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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: 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: H.T. Harrington Dray
Description: Postcard view of H.T. Harrington's dray and horses posed in front of the 900 block of the west side of Broad Street in Grinnell, Iowa. Businesses visible in the background are Simmon's Ideal Grocery and G. L. Miles Hardware. H.T. Harrington was a drayman whose business was located at 812 Commercial. Azo stamp box on verso. Drake Community Library (Grinnell, Iowa) Archives. McNally photographs. Collection #1, Series #1-1.
Date Created: 1900
PID: grinnell:6303

Title: Norris Livery Barn
Description: Postcard view of a man posing in front of Norris Livery in Grinnell, Iowa. Norris Livery was located on the southeast corner of 5th Avenue and Broad Street where the U.S. Post Office is now located. About a dozen carriages are visible in the background. Kruxo stamp box on verso. Drake Community Library (Grinnell, Iowa) Archives. McNally photographs. Collection #1, Series #1-1.
Date Created: 1910
PID: grinnell:6273

Title: Northwest Corner of 4th Avenue and Main Street
Description: Postcard view of man and horse posing on the northwest corner of 4th Avenue and Main Street (in front of Norris Livery) in Grinnell, Iowa. Azo stamp box on verso. Drake Community Library (Grinnell, Iowa) Archives. McNally photographs. Collection #1, Series #1-1.
Date Created: 1910
PID: grinnell:6277

Title: Receipt for Ford Touring Car
Description: Receipt dated March 16, 1910, from the Grinnell Garage Company, Grinnell, Iowa, to Mr. George Brown for a Ford Touring car costing $950. Brown is possibly George Brown (1837-1934) who is buried in Westfield Cemetery in Poweshiek County, Iowa. The proprietors of Grinnell Garage Company were E.H. Spaulding and A.C. Dickerson.
Date Created: 1910
PID: grinnell:6412

Title: Spaulding Automobiles
Description: Two Spaulding automobiles outside of the Spaulding Manufacturing plant in Grinnell, Iowa. The Spaulding automobile was produced from 1909 to 1916. Drake Community Library (Grinnell, Iowa) Archives. McNally photographs. Collection #1, Series #1-3.
Date Created: 1910
PID: grinnell:6175

Title: Spaulding Buggy Factory
Description: Interior of the Spaulding Buggy Factory. Two of the workers are identified as Steve Smith and Tom Carter. Drake Community Library Archives. Oversize photos.
Date Created: 1900
PID: grinnell:6060

Title: Spaulding Building and Smokestack
Description: The Spaulding building and smokestack at 827 Spring Street in Grinnell, Iowa. Drake Community Library (Grinnell, Iowa) Archives. Martzahn City Planning Slides, p.18, slide 7.
Date Created: 2003
PID: grinnell:30304

Title: Spaulding Factory Varnish Room
Description: Spaulding factory varnish room, downstairs, circa 1900. Names listed on back of photo (some are indecipherable): ?, ?, Mr. Harry J?, Boss Lewis B?, Lewis Bogart, Dan F?, George Slater, Fuzzy Carter, Tom Carter, Earle Clifton, Walter Noble, Mr. Bertch. "Mrs. Charles Lewis, Grinnell, Iowa" is also written on the back of the photograph. Drake Community Library Archives. Oversize photos.
Date Created: 1900
PID: grinnell:6059