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Title: Broad Street Parking to End
Description: Photograph of cars parked in the middle of Broad Street in Grinnell, Iowa, in 1961. A news clipping attached to the photo reads, "Broad Street parking to end. Grinnell City Council voted Monday night to end center street parking on a 2-block stretch of Broad Street between Fifth Avenue and Commercial. The center of the 2-block stretch of Broad Street has been used for parking for about 12 years." A handwritten date of April 14, 1961, has been added. George and Rolf Hardware Store and the New Home Bakery are visible in the background.
Date Created: 1961
PID: grinnell:11904

Title: Colonial Theater
Description: The Colonial Theater in Grinnell, Iowa, with its windows boarded up.
Date Created: 1965
PID: grinnell:11906

Title: Dinner Celebrating 35th Anniversary of Hartwick State Bank
Description: At the time of the 35th anniversary of the Hartwick State Bank (Hartwick, Iowa) there was a dinner for customers held in the basement of the Hartwick Congregational Church.
Date Created: 1962
PID: grinnell:20631

Title: Fourth Street -- Grinnell, Iowa
Description: Color postcard view of Fourth Avenue in Grinnell, Iowa, looking east. Postcard by Es-N-Len Photos, Aurora, Illinois. Drake Community Library (Grinnell, Iowa) Archives. Miscellaneous photographs. Collection #17-5, Views of Grinnell.
Date Created: 1960
PID: grinnell:12336

Title: Frosty Mitchell Interviews Hartwick Banker
Description: Frosty Mitchell of KGRN radio station, Grinnell, Iowa, interviews Russell Gabriel upon the occasion of the 35th anniversary of the Hartwick State Bank in 1962. Ken Benda, bank president, looks on.
Date Created: 1962
PID: grinnell:20637

Title: Grinnell A&W in 1968
Description: The Grinnell A&W located at 229 6th Avenue West in 1968 after it was remodeled and added telephone ordering to replace car hops.
Date Created: 1968
PID: grinnell:27174

Title: Hartwick Bankers
Description: Hartwick State Bank founder, Ben Roudabush (center), poses with former Hartwick bankers, Lucille and W.N. Shellenbarger. The photo was taken at the time of the bank's 35th anniversary celebration in 1962.
Date Created: 1962
PID: grinnell:20635

Title: Hartwick State Bank Board of Directors
Description: The Hartwick State Bank Board of Directors taken in 1962 during the bank's 35th anniversary celebration. From left to right: Ken Benda, Ben Roudabush, Clarence Possehl, Godfrey Veight, Wayne Ryan, and Howard Olson.
Date Created: 1962
PID: grinnell:20636

Title: Hartwick State Bank Customers 1962
Description: Customers line up at the Hartwick State Bank in Hartwick, Iowa, during the bank's 35th anniversary celebration in 1962. Behind the counter are: Howard Olson, Ken Benda and Ruth O'Halloran. The customers in line are: Chet Simpson, Sr.; Everette Williamson; Grace Ketterling; Adolph Chvala; Marge Rhinehart; and Mildred Bees.
Date Created: 1962
PID: grinnell:20633

Title: Local Businessmen on Fire Engine
Description: Photograph of local businessmen in Grinnell, Iowa, taking a ride on the fire engine. The photo is taken in front of the Grinnell Herald Register building and the I.T.C. building on Fourth Avenue. The text of an attached news clipping reads: Amateur firemen take a ride. As part of National Fire Safety Week observance, businessmen were taken for rides on Grinnell's fire trucks on Thursday. In this "crew", left to right, are L.S. Sieberth, secretary-treasurer of the local firemen's association, Keith Gregory, Jim McNally and Chris McNally, in the seat, Herb Waltersdorf, John Queen, Francis Walling, M.F. Zimmerman, Bill Ritter, the Rev. Wm. Overhulser, Herb Greve, G.L. Duke, and Frank Lynch.
Date Created: 1960
PID: grinnell:11909