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Title: Arbor Lake, Grinnell, Ia., Arbor Lake, Grinnell, Iowa
Description: Color postcard view of Arbor Lake, Grinnell, Iowa. There is a rowboat on the lake and a two-story boathouse. Young trees are growing in the park and there is a flagpole. The image appears to be a painting of some type, not a photograph. The postcard is addressed to Mrs. Lena Schneider, Minden, Nebraska, and postmarked September 27, 1909. The card was made in Germany and imported by Brown & Harrington, Grinnell. Drake Community Library (Grinnell, Iowa) Archives. Miscellaneous photographs. Collection #17-5, Views of Grinnell.
Date Created: 1909
PID: grinnell:12337

Title: Broad Street, Grinnell, Iowa
Description: Postcard view looking northwest from Central Park at the 800 block of Broad Street in Grinnell, Iowa. Card is addressed to Miss Nora Murphy, Grinnell, Iowa, and postmarked September 24, 1909, Grinnell, Iowa. Drake Community Library (Grinnell, Iowa) Archives. McNally photographs. Collection #1, Series #1-1.
Date Created: 1909
PID: grinnell:6220

Title: Congregational Church & High School, Grinnell, Iowa
Description: Color postcard view of the Congregational Church and the High School located on the north side of Fourth Avenue between Park and Broad Streets in Grinnell, Iowa. Postcard is addressed to Daisy Liebeskind (?) in Letts, Iowa, and postmarked November 7, 1909, in Grinnell, Iowa. Drake Community Library (Grinnell, Iowa) Archives. Miscellaneous photographs. Collection #17-2, Grinnell Buildings.
Date Created: 1909
PID: grinnell:11302

Title: First United Presbyterian Church, Grinnell, Iowa -- 920
Description: Postcard view of the First United Presbyterian Church in Grinnell, Iowa. Card is addressed to Miss M.P. Seltzer in Union City, Pennsylvania, and postmarked September 4, 1909, in Cleveland(?), North Dakota. Postcard published by C.U. Williams Photoette in Bloomington, Illinois. Drake Community Library (Grinnell, Iowa) Archives. Miscellaneous photographs. Collection #17-2, Grinnell Buildings.
Date Created: 1909
PID: grinnell:11311

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: Iowa College Campus, Grinnell, Iowa
Description: Color postcard view of the Iowa College (Grinnell College) campus. No buildings are visible, only trees. Postcard is addressed to Miss Nora Murphy, Grinnell, Iowa, and is postmarked September 15, 1909. Postcard published by Jno T. Faber, Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Drake Community Library (Grinnell, Iowa) Archives. McNally photographs. Collection #1, Series #1-1.
Date Created: 1909
PID: grinnell:6322

Title: J.W. Harpster house
Description: Black and white photograph of the James Wilson Harpster house at 1033 6th Avenue in Grinnell. This is the southwest corner of 6th Avenue and West Street (Highway 6) where the Phillips 66 service station currently stands. An early Model T Touring car sits out front with the folding top extended. The photograph was taken in 1909, but the house was built earlier.
Date Created: 1909
PID: grinnell:26641

Title: Methodist Episcopal Church, Grinnell, Iowa -- 928
Description: Postcard view of the Methodist Episcopal Church at the corner of 5th Avenue and Park Street in Grinnell, Iowa. Card is addressed to Mrs. S.E. Heacock, 1127 Hamlin St., Grinnell, and postmarked August 6, 1909 in Grinnell. The card is signed Wm. and Mary D. McDowell. Postcard published by C.U. Williams Photoette, Bloomington, Illinois. Drake Community Library (Grinnell, Iowa) Archives. Miscellaneous photographs. Collection #17-2, Grinnell Buildings.
Date Created: 1909
PID: grinnell:6518

Title: Paving the Streets
Description: Image of a steam roller on Broad Street in Grinnell, Iowa. The downtown streets were first paved in 1909. The Congregational Church and Stewart Library are visible in the background. Drake Community Library (Grinnell, Iowa) Archives. Miscellaneous photographs. Collection #17-2, Grinnell Buildings.
Date Created: 1909
PID: grinnell:6520

Title: Renfrow Children in 1909
Description: The Renfrow family children circa 1909 in Grinnell, Iowa. From left to right: Rudolph Belden Renfrow, Helen Frances Renfrow, Evanel Elizabeth Renfrow, Alice Lee Renfrow. Rudolph, Helen, Evanel and Alice were Edith Renfrow Smith's older siblings.
Date Created: 1909
PID: grinnell:12136