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Title: B.P.O.E. Home, Grinnell, Iowa
Description: Color postcard view of the B.P.O.E. building on the southeast corner of Main Street and 4th Avenue in Grinnell, Iowa. The lower floor is occupied by R.E. Bates Wallpaper and Paint Supplies. The red brick building to the right in the picture is the Antler Hotel. Drake Community Library (Grinnell, Iowa) Archives. McNally photographs. Collection #1, Series #1-1.
Date Created: 1914
PID: grinnell:6217

Title: Barbershop
Description: At the east end of the 900 block of Main Street in Grinnell, Iowa. Post Office with barbershop in the cellar in 1919. Standing in front on either side of a barbershop pole are: Les Grooms, Barney (Bony) Little, unknown itinerant barber, G.B. McGuin (assistant postmaster) and Glen Anderson (post office). Drake Community Library (Grinnell, Iowa) Archives. McNally photographs. Collection #1, Series #1-3.
Date Created: 1919
PID: grinnell:6152

Title: Bell Camera Company, Grinnell, Ia.
Description: Panoramic view looking northwest from 4th Avenue and State Street, Grinnell, Iowa, at the Norris garage. Brand Apartments are visible in the background to the left. This building was the home of the Bell Camera Company approximately 1908-1918. The Bell Camera Company, established by Isaac A. Bell, manufactured panoramic cameras. The building burned and another building was built in its place. Drake Community Library Archives. Oversize photos.
Date Created: 1910
PID: grinnell:6065

Title: Big Shipment of Grinnell Gloves
Description: Employees of Grinnell Gloves lined up outside the building at Broad Street and Third Avenue in Grinnell, Iowa in the 1930s. Approximately half a dozen trucks are loaded with boxes of gloves. Photo is labeled "Big shipment, Grinnell Gloves, Blue Line Transfer." Water tower in center background. Building in background to right is labeled "Ia S.U. OP" (Iowa Southern Utilities Operations?) Railroad tracks in foreground. Drake Community Library (Grinnell, Iowa) Archives. McNally photographs. Collection #1, Series #1-3.
Date Created: 1930
PID: grinnell:6153

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 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: Broad Street N. from Fourth, Grinnell, Iowa, Broad Street North from Fourth, Grinnell, Iowa
Description: Postcard view of the west side of Broad Street, looking north from Fourth Avenue, in Grinnell, Iowa. Talbott's Drug Store on the corner of 4th and Broad. Early automobiles on the street. Before 1914. Postcard is addressed to Mrs. M.C. Holloway, Grinnell, Iowa and is signed, "From, Maude." No postmark. Drake Community Library (Grinnell, Iowa) Archives. McNally photographs. Collection #1, Series #1-1.
Date Created: 1910
PID: grinnell:6275

Title: Broad Street, Grinnell, IA, B-89
Description: Postcard view looking north along the west side of the 800 block of Broad Street in Grinnell, Iowa. Merchants' National Bank is on the corner. Drake Community Library (Grinnell, Iowa) Archives. McNally photographs. Collection #1, Series #1-1.
Date Created: 1930
PID: grinnell:6235

Title: Brock Family in their 1910 Spaulding Automobile
Description: The Brock family in their 1910 Spaulding automobile. Dr. A. J. Brock, DDS, and daughter Beatrice Brock, age 3 1/2, are in the front seat. Mrs. Edith Brock and son Atwood, age 1 1/2, are in the back seat. The Spaulding was a 2-door right-hand drive automobile built in Grinnell, Iowa, in 1910. It had a 4 cylinder, 30 hp Rutenear motor and cost about $4800. Drake Community Library Archives. Oversize photos.
Date Created: 1911
PID: grinnell:6061