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Title: 1405 Broad Street
Description: 1405 Broad Street on the northwest corner of 9th Avenue and Broad Street in Grinnell, Iowa, August 1961.
Date Created: 1961
PID: grinnell:27187

Title: 815 Seventh Avenue, 815 7th Avenue
Description: 815 Seventh Avenue, Grinnell, Iowa, in 1964. This house was the home of Benjamin and Gladys Schoonover Tarleton from 1921 or 1922 until the mid-1980s.
Date Created: 1964
PID: grinnell:12036

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 College Campus
Description: Color aerial photograph of the Grinnell College campus looking east along 8th Avenue in 1967. The science building is at the bottom center of the photo. To the right of that is the Men's Gymnasium (called Women's Gymnasium after 1942). The east campus dormitories and Saint John's Lutheran Church are visible near the center of the photo.
Date Created: 1967
PID: grinnell:6400

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: 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: Bailey Park School Fifth Grade 1965
Description: Mrs. Barber's fifth grade class at Bailey Park School, Grinnell, Iowa, May 27, 1965. Front row, left to right: Stuart Fisher, Jon Baumgartner, Tristram Parslow, John Dayton, Jim Puls, Gary Eurom, Eric Christiansen, Rick Halstead, Dave Dale. Second row, left to right: Debra Collum, Jeanne Pinder, Patty Bass, Pam Groth, Cindy Staecker, Donna Hull, Cindy Gruehn, Harriet Clements, Diane Morrison. Third row, left to right: Vicky Vinall, Sheryl Huyser, Donna Vaness, Cindy Mielak, Karen Koger, Nancy Pierce, Mary Jane Dee, Shirley Callison, Eloise Helmke, Carla Baron, Nancy Eickelberg, Pam Matthews. Back row, left to right: Gordon Neufand, Bob Snook, Mrs. Barber (teacher)
Date Created: 1965
PID: grinnell:29814

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