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Title: 1817 Country Club Drive, Grinnell, Iowa
Description: Two views of 1817 Country Club Drive in Grinnell, Iowa. The first, where the house is white with black shutters, is from 1965. The second view is the house in 2017.
Date Created: 1965
PID: grinnell:19346

Title: 403 Main Street
Description: View of 403 Main Street looking north. Drake Community Library (Grinnell, Iowa) Archives. Chamber of Commerce Slides, p.8, slide 3.
Date Created: 1963
PID: grinnell:19316

Title: Approaching Grinnell from the South from Highway 146
Description: The entrance to Grinnell, Iowa when approaching from the south on Highway 146. The Iowa Highway Commission garage is visible on the right with four orange cars outside it. Drake Community Library (Grinnell, Iowa) Archives. Chamber of Commerce Slides, p.8, slide 1.
Date Created: 1963
PID: grinnell:19312

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: 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: Dorothy Lannom Interview, Voices from the Past
Description: Born in Cedar Rapids on November 3, 1912, Dorothy Williams came to Grinnell in 1934 as a graduate of Coe College. She taught home economics until her marriage in 1936 to G. Sharp Lannom III. She was interested in politics, and went to the Far East with the Iowa Development Commission and Iowa Governor Harold Hughes. Three of her four sons carried on the family manufacturing business.
Date Created: 1992
PID: grinnell:23308

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: Front View of Herrick Chapel
Description: A front view of Herrick Chapel at Grinnell College in Grinnell, Iowa. Drake Community Library (Grinnell, Iowa) Archives. Chamber of Commerce Slides, p.9, slide 2.
Date Created: 1965
PID: grinnell:19321