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Title: Aerial Photo of Grinnell 1967
Description: Aerial photo of downtown Grinnell taken by Dave Heise from a helicopter in July 1967 during Ridiculous Days. This view looks to the southeast. The intersection at the bottom of the image, just to the right of center, is the intersection of 6th Avenue and West Street.
Date Created: 1967
PID: grinnell:6230

Title: Aerial View of Downtown Grinnell
Description: Aerial photograph of downtown Grinnell, Iowa, looking north along Broad Street from Central Park in 1967. Many Grinnell landmarks are visible: Merchants National Bank, Cunningham Drug, Stewart Library, the post office, Saint Mary's Catholic Church, the Colonial Theatre, Spaulding House.
Date Created: 1967
PID: grinnell:6406

Title: Aerial View of Downtown Grinnell
Description: Aerial photograph of downtown Grinnell, Iowa, looking north along Main Street from approximately 3rd Avenue in 1967.
Date Created: 1967
PID: grinnell:6407

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: 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: General Telephone Building
Description: General Telephone building on 5th Avenue in Grinnell, Iowa, in 1965. View is looking north and slightly west. The Grinnell-Herald Register building and a Citgo gas station are visible in the background.
Date Created: 1965
PID: grinnell:6390

Title: General Telephone Building on 5th Avenue
Description: View of the General Telephone company building in Grinnell, Iowa. Taken looking north and west from the corner of 5th Avenue and Broad Street in 1965. Eyestone Insurance company and an ice cream store are on the corner.
Date Created: 1965
PID: grinnell:6391

Title: Looking East from 4th Avenue and Main Street
Description: Color postcard view of 4th Avenue in Grinnell, Iowa, looking east from the intersection of 4th Avenue and Main Street. Businesses visible include: Arnold's Shoes, Strand's Shoes, Mathews Rexall Drugs, Grinnell Insurance Agency, Grinnell State Bank, and Danish Maid Bakery, among others.
Date Created: 1960
PID: grinnell:11910

Title: Snow on Fourth Avenue
Description: View of snow piled high in the middle of Fourth Avenue in Grinnell, Iowa, in February 1969. The view is looking west from Broad Street to Main Street.
Date Created: 1969
PID: grinnell:11928

Title: West Side of Broad Street between 5th and 6th Avenues
Description: View of the west side of Broad Street looking south from 5th Avenue in 1965. Businesses visible include Tots (a children's clothing store), Grinnell Office Supply, Pagliai's Pizza, Norris and Hays Heating and Air Conditioning, Lennox Air Conditioning and Heating.
Date Created: 1965
PID: grinnell:6392