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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: Canning Factory, Grinnell, IA --68
Description: Postcard view of the canning factory in Grinnell, Iowa. "Kruxo" on verso. Drake Community Library (Grinnell, Iowa) Archives. McNally photographs. Collection #1, Series #1-1.
Date Created: 1910
PID: grinnell:6274

Title: Canning Factory, Grinnell, IA --90--
Description: Postcard of the canning factory in Grinnell, Iowa. Drake Community Library (Grinnell, Iowa) Archives. McNally photographs. Collection #1, Series #1-3.
Date Created: 1900
PID: grinnell:6168

Title: Canning Factory, Grinnell, IA, 67
Description: Postcard view of canning factory under construction at the south end of Park Street in Grinnell, Iowa, about 1915. Railroad tracks in foreground. Drake Community Library (Grinnell, Iowa) Archives. McNally photographs. Collection #1, Series #1-1.
Date Created: 1915
PID: grinnell:6283

Title: Chapin House
Description: View looking east on the Rock Island railroad tracks in Grinnell, Iowa. Chapin House is on the left; the depot is visible in the distance. On the very far left of the image the pillars of the porch of the Monroe Hotel can be seen. Drake Community Library (Grinnell, Iowa) Archives. McNally photographs. Collection #1, Series #1-2.
Date Created: 1900
PID: grinnell:6377

Title: Clark Lumber Company
Description: Postcard view of the Clark Lumber Company at 720 Broad Street in Grinnell, Iowa, about 1912. Drake Community Library (Grinnell, Iowa) Archives. McNally photographs. Collection #1, Series #1-1.
Date Created: 1912
PID: grinnell:6207

Title: Colonial Theater
Description: The Colonial Theater, Grinnell, Iowa, just after completion. Drake Community Library (Grinnell, Iowa) Archives. McNally photographs. Collection #1, Series #1-3.
Date Created: 1890
PID: grinnell:6172

Title: Five Cylinder Motor
Description: Postcard view of a five cylinder motor built in 1909 at the Grinnell Washing Machine factory for Billy Robinson, Grinnell, Iowa, native and pioneer aviator. Azo stamp box on verso. Drake Community Library (Grinnell, Iowa) Archives. McNally photographs. Collection #1, Series #1-1.
Date Created: 1909
PID: grinnell:6299

Title: Flower of the Ranch, Suitcase Mystery
Description: Two men and two women standing in front of the Bijou theater next to a sign advertising "The Flower of the Ranch" and "The Suitcase Mistery [sic]." "The Flower of the Ranch" was a silent, black & white movie released in April 1910. It was written and directed by Gilbert M. 'Broncho Billy' Anderson, and starred Gilbert M. 'Broncho Billy' Anderson, Neva Don Carlos, and Fred Church. "The Suitcase Mystery" was a silent, black & white movie released in March 1910. It was directed by Charles M. Seay and written by Edward W. Townsend. The Bijou Theatre was one or two doors east of the Elks Building. Drake Community Library (Grinnell, Iowa) Archives. McNally photographs. Collection #1, Series #1-3.
Date Created: 1910
PID: grinnell:6150