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Broad Street north from Fourth [Avenue], Grinnell, Iowa
Title
Broad Street north from Fourth [Avenue], Grinnell, Iowa
Description
Looking northwest from Fourth Avenue.
Date Created
1920
PID
grinnell:14368
Grinnell from Robinson's monoplane, Grinnell, Iowa
Title
U.S. Club, Grinnell from Robinson's monoplane, Grinnell, Iowa
Description
Looking south at Main Street, Broad Street, Spring Street and West Street. 1914 postmark. W.C. "Billy" Robinson was an early aviator who set an American nonstop distance flight record in 1914. He became the second officially appointed air mail carrier in the U.S. He built his own airplane & invented a rotary airplane engine. Robinson was killed in 1916 at age 31 in a plane crash while attempting to set an altitude record.
Date Created
1920
PID
grinnell:13663
Spaulding Stock Chassis, Making World's Record, [Grinnell, Iowa]
Title
Grinnell High School, Spaulding Stock Chassis, Making World's Record, [Grinnell, Iowa]
Description
Looking northeast at Spaulding car driving west on Fourth Avenue. Hatch Apartments in background. Originally started manufacturing buggies, the Spaulding Manufacturing Company introduced the first Spaulding automobile in 1909. However, the Spaulding automobile never caught on and the last vehicle was made in 1916.
Date Created
1920
PID
grinnell:13299