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Title: C.&N.W.R. Locomotive No. 2209
Description: Postcard view of C.&N.W. Railway locomotive No. 2209. Velox stamp box with diamonds in the corners. Drake Community Library (Grinnell, Iowa) Archives. Hodgdon Photographs Collection #259.
PID: grinnell:27287

Title: C.&N.W.R. Steam Engine
Description: Postcard view of a C.&N.W. Railway steam engine and engineers. Azo stamp box with four triangles pointing up on verso. Drake Community Library (Grinnell, Iowa) Archives. Hodgdon Photographs Collection #259.
PID: grinnell:27285

Title: Characteristics of the Times and Seasons
Description: Journal kept by Richard Spire from 1894-1918 in which he recorded his observations on weather, crop yields and prices, land values, and a few comments on presidential elections and World War I. Richard Spire farmed in Sheridan Township, Poweshiek County, Iowa, from 1872-1910. He and his wife, Isadora Hatfield, had eight children. He was engaged in several livestock buying partnerships and was a large feeder of cattle. In 1899 he was elected assessor. Drake Community Library (Grinnell, Iowa) Archives. Collection #56.
PID: grinnell:12351

Title: Contests in the Counties for Mulct Petition of Consents
Description: Pamphlet published by the Iowa Anti-Saloon League concerning saloons in the counties and cities whose licenses were being contested by the League. Drake Community Library (Grinnell, Iowa) Archives. Collection # 65.
PID: grinnell:5592

Title: Cooper Family Portrait
Description: Cooper family portrait. On the back of the photo is written, "My mother, father, sisters, and brother," as well as, "Lila, June 19, 1904." The following names, birthdays, and ages are also written on the back: 1st row [right to left] - Claire (Oct. 1, [age] 26), Mother (Dec. 2, [age] 52, Nell (Sept. 28, [age] 7, Dad (Sep. 14, [age] 56, Ina (May 19, [age] 31; 2nd row [right to left] - Ethel (Dec. 31, [age] 20, Lila (April 16, [age] 19, Bernice (June 15, [age] 17, Viola (April 21, [age] 15). Drake Community Library Archives. Oversize photos.
PID: grinnell:6076

Title: Correspondence of the Poweshiek County Anti-Saloon League
Description: 1905 letter concerning the organization of the Poweshiek County Anti-Saloon League and 1911 letter sent to local newspapers requesting publication of a notice of an upcoming meeting. Drake Community Library (Grinnell, Iowa) Archives. Collection # 65.
PID: grinnell:5591

Title: Fruits of Equal Suffrage, 1
Description: Pamphlet published by the National American Woman Suffrage Association. This pamphlet discusses the "practical good" equal suffrage has done and gives examples of laws passed in Wyoming and Colorado. Drake Community Library (Grinnell, Iowa) Archives. Collection # 161.
PID: grinnell:5266

Title: Great Northern Mountain Engine No. 1907
Description: 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.
PID: grinnell:27284

Title: Important Legislation Concerning Liquor Laws in Iowa
Description: Leaflet, probably published by the Iowa Anti-Saloon League in 1912, summarizing anti-saloon legislation and advocating for the election of senators supportive of temperance reform in the November 1912 election. Drake Community Library (Grinnell, Iowa) Archives. Collection # 65.
PID: grinnell:5595

Title: Judge Lindsey on Suffrage
Description: Pamphlet published by the National American Woman Suffrage Association. Judge Ben Lindsey of Denver discusses the effect of voting mothers on the success of the juvenile courts system in Colorado. Drake Community Library (Grinnell, Iowa) Archives. Collection #161.
PID: grinnell:5268