Drake Community Library Archives

Digitized copies of materials from the Drake Community Library archives. Includes photographs and documents related to the history of the Grinnell community, businesses and organizations.

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The new Central Park playground in Grinnell, Iowa, as construction was wrapping up. The playground was built by the Grinnell 2000 Foundation using an all-volunteer labor force. Drake Community Library (Grinnell, Iowa) Archives. Imagine Grinnell Slides, p.3, slide 12.
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The old Central Park playground with a slide and a merry-go-round, which was removed to make way for the new Central Park playground. The new playground was built by the Grinnell 2000 Foundation using an all-volunteer labor force. Drake Community Library (Grinnell, Iowa) Archives. Imagine Grinnell Slides, p.5, slide 4.
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The old Central Park playground sandlot, which was removed to make way for the new Central Park playground and sandlot. The new playground was built by the Grinnell 2000 Foundation using an all-volunteer labor force. Drake Community Library (Grinnell, Iowa) Archives. Imagine Grinnell Slides, p.5, slide 3.
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The old Central Park teeter totter, which was removed to make way for the new Central Park playground. The new playground was built by the Grinnell 2000 Foundation using an all-volunteer labor force. Drake Community Library (Grinnell, Iowa) Archives. Imagine Grinnell Slides, p.5, slide 5.
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The old swingset at the Central Park playground that was replaced with a new swingset. A new playground was built by the Grinnell 2000 Foundation using an all-volunteer labor force. Drake Community Library (Grinnell, Iowa) Archives. Imagine Grinnell Slides, p.12, slide 5.
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A Grinnell College Town and Gown banner is displayed on a downtown street light. Drake Community Library (Grinnell, Iowa) Archives. Imagine Grinnell Slides, p.12, slide 12.
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A group of ten volunteers assembling the new Central Park playground equipment in Grinnell, Iowa. The playground was built by the Grinnell 2000 Foundation using an all-volunteer labor force. Drake Community Library (Grinnell, Iowa) Archives. Imagine Grinnell Slides, p.4, slide 9.
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Three men working to drill a hole as part of the construction process for the new Central Park playground in Grinnell, Iowa. The playground was built by the Grinnell 2000 Foundation using an all-volunteer labor force. The south side of the Veterans' memorial Building is visible in the background. Drake Community Library (Grinnell, Iowa) Archives. Imagine Grinnell Slides, p.4, slide 20.
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Tree removal at Hazelwood Cemetery after storm damage toppled trees and headstones. Drake Community Library (Grinnell, Iowa) Archives. Imagine Grinnell Slides, p.12, slide 20.
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A truck delivers wood chips to the Public Services complex in Grinnell, Iowa, for use in the Central Park construction in 1996. Drake Community Library (Grinnell, Iowa) Archives. Imagine Grinnell Slides, p.12, slide 6.
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Two young girls sliding down the slides in the new Central Park playground in Grinnell, Iowa. The playground was built by the Grinnell 2000 Foundation with an all-volunteer labor force. Drake Community Library (Grinnell, Iowa) Archives. Imagine Grinnell Slides, p.3, slide 3.
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Todd Linden (left) and another man assemble some of the components for the new Central Park playground equipment in Grinnell, Iowa. The playground was built by the Grinnell 2000 Foundation using an all-volunteer labor force. Drake Community Library (Grinnell, Iowa) Archives. Imagine Grinnell Slides, p.4, slide 2.
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Two men constructing the new Central Park playground in Grinnell, Iowa. The playground was built by the Grinnell 2000 Foundation using an all-volunteer labor force. Drake Community Library (Grinnell, Iowa) Archives. Imagine Grinnell Slides, p.3, slide 20.
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Two men in the Grinnell Public Service Parking Lot during the construction of the new Central Park playground. Drake Community Library (Grinnell, Iowa) Archives. Imagine Grinnell Slides, p.12, slide 3.
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Two volunteers looking at long blue metal poles before using them to assemble the new Central Park playground equipment in Grinnell, Iowa. The playground was built by the Grinnell 2000 Foundation using an all-volunteer labor force. Drake Community Library (Grinnell, Iowa) Archives. Imagine Grinnell Slides, p.4, slide 15.
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A view of the new playground equipment in Central Park installed by Grinnell 2000, with an all-volunteer labor force, in Grinnell, Iowa. Drake Community Library (Grinnell, Iowa) Archives. Imagine Grinnell Slides, p.2, slide 20.
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Four volunteers assembling new Central Park playground equipment in Grinnell, Iowa. K.C. and Keaton Cornish are watching. The playground was built by the Grinnell 2000 Foundation using an all-volunteer labor force. Drake Community Library (Grinnell, Iowa) Archives. Imagine Grinnell Slides, p.4, slide 13.
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A large group of people working on the new Central Park playground in Grinnell, Iowa. Keaton Cornish is the boy in the white shirt. Melissa Anderson, City Engineer, is in the white shirt and jean shorts to the left. The playground was built by the Grinnell 2000 Foundation using an all-volunteer labor force. Drake Community Library (Grinnell, Iowa) Archives. Imagine Grinnell Slides, p.4, slide 16.
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A man is sitting and filling out a form at a table with a sign, "Employment Office" on it at the Poweshiek Leadership Program Poverty Simulation. Gordon Canfield is in the tan blazer behind the table. Drake Community Library (Grinnell, Iowa) Archives. Imagine Grinnell Slides, p.2, slide 6.
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Five people in a meeting, wearing name tags.Tom Pearce is on the left and Rusty Clayton is in the blue shirt. Drake Community Library (Grinnell, Iowa) Archives. Imagine Grinnell Slides, p.2, slide 10.