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Title: Debris after the Grinnell Cyclone
Description: Photograph of the debris after the cyclone of June 17, 1882, in Grinnell, Iowa. Drake Community Library (Grinnell, Iowa) Archives. McNally photographs. Collection #1, Series #1-2.
Date Created: 1882
PID: grinnell:6419

Title: Dorothy Dunham at Stewart Library
Description: Dorothy Dunham examining a doll house at Stewart Library in Grinnell, Iowa, circa January 1958. Drake Community Library (Grinnell, Iowa) Archives. Miscellaneous photographs. Collection #17-1, Stewart Library.
Date Created: 1958
PID: grinnell:6454

Title: Fire Damaged Buildings
Description: Fire-damaged buildings. Probably the Great Grinnell (Iowa) Fire of 1889. Drake Community Library (Grinnell, Iowa) Archives. McNally photographs. Collection #1, Series #1-1.
Date Created: 1889
PID: grinnell:6212

Title: First Train Arrives in Grinnell
Description: The first train arrives in Grinnell, Iowa, in June 1863 on the Mississippi and Missouri railroad line. The Mississippi and Missouri line later became the Rock Island Railroad. Drake Community Library (Grinnell, Iowa) Archives. McNally photographs. Collection #1, Series #1-3.
Date Created: 1863
PID: grinnell:6163

Title: First United Presb, Grinnell, Iowa, 28, First United Presbyterian Church, Grinnell, Iowa
Description: Postcard view of the First United Presbyterian Church on Sixth Avenue between State and Park Streets in Grinnell, Iowa. Kruxo stamp box corner on verso. Drake Community Library (Grinnell, Iowa) Archives. McNally photographs. Collection #1, Series #1-1.
Date Created: 1920
PID: grinnell:6282

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: Flower of the Ranch, Suitcase Mystery
Description: Two men and two women standing in front of the Bijou theater next to a sign advertising "The Flower of the Ranch" and "The Suitcase Mistery [sic]." "The Flower of the Ranch" was a silent, black & white movie released in April 1910. It was written and directed by Gilbert M. 'Broncho Billy' Anderson, and starred Gilbert M. 'Broncho Billy' Anderson, Neva Don Carlos, and Fred Church. "The Suitcase Mystery" was a silent, black & white movie released in March 1910. It was directed by Charles M. Seay and written by Edward W. Townsend. The Bijou Theatre was one or two doors east of the Elks Building. Drake Community Library (Grinnell, Iowa) Archives. McNally photographs. Collection #1, Series #1-3.
Date Created: 1910
PID: grinnell:6150

Title: General Telephone Building Construction
Description: Construction continues on the General Telephone company building at 11 11th Avenue in Grinnell, Iowa, in 1967.
Date Created: 1967
PID: grinnell:6396

Title: Glove Factory, Grinnell, Iowa
Description: Color postcard view of the glove factory at 732 Broad Street in Grinnell, Iowa, about 1915. Water tower in background. Hitching post at the street and bicycles parked at the front of the building. "C.T. photochrom" on verso. Drake Community Library (Grinnell, Iowa) Archives. McNally photographs. Collection #1, Series #1-1.
Date Created: 1915
PID: grinnell:6285

Title: Goodnow Hall
Description: View of Goodnow Hall on the Grinnell College campus, in Grinnell, Iowa. Most likely taken shortly after construction of the building in 1885. Drake Community Library (Grinnell, Iowa) Archives. McNally photographs. Collection #1, Series #1-2.
Date Created: 1885
PID: grinnell:6426