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Title: History and Genealogy of Bailey and Baggs Families
Description: Ten pages of handwritten notes detailing the history and genealogy of the James Fordyce Bailey family and the George Thomas Baggs family. This is probably a draft of the entry for James Fordyce Bailey in Leonard Fletcher Parker's History of Poweshiek County, Iowa.
Date Created: 1910
PID: grinnell:5851

Title: Hitching Rack in Grinnell
Description: Postcard view of horses lined up at a hitching rack on Fourth Avenue on the south side of Central Park in Grinnell, Iowa. Grinnell High School visible in the background. Azo stamp box on verso. Drake Community Library (Grinnell, Iowa) Archives. McNally photographs. Collection #1, Series #1-1.
Date Created: 1910
PID: grinnell:6307

Title: Horse-drawn delivery wagons
Description: Seven horse-drawn delivery wagons from the Co-operative Delivery Co. in Grinnell, Iowa. Kingsland blacksmith shop in the background. Picture possibly taken at corner of 3rd Ave and West St., Grinnell, Iowa. Picture dated March, 27, 1912. Names of drivers given as: Sony, Jim, Austin, Dock, Monk, Ret, Dan, Toad and Stoops. Name on back of photograph is Homer Dawkins. Drake Community Library Archives. Oversize photos.
Date Created: 1912
PID: grinnell:6064

Title: Ice Plant and Creamery
Description: Ice plant and creamery on the southeast corner of West Street and Third Avenue in Grinnell, Iowa, about 1915. Proprietor's name on sign: J.W. Fowler. Electric lines and street lights are visible. Drake Community Library (Grinnell, Iowa) Archives. McNally photographs. Collection #1, Series #1-3.
Date Created: 1915
PID: grinnell:6158

Title: J.W. Norris and Sons Livery Stable
Description: J.W. Norris and Sons Livery Stable on the lot which became the site of the Grinnell, Iowa, post office (southeast corner of 5th Avenue and Broad Street). Drake Community Library (Grinnell, Iowa) Archives. McNally photographs. Collection #1, Series #1-3.
Date Created: 1917
PID: grinnell:6182

Title: Kibby & Benson Furniture Advertisement
Description: Postcard view of four men attempting to pull apart a chair. Verso of postcard is an advertisement for Kibby & Benson Furniture, Grinnell, Iowa. Drake Community Library (Grinnell, Iowa) Archives. McNally photographs. Collection #1, Series #1-1.
Date Created: 1910
PID: grinnell:6288

Title: Letter from Charles Noble to Frank Burns
Description: Letter from Charles Noble, professor of English at Grinnell College and a minister, to Frank R. Burns, confirming that Professor Noble will perform a marriage ceremony for Frank and Mae Hammond on June 1, 1918, at the Hammond home in Grinnell, Iowa.
Date Created: 1918
PID: grinnell:20661

Title: M.E. Church, Grinnell, IA --92--
Description: Postcard view of the Methodist Episcopal Church on the corner of 5th Avenue and Park Street in Grinnell, Iowa, in 1918. Postcard published by L.L. Cook Company, Lake Mills, Wis. Drake Community Library (Grinnell, Iowa) Archives. McNally photographs. Collection #1, Series #1-1.
Date Created: 1918
PID: grinnell:6268

Title: Madison Township School Board Meeting Minutes, 1916-1952
Description: Minutes of the Madison Township, Poweshiek County, Iowa, school board from July 1, 1916, through March 17, 1952. Meetings were held at the White Cloud School. The board paid bills, issued bonds, set salaries, contracted for construction and maintenance of school buildings. Names of school board members present at each meeting are listed.
Date Created: 1916
PID: grinnell:18024

Title: Main Street, Grinnell, Iowa, Grinnell, IA -839-
Description: Postcard of downtown Grinnell, Iowa, looking south on Main Street from the corner of 5th Avenue and Main Street. Colonial Theater, Lyric Theater and Strand movie theater visible on the right. Drake Community Library (Grinnell, Iowa) Archives. McNally photographs. Collection #1, Series #1-1.
Date Created: 1910
PID: grinnell:6190