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Title: Aerial View of Downtown Grinnell
Description: Aerial photograph of downtown Grinnell, Iowa, looking southeast from the intersection of 6th Avenue and West Streets in 1967. Lake Nyanza is visible in the upper right corner of the photo.
Date Created: 1967
PID: grinnell:6408

Title: Aerial View of Grinnell Looking North
Description: Aerial photo of downtown Grinnell taken by Dave Heise from a helicopter in July 1967 during Ridiculous Days. This view looks north on Main Street from Commercial Street to 6th Avenue.
Date Created: 1967
PID: grinnell:6231

Title: Aerial View of Grinnell in the 1960s
Description: Aerial view of Grinnell, Iowa, probably in the 1960s. The view is looking to the northwest. The Mayflower Home and the water tower are visible in the lower left quadrant and the majority of the downtown is visible. Photograph by Wellhouse Studio. Drake Community Library (Grinnell, Iowa) Archives. Miscellaneous photographs. Collection #17-5, Views of Grinnell.
Date Created: 1960
PID: grinnell:12445

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: Auto Salvage Yard
Description: Automobile salvage yard in Grinnell, Iowa, in 1963. Drake Community Library (Grinnell, Iowa) Archives. Chamber of Commerce Slides, p.8, slide 11.
Date Created: 1963
PID: grinnell:19314

Title: Bob Anderson Interview, American Beliefs and Cultural Values
Description: Bob Anderson and his wife, Lorraine, moved to Grinnell in 1953, where he owned and operated Grinnell Office Supply. From 1980 to 1993 he owned and operated Boklada, a downtown bookstore. Anderson was mayor of Grinnell from 1985 until his death in 1999. Interview conducted as part of American Beliefs and Cultural Values, an American Studies class taught by Hanna Griff at Grinnell College in 1993.
Date Created: 1993
PID: grinnell:26713

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: Charles Delong Interview, American Beliefs and Cultural Values
Description: Charles W. DeLong was born in Gary, Indiana, in 1910. He attended Grinnell College graduating with the Class of 1931. He was a business man who sold gloves for the glove factory, manufactured sportswear, and, later, stadium seats. He and his wife, Katherine Coggeshall, had four children. Interview conducted as part of American Beliefs and Cultural Values, an American Studies class taught by Hanna Griff at Grinnell College in 1993.
Date Created: 1993
PID: grinnell:26718

Title: Charles Hink with His Inventions
Description: Grinnell inventor, Charles Hink, is pictured at the controls of a battery-driven garden plow he made from Model A Ford parts and other scrap. At the left is a vehicle he created from an early 1900s car and converted from gas to electric power. Drake Community Library (Grinnell, Iowa) Archives. Miscellaneous photographs. Collection #17-6, People.
Date Created: 1966
PID: grinnell:13006

Title: Charles Hink with his Wheel-alignment Gauge
Description: Charles Hink, an early Grinnell, Iowa, inventor, holds his wheel-alignment gauge. Thousands of the gauges were ordered by the United States government during World War II and the Korean and Vietnam conflicts. He received US Patent No. US 1970092 in 1934 for the device. Drake Community Library (Grinnell, Iowa) Archives. Miscellaneous photographs. Collection #17-6, People.
Date Created: 1966
PID: grinnell:13007