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The Penquite Motel

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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.
Title Penquite Motel
Index Date 1961
Date Issued 1961?
Publisher Poweshiek History Preservation Project
Provenance Jamie Freeborn Thompson
Topic Bowling -- Tournaments
Topic Penquite Motel (Grinnell, Iowa)
Topic Freeborn Motel (Grinnell, Iowa)
Topic Motels
Geographic Grinnell (Iowa)
Keyword 1960s
Keyword Grinnell
Keyword Business
Keyword Sports & Recreation
Related Item Poweshiek History Preservation Project
Related Item Digital Grinnell
Genre advertisement
Extent 1 sheet
Media Type image/tiff
Digital Origin digitized other analog
Language English
Identifier (local) grinnell:12204
Identifier (hdl) http://hdl.handle.net/11084/12204
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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