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Title: Rexall Float
Description: Postcard view of a parade float, "The Rexall Line to Health," sponsored by R.E. Bates Drug Store, Grinnell, Iowa. The float is a decorated street car. Azo stamp box on verso. Photograph by Child. Drake Community Library (Grinnell, Iowa) Archives. Miscellaneous photographs. Collection #17-5, Views of Grinnell.
Date Created: 1915
PID: grinnell:12440

Title: Rexall Float
Description: Postcard view of a parade float, "The Rexall Line to Health," sponsored by R.E. Bates Drug Store, Grinnell, Iowa. Drake Community Library (Grinnell, Iowa) Archives. McNally photographs. Collection #1, Series #1-1.
Date Created: 1920
PID: grinnell:6349

Title: Rexall Float in Grinnell Parade
Description: Postcard view of a parade in Grinnell, Iowa. The parade is progressing south on Broad Street between 5th and 4th Avenues. Stewart Library is in the background. The photograph was taken before the post office was built in 1916. A Rexall drug store float is visible. Early automobiles and horse and carriages are parked along the route. Azo stamp box on verso. Photograph by Child. Drake Community Library (Grinnell, Iowa) Archives. Miscellaneous photographs. Collection #17-5, Views of Grinnell.
Date Created: 1915
PID: grinnell:12439

Title: Richardson Phelps Lumber Company, Grinnell Centennial Parade
Description: The Richardson-Phelps Lumber Company float in the Grinnell Centennial parade was a log cabin on the back of a truck. Additional features included a hand pump with a bucket next to it and a privy. A sign on the side of float reads, "Richardson-Phelps Lumber Co. Since 1914." Richardson-Phelps Lumber Company was located at 714 Park Street. Drake Community Library (Grinnell, Iowa) Archives. Miscellaneous Photographs. Collection #17, Box #4.
Date Created: 1954
PID: grinnell:28736

Title: Ritter Maytag & Appliance Co. Car in 1949 Grinnell Day Parade
Description: A young boy drives a small race car in red and white with blue pompoms and the Ritter Maytag & Appliance Co. sign overhead in the 1949 Grinnell Day Parade in Grinnell, Iowa. The Congregational Church, also known as the Old Stone Church, is visible in the background. Drake Community Library (Grinnell, Iowa) Archives. Chamber of Commerce Slides, p.3, slide 3.
Date Created: 1949
PID: grinnell:19262

Title: Rock Creek Township, Grinnell Centennial Parade
Description: The Rock Creek Township float in the Grinnell Centennial parade featured people wearing dress from 100 years ago and people in modern dress. A sign reads, "A century of progress, Rock Creek Township." Drake Community Library (Grinnell, Iowa) Archives. Miscellaneous Photographs. Collection #17, Box #4.
Date Created: 1954
PID: grinnell:28737

Title: Ruins after the Great Grinnell Fire
Description: View of the Congregational church with rubble in the foreground after the Great Grinnell Fire in 1889. Drake Community Library (Grinnell, Iowa) Archives. McNally photographs. Collection #1, Series #1-2.
Date Created: 1889
PID: grinnell:6410

Title: S. W. Belden Clothing
Description: View looking northeast at the corner of 4th Avenue and Broad Street in Grinnell, Iowa. There is a parade of soldiers carrying flags and others. Horses and carriages as well as electrical lines are visible. A large clock labeled "H.P. Proctor" is in the foreground as is a sign for "S.W. Belden Clothing." The Old Stone Church is visible in the background as are Stewart Library and the high school (both partially obscured). Central Park is to the right. Drake Community Library (Grinnell, Iowa) Archives. McNally photographs. Collection #1, Series #1-1.
Date Created: 1890
PID: grinnell:6211

Title: Semi-Centennial Luncheon Ticket
Description: Luncheon ticket for the Semi-Centennial of Grinnell celebration held at 1:00 p.m. on June 10 1904 at the Congregational Church. Ticket has a sketch of Grinnell in 1854. Drake Community Library (Grinnell, Iowa) Archives. McNally photographs. Collection #1, Series #1-1.
Date Created: 1904
PID: grinnell:6365

Title: Service-Center Float in 1948 Grinnell Day Parade
Description: The Service-Center float in the 1948 Grinnell Day Parade in Grinnell, Iowa. The float is green with red, white, and green streamers and has an advertisement for motor oil on the back. In the middle of the float there is a woman wearing a green and white top and a gold crown. Drake Community Library (Grinnell, Iowa) Archives. Chamber of Commerce Slides, p.5, slide 1.
Date Created: 1948
PID: grinnell:19276