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Title: 2nd Avenue and Main St
Description: Photograph of the city water system located at the corner of 2nd Avenue and Main Street. It was built in 1894 of brick. The cistern is visible in the foreground; the pump house is in the background. The standpipe was half masonry with a balcony on the top and a ladder to reach balcony alongside the pipe. That balcony was the vantage point for photography, most notably a double panoramic view of Grinnell.
PID: grinnell:3310

Title: Commercial District
Description: Street Address: Commercial District, as seen at a time prior to 1916, Anecdotal Information: Photo taken by Billy Robinson from his monoplane. Looking SE, Broad Street is on the left, then Main-West-Spring. Notice Armory (now Pagliai's) at bottom left corner with Cornerstone Building next door to east.
PID: grinnell:3291

Title: The Armory
Description: Photograph of the Armory building at 816 5th Avenue. It was constructed of Rockface Cement Block in 1907. Owners have included: R.G. Coutts, C.W.H. Beyer, E.W. Clark (a builder, a banker, a doctor).. It has served as a car dealership, a United Grocery store owned by CLair Strand, the Armory, and Pagliai's.Pizza.
PID: grinnell:3294