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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: 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

Title: Cherokee Monument Company Truck
Description: A uniformed man stands next to a truck with Cherokee Monument Co. on the driver's door. The truck has a 1921 Iowa license plate. Photo most likely was taken in Cherokee, Iowa. Drake Community Library (Grinnell, Iowa) Archives. Hodgdon Photographs Collection #259.
Date Created: 1921
PID: grinnell:27276

Title: Dr. Edwin E. Harris as William Pine in "Passers-By"
Description: Dr. Edwin E. Harris, wearing a Za-Ga-Zig Shriner's hat, as the man-servant William Pine, in the December 14th, 1921, production of "Passers-By" performed by the Community Playmakers of Grinnell at the Colonial Theater in Grinnell, Iowa. Drake Community Library (Grinnell, Iowa) Archives. Miscellaneous photographs. Collection #100, Early Theater Productions.
Date Created: 1921
PID: grinnell:18918

Title: Eugene Henely
Description: Eugene Henely was superintendent of schools in Grinnell, Iowa, for 23 years, from 1905 until his death in 1928. Photo by Child. Drake Community Library (Grinnell, Iowa) Archives. Miscellaneous photographs. Collection #17-6, People.
Date Created: 1921
PID: grinnell:13081

Title: High School, Grinnell, Iowa
Description: Postcard view of Grinnell High School in Grinnell, Iowa, after the the addition to the north was built in 1921. View is of the east facade along Park Street. Drake Community Library (Grinnell, Iowa) Archives. Miscellaneous photographs. Collection #17-5, Views of Grinnell.
Date Created: 1921
PID: grinnell:12234

Title: Letter to Lillie Pilgrim from Laurabelle Fonte
Description: Letter to Lillie Pilgrim of Grinnell, Iowa, from a friend, Laurabelle Fonte, dated October 4, 1921, asking Lillie to subscribe to Crowell magazines through her. Laurabelle also talks about canning tomatoes and entertaining a ladies club. Includes envelope.
Date Created: 1921
PID: grinnell:30041

Title: Mae Hammond Burns and Frank Burns, Jr.
Description: Mae Hammond Burns and her son, Frank R. Burns, Jr. Frank, Jr., was born February 21, 1921 in Des Moines, Iowa.
Date Created: 1921
PID: grinnell:20607

Title: Martha
Description: Theater program. Martha, comic opera in four acts by Fredrich von Flotow. Text by St. George and Friedrich. Tuesday, May 31, 1921, Colonial Theater, Grinnell, Iowa. Given by the Faculty of the Grinnell School of Music, assisted by the Glee Clubs and Orchestra. Benefit of the Endowment Fund. Cast: Jean Young Currie, Mrs. Margery Warner Bouma, Elias Blum, Arthur Faguy-Cote, David E. Peck, L.D. Hartson. Girls' Glee Club and Men's Glee Club. Grinnell College Orchestra, George L. Pierce, conductor. Drake Community Library Archives. Early Theater Productions. Collection #100.
Date Created: 1921
PID: grinnell:6117