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Title: True Story
Description: Advertisement for a play about the romance between a male Grinnell College history professor and a female Grinnell College English professor performed at the Colonial Theater in Grinnell, Iowa. Probably 1925. Drake Community Library Archives. Early Theater Productions. Collection #100.
Date Created: 1925
PID: grinnell:6114

Title: Alex Manson
Description: Black and white photographic portrait of Alexander Manson (1875-1966) in police uniform with a badge reading "CHIEF" on his cap. Manson served as chief of police in Grinnell from 1921 through 1939. Judging by his appearance, this photograph was most likely taken in the 1920s. During World War I he joined the YMCA and served as secretary with overseas duty in Paris for 2 1/2 years.
Date Created: 1921
PID: grinnell:23239

Title: Anna Ramsey Interview, Voices from the Past
Description: Anna Ramsey, the daughter of Frank and Alice Knight, was born on November 22, 1908. She graduated from Grinnell College in 1930. She married Fred Ramsey and had a son and a daughter. Before retiring, she worked as a secretary at Grinnell College.
Date Created: 1992
PID: grinnell:23315

Title: Arthur McDowell Interview, Voices from the Past
Description: One of nine children, Art was born south of Grinnell on June 22, 1902. After graduating from high school and working for three years at the Farmer's Elevator, he began his career in insurance. Upon retirement, he was Secretary-Treasurer of the Poweshiek County Mutual Insurance Company. He and his wife, Mildred, married in 1930, had a son and daughter.
Date Created: 1992
PID: grinnell:23310

Title: Ben's Tire Shop Truck Decorated for a Parade
Description: Gladys Tarleton poses next to a decorated truck, probably for a Fourth of July parade, at Ben's Tire Shop in Grinnell, Iowa, in 1921 or 1922. Ben's Tire Shop, located at 717 Fourth Avenue, was run by Benjamin Pliny Tarleton in Grinnell beginning in the early 1920s.
Date Created: 1921
PID: grinnell:12029

Title: Broad Street, West of Park, Grinnell, Iowa
Description: Postcard with colorized photograph of Broad Street, West of Park, Grinnell, addressed to Ethel Longley (1884-9/19/1961).
Date Created: 1921
PID: grinnell:26617

Title: Bruce Ford Hammond
Description: Bruce Ford Hammond, youngest son of Walter and Hattie Child Hammond. Photo taken by Child Studio, Grinnell, Iowa.
Date Created: 1923
PID: grinnell:20429

Title: Burk-Leins Novelty Orchestra
Description: The Burk-Leins Novelty Orchestra played on riverboats on the Mississippi in the late 1920s. A note on the verso identifies the group as the "Mississippi Six" and additionally indicates Polk Burk on drums, Stick Leins on piano, and Rex Leins on sax. Drake Community Library (Grinnell, Iowa) Archives. Miscellaneous photographs. Collection #17-6, People.
Date Created: 1928
PID: grinnell:12827

Title: Butt and Farmer Families in Ewart
Description: Family photograph taken in Ewart circa 1928. Front row: Julia Sharer, Leola Bennett Donai, Vera Bennett Rowe, Anthony Butt, (Donald Farmer, Helen Runnells, Dwight Burch - children in front), John Butt, Mildred Butt, Edith Farmer Bennett, Enola Burch, Esther Burch, Opal Burch, Norman Farmer, Joseph Farmer, Mattie Farmer Burch, Will Butt (Shorty). On the porch: Lewis Farmer, Arthur Sharer, Stella Farmer, Alva Burch, George Bennett, Rosa Farmer Cox, Jim Cox, Burrson Farmer.
Date Created: 1928
PID: grinnell:27214

Title: Carmen
Description: Theater program. Ralph Dunbar Productions, Inc. present The Dunbar English Opera Company in an American production of Bizet's masterful Carmen. Colonial Theatre, Friday, October 7, 1921. Cast: John Knox, James Stevens, Lester Spring, Jack Bean, Lee Bright, Lorna Doone Jackson, Louise Gilbert, Elizabeth Myers, Winifred Wiley, George Shields, Harry Raschig, Gilbert Jackson. Drake Community Library Archives. Early Theater Productions. Collection #100.
Date Created: 1921
PID: grinnell:6120