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Title: 1006-1008 Pearl Street, Grinnell, Iowa
Description: Black and white photograph of 1006 and 1008 Pearl Street with seven individuals in period dress outside.
Date Created: 1880
PID: grinnell:26639

Title: 4th Avenue and Broad Street, Fourth Avenue and Broad Street
Description: The southwest corner of Fourth Avenue and Broad Street in Grinnell, Iowa. Drake Community Library (Grinnell, Iowa) Archives. Main Street Slides, p.28, slide 15.
Date Created: 1880
PID: grinnell:21559

Title: Adam Woomer
Description: Black and white photographic portrait of "Great Grandpop Woomer, My Boys Great Grandfather." Judging by the age of the photograph and of the man, this is likely Adam Woomer (1818-1904) of Davenport. Mr. Woomer is dressed in a suit and bow tie.
Date Created: 1880
PID: grinnell:23279

Title: Alta Ingersoll Matteson
Description: Portrait photograph of Alta Ingersoll Matteson, circa 1881. She wears a dark colored dress with two velvet bows on the bodice, a white ruffled collar and jewelry. Alta Ingersoll Matteson was born in 1827 and died and 1899, surpassing her husband, Thomas P. Matteson (married in 1842) who passed away in 1890.
Date Created: 1881
PID: grinnell:23211

Title: Anna Marie Stewart
Description: A portrait of Anna Marie Bush Stewart (1826-1908), wife of Joel Stewart. She is shown wearing a hairband, a white scarf, a chained necklace, and earrings.
Date Created: 1880
PID: grinnell:23220

Title: Broad and Fourth Looking West
Description: Copy of a black and white photograph of the corner of 4th Avenue and Broad Street, Grinnell, Iowa taken circa 1880 showing the Johnson and Co. drug store and a number of carriages. This corner is now occupied by the former Merchants National Bank - the Louis Sullivan Jewel Box Bank. The photograph was reproduced for the 1954 Grinnell Centennial.
Date Created: 1875
PID: grinnell:23285

Title: Buildings along Rock Island railroad line
Description: Buildings along RI (Rock Island) line before Grinnell Fire, possibly Central Park West. Several two-story brick buildings are visible in the background along with telephone poles. There is a wheeled cart in the middle at the right edge.
Date Created: 1880
PID: grinnell:23226

Title: Charles H. Spencer House
Description: Stereo card view of Spencer House in Grinnell, Iowa, probably taken in early fall 1882. The Spencers owned the half block on the east side of Main Street between 6th and 7th Avenues. The house originally sat at 1116 Main Street with outbuildings and greenhouses to the north and a generous lawn to the south (visible on the right hand side of the picture.) The house was moved to the vicinity of the southeast corner of Pearl Street and 6th Avenue (the site of the public safety building in 2016). It was then moved a third time to 611 Sixth Avenue. For many years it was the Christian Science reading room and in 2016, it became a gift shop. The building is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
Date Created: 1882
PID: grinnell:13249

Title: Charles H. Spencer House
Description: View of the Charles H. Spencer House in Grinnell, Iowa, probably taken in early fall 1882. The Spencers owned the half block on the east side of Main Street between 6th and 7th Avenues. The house originally sat at 1116 Main Street with outbuildings and greenhouses to the north and a generous lawn to the south (visible on the right hand side of the picture.) The house was moved to the vicinity of the southeast corner of Pearl Street and 6th Avenue (the site of the public safety building in 2016). It was then moved a third time to 611 Sixth Avenue. For many years it was the Christian Science reading room and in 2016 it became a gift shop for a few years. The building is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
Date Created: 1882
PID: grinnell:27170

Title: Cyclone Wreckage General View, Looking West
Description: A black and white photograph of the wreckage from the Grinnell Cyclone of 1882, looking west. A soldier appears to be on duty and two men can be seen surveying the damage. The photograph appears to be one panel of a stereograph card that has been removed from the cardboard backing of the stereograph. It is titled "25 General View, looking west."
Date Created: 1882
PID: grinnell:26644