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Title: Charles Noble riding in the rumble seat, Grinnell, Iowa
Description: Charles Noble was a faculty member in the English department at Grinnell College from 1893-1919. Title supplied by cataloger.
Date Created: 1915
PID: grinnell:14483

Title: Garwin State Bank, Garwin, Iowa
Description: Looking north at the front entrance of the two story brick bank building.
Date Created: 1915
PID: grinnell:14419

Title: Grinnell State Bank, Grinnell Savings Bank, Grinnell, Iowa
Description: Looking southwest. The Grinnell Saving Bank was constructed in 1913. Renovated in 1975. Number R-57053.
Date Created: 1915
PID: grinnell:13801

Title: Merchant's National Bank, Grinnell, Iowa
Description: Looking north inside the bank with phone booth and vault in rear. 1915 postmark. Built in 1914 by Louis H. Sullivan, "father of the American skyscraper", the Merchant's National Bank was one of a number of "jewel box" banks built in small midwestern communities.
Date Created: 1915
PID: grinnell:13394

Title: New Monroe Hotel, Grinnell, Iowa
Description: Looking northeast from Third Avenue. The Monroe Hotel was built in 1899. When the rail travel declined, the hotel fell on hard times and was torn down in 1970. Number R-57043.
Date Created: 1915
PID: grinnell:14517

Title: Second Street, Gladbrook, Iowa
Description: Busy day at Gladbrook, Iowa. OK Barber Shop in foreground along with Elite Caf
Date Created: 1915
PID: grinnell:14409

Title: Spaulding "30" touring car, Grinnell, Iowa
Description: Spaulding '30' Touring Car, Sliding Gear $1550, Planetary $1500, Without Top.--t.p. Originally started manufacturing buggies, the Spaulding Manufacturing Company introduced the first Spaulding automobile in 1909. Title supplied by cataloger. However, the Spaulding automobile never caught on and the last vehicle was made in 1916. Listed in the National Register of Historic Places.
Date Created: 1915
PID: grinnell:13556

Title: U[ncle] S[am's] Club, Grinnell, Iowa
Description: Looking west from Pearl Street. The Uncle Sam's Club was started in 1899 when a group of boys in the are began meeting under the direction of two collect students. The community later supported to building clubhouse in 1903. The center served until 1987 and the building was torn down.
Date Created: 1915
PID: grinnell:13620

Title: Winter at Garwin, Iowa
Description: Looking northeast at post office, undertaking shop and drug store.
Date Created: 1915
PID: grinnell:14415