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Title: 436 East Street, Frank F. Almy residence, S. F. Cooper residence
Description: Photograph of the house at 436 East Street, built in the 1860s for Samuel F. Cooper. The house sat on 40 acres well back from East Street, and its porte cochere was one of the few in town. The house was burned down by design in 1978.
Date Created: 1920
PID: grinnell:3261

Title: C.W.H. Beyer & Co.
Description: Employees (?) of C.W.H. Beyer & Co., Real Estate Loans, in Grinnell, Iowa, circa 1920. Buildings in the photograph are identified as: 815 4th Avenue, Marvin Frank, Mutual Home Loan & Savings, Justice of Peace collections; 817 4th Avenue, C.W.H. Beyer & Co., Bankers; 819 4th Avenue, Bartling & Nickolls, Jewelers, Optometrists. Photo by Pratt, Grinnell, Iowa. Drake Community Library (Grinnell, Iowa) Archives. Miscellaneous photographs. Collection #17-2, Grinnell Buildings.
Date Created: 1920
PID: grinnell:6486

Title: Carnegie Library, Carnegie Hall
Description: Looking northeast at the front steps of Carnegie Library. An Andrew Carnegie library built in 1904 for $50,000. Number 929.
Date Created: 1920
PID: grinnell:13909

Title: City Water Tower
Description: Photograph of the Grinnell, Iowa, city water tower at 722 Main Street in the 1920s. The tower has ruptured and cascades of ice have formed from the bottom of the tower to the ground. Photo by Cornelia Clarke. Drake Community Library (Grinnell, Iowa) Archives. Cornelia Clarke Collection. Collection #237.
Date Created: 1920
PID: grinnell:11839

Title: Sledding on Cemetery Hill
Description: Five children on sleds glide down a snow covered road in Hazelwood Cemetery in Grinnell, Iowa. Stamped on verso: Photo by Cornelia Clarke. Drake Community Library (Grinnell, Iowa) Archives. Cornelia Clarke Collection. Collection #237.
Date Created: 1920
PID: grinnell:12219