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Title: Automobile Parked in Front of Cherokee Monument Company
Description: Automobile parked in front of Cherokee Monument Company at 126 E. Main Street in Cherokee, Iowa. The building in the background on the right is Lincoln High School which was on the northeast corner of Main Street and 1st Street. The high school was razed in 1960. Drake Community Library (Grinnell, Iowa) Archives. Hodgdon Photographs Collection #259.
Date Created: 1920
PID: grinnell:27281

Title: Burk-Leins Novelty Orchestra
Description: The Burk-Leins Novelty Orchestra played on riverboats on the Mississippi in the late 1920s. A note on the verso identifies the group as the "Mississippi Six" and additionally indicates Polk Burk on drums, Stick Leins on piano, and Rex Leins on sax. Drake Community Library (Grinnell, Iowa) Archives. Miscellaneous photographs. Collection #17-6, People.
Date Created: 1928
PID: grinnell:12827

Title: Cherokee Monument Company Truck
Description: A uniformed man stands next to a truck with Cherokee Monument Co. on the driver's door. The truck has a 1921 Iowa license plate. Photo most likely was taken in Cherokee, Iowa. Drake Community Library (Grinnell, Iowa) Archives. Hodgdon Photographs Collection #259.
Date Created: 1921
PID: grinnell:27276

Title: Correspondence
Description: Correspondence of the Grinnell Political Equality Club with the Iowa Equal Suffrage Association. 2 letters. Drake Community Library (Grinnell, Iowa) Archives. Collection # 161.
Date Created: 1905
PID: grinnell:5260

Title: D.M. Love Blacksmith & Wagon Shop, D.M. Love Blacksmith and Wagon Shop
Description: View of the D.M. Love Blacksmith and Wagon Shop in Winthrop (Buchanan County) Iowa owned by David M. Love. 1930s automobile and a John Deere tractor are in front of the shop. Drake Community Library (Grinnell, Iowa) Archives. Miscellaneous photographs. Collection #17-2, Grinnell Buildings.
Date Created: 1930
PID: grinnell:11310

Title: Donaldson Bros. Biplane, Donaldson Brothers Biplane
Description: A uniformed man with goggles on his forehead sits in the cockpit of a biplane which has Donaldson Bros. written on the side. Photo most likely was taken in Cherokee, Iowa. Drake Community Library (Grinnell, Iowa) Archives. Hodgdon Photographs Collection #259.
Date Created: 1920
PID: grinnell:27278

Title: Drama in the Church
Description: Pamphlet produced by the Drama League of America describing ways dramatic work can involve young people in the church. Drake Community Library Archives. Early Theater Productions. Collection #100.
Date Created: 1920
PID: grinnell:6121

Title: Early Automobiles
Description: Postcard view of three early (1910s) automobiles, one a Ford and one an Oakland. The postcard was sent on June 12, 1911 from Mort(?) Powers of New Sharon, Iowa, to John Mincer of Grinnell, Iowa. The X under the automobile on the right probably identifies Mr. Powers. Photo was possibly taken in New Sharon. Drake Community Library (Grinnell, Iowa) Archives. McNally photographs. Collection #1, Series #1-1.
Date Created: 1911
PID: grinnell:6213

Title: First Schoolhouse in Sugar Creek Township
Description: First schoolhouse and the first scholars of the first term of Sugar Creek Township, Poweshiek County, Iowa. From left to right: Levi McDowell, James Stanley, John English, Mrs. John Baker, Mrs. Sam Stewart, and Mrs. John English. The school was built in 1851 and the first teacher was Mr. Jack McDowell. Photo by Dr. John Souter; taken about 1898. Drake Community Library Archives. Oversize photos.
Date Created: 1898
PID: grinnell:6062

Title: G.C. and Rilla Grinnell
Description: Portrait of Garrett C. Grinnell and Flavillia (Rilla) Anderson Grinnell taken by L. H. Freeborn & Son in Des Moines, Iowa, probably sometime in the late 1800s. They lived in Webster Township, Polk County, Iowa. Drake Community Library (Grinnell, Iowa) Archives. Miscellaneous photographs. Collection #67, Grinnell/ Williams Family.
Date Created: 1880
PID: grinnell:18871