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Title: 808 4th Avenue, 808 Fourth Avenue
Description: Photograph of the interior of an office at 808 Fourth Avenue in Grinnell, Iowa. Two men are in the picture, one is sitting at a desk covered with papers, bottles of ink and date stamps. The other man sits opposite in a chair with a pair of crutches nearby. Horses and buggies are faintly visible outside the window. Drake Community Library (Grinnell, Iowa) Archives. Miscellaneous photographs. Collection #17-6, People.
Date Created: 1910
PID: grinnell:13005

Title: Ahrens Family about 1910
Description: Some of the family of Frederick and Henrietta Ahrens taken at their home at Sixth Avenue and Penrose in Grinnell, Iowa, about 1910. Back row: Henry Ahrens, William Ahrens holding Alice Ahrens Edgington, Frank Ahrens, Fred Schmidt (?), Will Geiger. Middle row: Carolyn "Carrie" Schultz Ahrens holding Wesley, Henrietta Ahrens, Ella Zahrt Ahrens holding Sheldon, Annie Kuder holding an unidentified child, Mary Myers Ahrens holding Stanley, Dora Ahrens Geiger, Minnie Ahrens, Ella Ahrens McMillan, Mrs. Fred Schmidt(?). Front row: Inez Ahrens Sanders is one of the children in the front row. All other children are unidentified.
Date Created: 1910
PID: grinnell:12913

Title: Music Building, Alumni Hall, [Grinnell College], Grinnell, Iowa
Description: Looking northwest. Alumni Hall (Music Building) was constructed in 1882, razed in 1958 to make room for construction of Burling Library. Cost approximately $19,100 excluding grading and landscaping. Number 934.
Date Created: 1910
PID: grinnell:13531

Title: Animal cage, Bever Park, Cedar Rapids, Iowa, Bever Park Zoo
Description: Visitors of all ages surrounding an animal cage. Bever Park was established in 1893, after the death of prominent Cedar Rapids businessman Sampson Bever, whose family owned the wooded land. The Bever Park Zoo, which would become home to lions, bears, alligators, monkeys and other animals, opened in 1901, and trolley service to the park, then two miles outside of the Cedar Rapids city limits, began in 1904. 1910 postmark. Number 49.
Date Created: 1910
PID: grinnell:14127

Title: Baptist Church
Description: View of the Baptist Church at the northeast corner of 4th Avenue and Park Street in Grinnell, Iowa. The Brand apartments are visible to the right.
Date Created: 1910
PID: grinnell:3332

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: Bell Straight-Working Panorama Camera
Description: Advertisement for the Bell Straight-Working Panorama Camera which was manufactured in Grinnell, Iowa. Drake Community Library Archives. Oversize photos.
Date Created: 1910
PID: grinnell:6066