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Title: View on Broad Street, Grinnell, Iowa
Description: Color postcard view of the west side of Broad Street between 4th and 5th Avenues in Grinnell, Iowa, about 1907. The First Congregational Church is partially visible on the right edge of the view. Postcard was made in Germany and imported by Brown & Harrington, Grinnell. Postcard published by C.E. Wheelock & Co. Drake Community Library (Grinnell, Iowa) Archives. Miscellaneous photographs. Collection #17-2, Grinnell Buildings.
Date Created: 1907
PID: grinnell:6511

Title: Bill from Spaulding Manufacturing Company to the Grinnell School District
Description: Letter dated December 6, 1904, from the Spaulding Manufacturing Co. to the Grinnell (Iowa) school district billing the district for the use of rooms in the Spaulding block. The bill is marked, "Approved," with the signatures of W.T. Fuller, J.P. Lyman, and S.A. Cravath.
Date Created: 1904
PID: grinnell:11929

Title: Center School
Description: Miniature photo of Center School, Grinnell, Iowa, pasted on a card with the words, "Old H.S. Building" and "Thanksgiving Day '06." Drake Community Library (Grinnell, Iowa) Archives. Miscellaneous photographs. Collection #17-2, Grinnell Buildings.
Date Created: 1906
PID: grinnell:6500

Title: Characteristics of the Times and Seasons
Description: Journal kept by Richard Spire from 1894-1918 in which he recorded his observations on weather, crop yields and prices, land values, and a few comments on presidential elections and World War I. Richard Spire farmed in Sheridan Township, Poweshiek County, Iowa, from 1872-1910. He and his wife, Isadora Hatfield, had eight children. He was engaged in several livestock buying partnerships and was a large feeder of cattle. In 1899 he was elected assessor. Drake Community Library (Grinnell, Iowa) Archives. Collection #56.
Date Created: 1894
PID: grinnell:12351

Title: Correspondence of the Poweshiek County Anti-Saloon League
Description: 1905 letter concerning the organization of the Poweshiek County Anti-Saloon League and 1911 letter sent to local newspapers requesting publication of a notice of an upcoming meeting. Drake Community Library (Grinnell, Iowa) Archives. Collection # 65.
Date Created: 1905
PID: grinnell:5591

Title: Donna Muntz Scrapbook
Description: Pages from Donna Muntz' scrapbook with pictures and genealogical information about the following people: Abel Doty, Laura Sheets Doty, Glenn Doty, Willie Smith, John Sheets, Emma Sheets Slaymaker, Elizabeth Sheets Booth, Clement Slaymaker Joan and Catherine Sheets, Carl and Ada Carlsen.
Date Created: 1990
PID: grinnell:5998

Title: Fruits of Equal Suffrage, 1, Political Equality Series, v. 1, no. 2
Description: Pamphlet published by the National American Woman Suffrage Association. This pamphlet discusses the "practical good" equal suffrage has done and gives examples of laws passed in Wyoming and Colorado. Drake Community Library (Grinnell, Iowa) Archives. Collection # 161.
Date Created: 1904
PID: grinnell:5266

Title: High School, Grinnell, Iowa
Description: Color postcard view of the south face of Grinnell High School in Grinnell, Iowa from Central Park. Postcard published by Jno. T. Faber Publisher, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, and addressed to Miss Lillian Bixby in Camden, Maine. Postmarked April 14, 1908, Grinnell, Iowa, and April 16, 1908, Camden, Maine. Signed by Mary Robison, Grinnell, Iowa. Drake Community Library (Grinnell, Iowa) Archives. Miscellaneous photographs. Collection #17-2, Grinnell Buildings.
Date Created: 1908
PID: grinnell:6530

Title: Hotel Monroe, Grinnell, Ia., Hotel Monroe, Grinnell, Iowa
Description: Postcard view of the Hotel Monroe in Grinnell, Iowa. The Monroe was located on the northeast corner of Park Street and Third Avenue across from the railroad depot. Postcard published by C.E. Wheelock, Peoria, Illinois. Drake Community Library (Grinnell, Iowa) Archives. Miscellaneous photographs. Collection #17-2, Grinnell Buildings.
Date Created: 1905
PID: grinnell:6524

Title: Judge Lindsey on Suffrage, Political Equality Series, v. 1, no. 5
Description: Pamphlet published by the National American Woman Suffrage Association. Judge Ben Lindsey of Denver discusses the effect of voting mothers on the success of the juvenile courts system in Colorado. Drake Community Library (Grinnell, Iowa) Archives. Collection #161.
Date Created: 1904
PID: grinnell:5268