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Ben's Tire Shop Truck Decorated for a Parade

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Gladys Tarleton poses next to a decorated truck, probably for a Fourth of July parade, at Ben's Tire Shop in Grinnell, Iowa, in 1921 or 1922. Ben's Tire Shop, located at 717 Fourth Avenue, was run by Benjamin Pliny Tarleton in Grinnell beginning in the early 1920s.
Title Ben's Tire Shop Truck Decorated for a Parade
Index Date 1921
Date Issued 1921 or 1922
Publisher Poweshiek History Preservation Project
Provenance Cynthia Levy
Topic Tarleton, Gladys Schoonover, 1895-1983
Topic Tarleton, Benjamin Pliny, 1891-1985
Topic Automobiles--Tires--Repairing
Topic Parades
Geographic Grinnell (Iowa)
Keyword 1920s
Keyword Grinnell
Keyword Business
Related Item Poweshiek History Preservation Project
Related Item Digital Grinnell
Genre photograph
Extent 1 sheet
Media Type image/tiff
Digital Origin digitized other analog
Language English
Identifier (local) grinnell:12029
Identifier (hdl) http://hdl.handle.net/11084/12029
Access Condition Copyright to this work is held by the author(s), in accordance with United States copyright law (USC 17). Readers of this work have certain rights as defined by the law, including but not limited to fair use (17 USC 107 et seq.).
Type of Resource still image
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