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1325 West Street
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Description
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Three views of 1325 West Street in Grinnell, Iowa. The house was built by Ed Bohstedt in 1952. View 2 shows the home during the March 1959 blizzard.
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Date Created
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1952
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PID
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grinnell:21183
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Title
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1953 Iowa Corn Picking Contest Winners
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Description
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Jack Waterbeck, fourth from the left holding plaque, after winning the 1953 two-row division Iowa corn picking contest. The contest was held in a field north of Blairstown and was sponsored by WMT Radio. Mr. Waterbeck had a new International Harvester corn picker on an International Harvester Super MTA tractor. Mr. Waterbeck, from Hartwick, Iowa, went on to take third place nationally.
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Date Created
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1953
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PID
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grinnell:27221
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Title
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1953 Labor Day Parade Fourth Avenue
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Description
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Looking west on Fourth Avenue from the corner of Fourth and Broad Street during the 1953 Labor Day parade in Grinnell, Iowa. The rear of a Grinnell Transport truck is visible and a float from North Market is in front of Merchants' National Bank. Turner Drugs is visible in the background.
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Date Created
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1953
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PID
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grinnell:20621
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75th Anniversary of the Malcom Methodist Church
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Description
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Photograph of, left to right, Bishop F. Gerald Ensley, Gordon Packard, and Dr. Everett Stats at the 75th anniversary celebration of the Malcom Methodist Church, Malcom, Iowa.
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Date Created
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1950
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PID
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grinnell:5704
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Title
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913 Eighth Avenue, 913 8th Avenue
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Description
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Doris and Ray George's 1960 Christmas card with a wintertime view of their house at 913 Eighth Avenue in Grinnell, Iowa. The picture was taken the year before.
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Date Created
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1959
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PID
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grinnell:11760
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Title
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Ann Bohstedt and friends
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Description
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Ann Bohstedt (third from left) and Ruth and Willard Wells (second and first on left) and friends.
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Date Created
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1950
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PID
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grinnell:21167
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Title
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Baling Hay
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Description
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Harry Ryan baling hay in the mid-1950s in Chester Township, Poweshiek County, Iowa. He is driving an orange Allis-Chalmers tractor equipped with an umbrella, and it is pulling a hay baler. Barns, outbuildings and a windmill are visible in the background.
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Date Created
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1955
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PID
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grinnell:29796
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Title
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Ben's Tire Shop
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Description
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Ben's Tire Shop in Grinnell, Iowa, in the 1950s. The shop, a Goodyear dealer, was run by Benjamin P. Tarleton.
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Date Created
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1950
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PID
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grinnell:12032