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Title: General Telephone Building on 5th Avenue
Description: View of the General Telephone company building in Grinnell, Iowa. Taken looking north and west from the corner of 5th Avenue and Broad Street in 1965. Eyestone Insurance company and an ice cream store are on the corner.
Date Created: 1965
PID: grinnell:6391

Title: Lang's Dairy Float
Description: Lang's Dairy float in the 1953 Labor Day parade in Grinnell, Iowa. A dairy truck pulls a float on which there is a statue of a dairy cow and an oversized milk carton. The photograph was taken at the corner of Commercial Street and Broad Street, looking west along Commercial.
Date Created: 1953
PID: grinnell:20625

Title: Looking East from 4th Avenue and Main Street
Description: Color postcard view of 4th Avenue in Grinnell, Iowa, looking east from the intersection of 4th Avenue and Main Street. Businesses visible include: Arnold's Shoes, Strand's Shoes, Mathews Rexall Drugs, Grinnell Insurance Agency, Grinnell State Bank, and Danish Maid Bakery, among others.
Date Created: 1960
PID: grinnell:11910

Title: North Side of Fourth Avenue
Description: Stereo card view of the north side of 4th Avenue between Main and Broad Streets in Grinnell, Iowa taken between 1879 and 1885.The first building on the left is the Eagle Block built in 1879. The Eagle Block and the building with the sign "Boots & Shoes" at the top are still standing (2017). The wooden buildings are no longer standing with the exception of the hardware store building which was moved, had its roofline changed and is now a home at 1316 4th Avenue. Visible business signs include ? & Norris, Attorney at Law; Dr. Kittoe, Dentist; H.C. Hyatt; Meat Market; and Hardware.
Date Created: 1880
PID: grinnell:13250

Title: North Side of Fourth Avenue, 1953
Description: View of the north side of Fourth Avenue, west of Broad Street, during the 1953 Labor Day parade in Grinnell, Iowa. Merchant's National Bank and signs for Turner Drugs and a cafe are visible. The Fire Department's "Old Betsy" is driving away down the street.
Date Created: 1953
PID: grinnell:20622

Title: Park Hotel in 1953
Description: View of the Park Hotel at 815 Broad Street in Grinnell, Iowa, as a parade float passes in front of it during the 1953 Labor Day parade. The float is advertising MoorMan's feed and has a hog in a pen on it as well as small boys in cowboy hats.
Date Created: 1953
PID: grinnell:20626

Title: Scene in Front of Bailey and Rinefort Hardware
Description: View of the front of Bailey and Rinefort Hardware store in Grinnell, Iowa, in 1902. The store was located at 914-916 Main Street. Dirt streets are lined with hitching posts, and several bicycles are parked in front of buildings. Drake Community Library (Grinnell, Iowa) Archives. Miscellaneous photographs. Collection #17-5, Views of Grinnell.
Date Created: 1902
PID: grinnell:12290

Title: Snow on Fourth Avenue
Description: View of snow piled high in the middle of Fourth Avenue in Grinnell, Iowa, in February 1969. The view is looking west from Broad Street to Main Street.
Date Created: 1969
PID: grinnell:11928

Title: Telephone Company Float in 1953 Labor Day Parade
Description: The Telephone Company float rounds the corner at the intersection of 4th Avenue and Broad Street in Grinnell, Iowa. The Gambles store is visible on the corner and Dr. E.J. Jensen's office at 835 Broad Street is also visible.
Date Created: 1953
PID: grinnell:20623

Title: West Side of Broad Street between 5th and 6th Avenues
Description: View of the west side of Broad Street looking south from 5th Avenue in 1965. Businesses visible include Tots (a children's clothing store), Grinnell Office Supply, Pagliai's Pizza, Norris and Hays Heating and Air Conditioning, Lennox Air Conditioning and Heating.
Date Created: 1965
PID: grinnell:6392