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Title: 1305 Summer Street
Description: Winter view of 1305 Summer Street, Grinnell, Iowa, with snow on the ground. The back of the photo is labeled, "The house where the ladies of the Priscilla & Drummond Clubs would meet!" Drake Community Library (Grinnell, Iowa) Archives. Miscellaneous photographs. Collection 182, Drummond Club.
Date Created: 1960
PID: grinnell:21051

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: Burling Library
Description: View of the south balcony of Burling Library on the Grinnell College campus in Grinnell, Iowa. Burling was designed by Skidmore, Owings and Merrill and was built in 1959. Drake Community Library (Grinnell, Iowa) Archives. Miscellaneous photographs. Collection #17-3, Grinnell College.
Date Created: 1960
PID: grinnell:11821

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

Title: Demolition of Blair Hall
Description: Probably a view of the demolition of Blair Hall on the Grinnell College campus in 1961. Blair Hall was located approximately where the Bucksbaum Center for the Arts stands in 2015. The view is looking to the west southwest. Drake Community Library (Grinnell, Iowa) Archives. Miscellaneous photographs. Collection #17-5, Views of Grinnell.
Date Created: 1961
PID: grinnell:12232

Title: Drummond Club Meeting 1968
Description: Drummond Club meeting in October 1968. Front row, left to right (on floor): unidentified, Ethel Howig, Sally Kearney, Lucille Benda, Mary Kay Eisenman, Frances Peak, (on sofa): Rocky Standerwick, Edna Bacon Morrison, Laura Hoefert. Second row (on floor): Olivia Mendoza, Joan Mitchell, Helen George. Back row: Phyllis Armstrong, Norma Lang, unidentified, Edna Tinnes, Carmen Preston, Clara Wilson, Carol Molison. Drake Community Library (Grinnell, Iowa) Archives. Miscellaneous photographs. Collection 182, Drummond Club.
Date Created: 1968
PID: grinnell:21061

Title: Edwards Family
Description: Photograph of Howard, Hazel and Marie Edwards posing in front of their grocery store, the Edwards Grocery Co., which was located at 809 Fourth Avenue in Grinnell, Iowa. Edwards Grocery offered home delivery of groceries and allowed charge accounts for your groceries. Drake Community Library (Grinnell, Iowa) Archives. Miscellaneous photographs. Collection #17-6, People.
Date Created: 1960
PID: grinnell:13016

Title: Grinnell Post Office
Description: View of the Grinnell, Iowa, U.S. Post Office. Drake Community Library (Grinnell, Iowa) Archives. Miscellaneous photographs. Collection #17-2, Grinnell Buildings.
Date Created: 1960
PID: grinnell:6496

Title: Grinnell United Church of Christ
Description: View of the United Church of Christ Congregational on the northeast corner of 4th Avenue and Broad Street in Grinnell, Iowa. This picture was taken before the addition was built. Drake Community Library (Grinnell, Iowa) Archives. Miscellaneous photographs. Collection #17-2, Grinnell Buildings.
Date Created: 1960
PID: grinnell:6482