to the left and a warming house is on the right. Photo by Cornelia Clarke.
PID: grinnell:11900

Title: Arbor Lake, Grinnell, Iowa -- 19
Description: Postcard view of Arbor Lake in Grinnell, Iowa. Published by E.C. Kropp, Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Drake Community Library (Grinnell, Iowa) Archives. McNally photographs. Collection #1, Series #1-1.
PID: grinnell:6255

Title: Armory, Grinnell, Iowa
Description: Postcard view of the Armory at 816 Fifth Avenue in Grinnell, Iowa. Postcard produced by C.U. Williams Photoette, Bloomington, Illinois. Drake Community Library (Grinnell, Iowa) Archives. McNally photographs. Collection #1, Series #1-1.
PID: grinnell:6280

Title: Automobile Accident at 5th Avenue and the Railroad Tracks
Description: View of an automobile accident which occurred at the intersection of the Minneapolis and St. Louis Railroad tracks and 5th Avenue in Grinnell, Iowa. The view is looking to the southwest. The Brand apartments are visible in the top left quadrant of the image. The house in the background is no longer standing. Photo by Cornelia Clarke. Drake Community Library (Grinnell, Iowa) Archives. Cornelia Clarke Collection. Collection #237.
PID: grinnell:12225