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Harry Case and Old Betsy

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Harry Case, Grinnell, Iowa, fire chief, stands next to the fire engine nicknamed "Old Betsy." Case became a member of the Grinnell volunteer firefighters on May 27, 1917. He was fire chief from 1936-1941. Case retired and was added to the fire department honor roll on January 14, 1946.
Title Harry Case and Old Betsy
Index Date 1930
Date Issued 1930?
Publisher Poweshiek History Preservation Project
Provenance Billie Broich
Topic Grinnell (Iowa). Fire Department
Topic Case, Harry Eli, 1885-1947
Topic Fire fighters
Topic Fire chiefs
Geographic Grinnell (Iowa)
Keyword 1930s
Keyword Grinnell
Keyword Organizations
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:20696
Identifier (hdl) http://hdl.handle.net/11084/20696
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