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Title: Vocational Education Float in 1948 Grinnell Day Parade
Description: A parade float for "vocational education: homemaking, agriculture" in the 1948 Grinnell Day Parade in Grinnell, Iowa. The float is wooden with a woman in white next to a picnic table with corn shocks behind her. On the other side of the corn shocks are three men holding a navy and yellow banner and farm tools. The float is pulled by a man in a white shirt on a tractor. Drake Community Library (Grinnell, Iowa) Archives. Chamber of Commerce Slides, p.1, slide 17.
Date Created: 1948
PID: grinnell:19237

Title: Waiting for President Truman
Description: Grinnellians gathered at the railroad crossing at Park Street and 3rd Avenue on September 18, 1948, waiting for President Truman. Grinnell Railway Express building is visible on the left; Monroe Hotel is visible in the background. Note: Photo is mislabeled "Waiting for President Eisenhower." Drake Community Library (Grinnell, Iowa) Archives. McNally photographs. Collection #1, Series #1-3.
Date Created: 1948
PID: grinnell:6178

Title: Woman Awarding Ribbon to Man on Horseback During 1948 Grinnell Day
Description: A woman awarding a man on horseback a ribbon during the 1948 Grinnell Day in Grinnell, Iowa. The man is sitting on a black horse and dressed in a nice black suit with a white hat. Drake Community Library (Grinnell, Iowa) Archives. Chamber of Commerce Slides, p.6, slide 4.
Date Created: 1948
PID: grinnell:19292

Title: York Lumber Company, Grinnell Centennial Parade
Description: The York Lumber Company entry in the parade was a horse drawn wagon full of lumber. There is a girl in dress and bonnet and a boy sitting on the lumber. The driver is obscured. A sign on the side reads, "We like to trade at York's." York's was located at 732 Broad Street. Drake Community Library (Grinnell, Iowa) Archives. Miscellaneous Photographs. Collection #17, Box #4.
Date Created: 1954
PID: grinnell:28734