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Title: New Gas Plant, Grinnell, IA
Description: Postcard view of Peoples Light and Fuel Co., Grinnell, Iowa. Slogans on the card read: "Use the light that lights," and "Use the fuel that makes cooking fun." Verso of postcard is addressed to "J.J. Mincer, 922 Main St., City" and is postmarked September 7, 1909. The message reads, "Gas will be turned on about Sept. 15 or 20," and is signed with a stamped "Peoples Light and Fuel Co." Photograph by Child. Drake Community Library (Grinnell, Iowa) Archives. McNally photographs. Collection #1, Series #1-1.
Date Created: 1909
PID: grinnell:6272

Title: Otherside Supper Club and Pagliai's Pizza
Description: The Otherside Supper Club and Pagliai's Pizza at 816 Fifth Avenue in downtown Grinnell, Iowa. Drake Community Library (Grinnell, Iowa) Archives. Main Street Slides, p.35, slide 10.
Date Created: 1987
PID: grinnell:21651

Title: Penquite Motel
Description: Flier for the Penquite Motel, located on the corner of 6th Avenue and Penrose Street in Grinnell, Iowa, advertising rooms for a bowling tournament to be held in Grinnell from February 17 to March 24 probably in 1961. Fern and Gene Freeborn bought the Penquite Motel in 1961 and changed the name to Freeborn Motel shortly thereafter.
Date Created: 1961
PID: grinnell:12204

Title: Story of an Old Settler
Description: Newspaper clipping of article written by Jennie Bailey (1858-1937) about her father, James Bailey (1815-1888), and mother, Cornelia Doolittle Bailey (1824-1893) and their life in early Grinnell. James Bailey was an Abolitionist and his home was a station on the Underground Railroad. Other people mentioned include Alfred Bailey, Lorenzo Bailey, Joanna Bailey Baggs, and Dennis and Clark Thompson. Topics discussed include the first saw mill in Grinnell, the Bailey House hotel, the Sugar Creek war, and prairie flora.
Date Created: 1930
PID: grinnell:5828

Title: Three Men Against a Wall
Description: Postcard view of three men dressed in suits and hats against a wall in Grinnell, Iowa (?). Poster for the 1914 film September Morn in shop window at left. Drake Community Library (Grinnell, Iowa) Archives. McNally photographs. Collection #1, Series #1-1.
Date Created: 1914
PID: grinnell:6355

Title: Three Men Working on the Roof, 3 Men Working on the Roof
Description: Three men working on the roof at 813 Fourth Avenue in Grinnell, Iowa. Drake Community Library (Grinnell, Iowa) Archives. Main Street Slides, p.24, slide 16.
Date Created: 1991
PID: grinnell:21511

Title: Three People Outside Grinnell Medical Associates Building, 3 People Outside Grinnell Medical Associates Building
Description: Three people standing outside the Grinnell Medical Associates building in Grinnell, Iowa. One of the men is Dr. Doorenbos. Drake Community Library (Grinnell, Iowa) Archives. Main Street Slides, p.17, slide 9.
Date Created: 1991
PID: grinnell:21429

Title: Three Views of the General Telephone Company Building
Description: Three views of the completed General Telephone company building at 11 11th Avenue in Grinnell, Iowa, in 1967: daytime, dusk and nighttime.
Date Created: 1967
PID: grinnell:6398

Title: Tile Factory South of Grinnell, Iowa
Description: Tile factory south of Grinnell, Iowa on the Missouri and St. Louis Railroad line. Stacks of tile are visible in the foreground. Drake Community Library (Grinnell, Iowa) Archives. McNally photographs. Collection #1, Series #1-1.
Date Created: 1900
PID: grinnell:6270

Title: Tom and Mary Parmley at the Longhorn
Description: Mary and Tom Parmley (on the far left) visit with customers at their restaurant, the Longhorn in Grinnell, Iowa.
Date Created: 1970
PID: grinnell:27207