Steam locomotive with coal car. Postcard from George Hodgdon to William S. Hodgdon dated August 1, 1909 and mailed the same day with an R.P.O. (Railway Post Office) postmark. A second postmark on the front from Sioux City. Drake Community Library (Grinnell, Iowa) Archives. Hodgdon Photographs Collection #259.
William S. Hodgdon watches as a steam locomotive (#2461) comes into the trainyards, probably in Cherokee, Iowa. Azo stamp box with two triangles pointing up and two down on verso. Drake Community Library (Grinnell, Iowa) Archives. Hodgdon Photographs Collection #259.
Two men driving the wagon for J.W. Norris & Sons in the 1949 Grinnell Day Parade in Grinnell, Iowa. The banner on the wagon says, "J.W. Norris & Sons Grinnell's Oldest Serving the public since 1882".Drake Community Library (Grinnell, Iowa) Archives. Chamber of Commerce Slides, p.5, slide 7.