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Title: Bill from Spaulding Manufacturing Company to the Grinnell School District
Description: Letter dated December 6, 1904, from the Spaulding Manufacturing Co. to the Grinnell (Iowa) school district billing the district for the use of rooms in the Spaulding block. The bill is marked, "Approved," with the signatures of W.T. Fuller, J.P. Lyman, and S.A. Cravath.
Date Created: 1904
PID: grinnell:11929

Title: Cooper School
Description: Postcard of Cooper School building in Grinnell, Iowa. Card is addressed to Mr. Chas. Degan, McAlistersville, Juniata Co, Pa. and is postmarked December 29, 1908, in Grinnell, Iowa. The card is signed "Lovingly, Cousin Ada."
Date Created: 1908
PID: grinnell:5923

Title: Grinnell Center School Grade Eight, 1905
Description: A black and white photograph of 8th grade students at Center School in Grinnell, Iowa in 1905. The photograph seems to be taken at the front of a classroom, with students dressed formally and sitting at a desk or standing in a row at the back of the room. A chalkboard is on the right and the blinds are drawn for all but one window. The back of the photograph states: "Center School / Grinnell, Iowa / Grade 8 / 1905"
Date Created: 1905
PID: grinnell:26612

Title: High School, Grinnell, Iowa -- 1
Description: Postcard view of the south facade of Grinnell High School in Grinnell, Iowa. Built in 1904 this section of the building was demolished when the building was converted to a community center in the 1980s. Postcard published by E.C. Kropp Co., Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
Date Created: 1904
PID: grinnell:12028

Title: Montezuma, Iowa. High School
Description: Color postcard view of Montezuma High School, Montezuma, Iowa. Card is postmarked September 25, 1909, Montezuma, Iowa, and is addressed to Miss Hazel Watson, Searsboro, Iowa. Postcard published by J.M. Hamilton Pub., Monmouth, Illinois.
Date Created: 1909
PID: grinnell:12512

Title: Old South School and Seventh Day Adventist Church
Description: Black and white postcard showing the Old South School and the Seventh Day Adventist Church on Hamilton Avenue, Grinnell, Iowa. The school was demolished in 1917, and the church was moved to Spring Street in 1916.
Date Created: 1900
PID: grinnell:23258

Title: Parker School, Grinnell, Grade One, 1900
Description: Black and white print on cardboard depicting 39 schoolchildren and one teacher outdoors. Written inscription on back reads "1st Grade Parker School / June 1, 1900 / Teacher - Nina Wilson / Ralph Longley second from right back row."
Date Created: 1900
PID: grinnell:23218

Title: Public School Diploma, Poweshiek County, Iowa
Description: Diploma presented to Raymond Pilgrim by the County Superintendent of Schools, Poweshiek County, Iowa, on March 28, 1907. The diploma indicates that he has "completed the Common School Course of Study in a satisfactory manner [and] is considered well prepared to do good work in any High School or Academy." He attended School No.8 in Grinnell Township. The diploma is signed by Elizabeth McIlrath, teacher, and Estelle Coon, county superintendent.
Date Created: 1907
PID: grinnell:17787

Title: Second Grade, Parker School, Grinnell, Iowa circa 1901
Description: Black and white photograph on cardboard of Bessie Ricker (1879 - 1977) and her class of 2nd grade schoolchildren c. 1901 in front of Parker School in Grinnell, Iowa. Bessie Ricker married Edwin S. Parish in 1903 and was a member of the Grinnell United Methodist Church, teaching Sunday school for many years. The children in the picture are unidentified.
Date Created: 1901
PID: grinnell:23283