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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: 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: Great Northern Mountain Engine No. 1907
Description: Steam locomotive with coal car. Postcard from George Hodgdon to William S. Hodgdon dated August 1, 1909 and mailed the same day with an R.P.O. (Railway Post Office) postmark. A second postmark on the front from Sioux City. Drake Community Library (Grinnell, Iowa) Archives. Hodgdon Photographs Collection #259.
Date Created: 1909
PID: grinnell:27284

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: Miss Woolley on Woman's Ballot, Political Equality Series, v. 2, no. 1
Description: Pamphlet published by the National American Woman Suffrage Association. Mary E. Woolley, President of Mt. Holyoke College, discusses women's suffrage. Drake Community Library (Grinnell, Iowa) Archives. Collection # 161.
Date Created: 1909
PID: grinnell:5282

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: Stewart Library, Grinnell, Iowa
Description: Color postcard view of Stewart Library in Grinnell, Iowa. Card is addressed to Mrs. R. M. Burroughs, Gilman, Iowa, and postmarked Newburg, Iowa, November 23, 1909. Postcard published by Jno. T. Faber, Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Drake Community Library (Grinnell, Iowa) Archives. Miscellaneous photographs. Collection #17-1, Stewart Library.
Date Created: 1909
PID: grinnell:6441

Title: Stewart Public Library, Grinnell, Iowa -- 926
Description: Postcard view of Stewart Public Library, Grinnell, Iowa. Card is addressed to Miss Minnie Plagman, Marengo, Iowa, and postmarked August 5, 1909, in Grinnell, Iowa. Postcard produced by C.U. Williams Photoette, Bloomington, Illinois. Drake Community Library (Grinnell, Iowa) Archives. Miscellaneous photographs. Collection #17-1, Stewart Library.
Date Created: 1909
PID: grinnell:6442

Title: Stewarts Library, Grinnell, Ia., Stewart Library, Grinnell, Iowa
Description: Color postcard view of Stewart Library in Grinnell, Iowa. Postcard is erroneously printed as "Stewarts" Library rather than Stewart Library. Postmarked May 17, 1909 and addressed to Miss Ethel Longley, Grinnell, Iowa. Card was made in Germany and imported by Brown & Harrington, Grinnell, Iowa. Drake Community Library (Grinnell, Iowa) Archives. Miscellaneous photographs. Collection #17-1, Stewart Library.
Date Created: 1909
PID: grinnell:6437

Title: New Gas Plant, Grinnell, IA
Description: Postcard view of Peoples Light and Fuel Co., Grinnell, Iowa. Slogans on the card read: "Use the light that lights," and "Use the fuel that makes cooking fun." Verso of postcard is addressed to "J.J. Mincer, 922 Main St., City" and is postmarked September 7, 1909. The message reads, "Gas will be turned on about Sept. 15 or 20," and is signed with a stamped "Peoples Light and Fuel Co." Photograph by Child. Drake Community Library (Grinnell, Iowa) Archives. McNally photographs. Collection #1, Series #1-1.
Date Created: 1909
PID: grinnell:6272