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Title: 20th Reunion of the Grinnell High School Class of 1952
Description: Photo of the 20th reunion of the Grinnell High School class of 1952 held in the Elks Hall in Grinnell, Iowa in 1972. Those identified are front row, left to right: Gordon Felper, Tom Parmley, John Taylor, Larry Lang, Roger Tharp, Larry German, Dean Moyer, Bill Gilbreath, and Neil Johnson. Two faculty members are sitting in the second row, one of whom is Esther Norris. Back row, third from right: Jeanette (Starnes) Lender. Drake Community Library (Grinnell, Iowa) Archives. Miscellaneous photographs. Collection #17-6, People.
Date Created: 1972
PID: grinnell:13098

Title: Are We Going to Win? -- Yea Bo!!
Description: Desk blotter which contains advertisements for 36 Grinnell, Iowa, businesses who supported the 1929 Grinnell High School football team. Contains the schedule of games, names of coaches in the Athletic Department, and prospects for the season. The advertisers are: Lee Hotel, Porter's Cafe, Grinnell State Bank, Independent Oil & Gas Co., Large's Pharmacy, Clindinin Insurance Agency, B. of R.T. Cafe, Barclay's Public Market, John Lund Shoe Repairing, Mathews Drug Co., Grinnell Cleaners, Candyland, Nick Heisel (suits made to order), B.W. Junior Department Store, Almy's Smart Footwear, Citizens National Bank, Swaney's Jersey Dairy, Richardson-Phelps Lumber Co., Rex Cigar Store, Equitable Life Insurance Company of Iowa (Wm. Gardner and A.B. Hamilton, agents), Grinnell Laundry, McNally the Butcher, Preston's, Ping Oil Co. Model Lunch Room, Dixie Sandwich Inn and One-stop Service Station, Hagen Bros. Garage, Rehder's Tailor Shop, Schultz & Son Motor Co., Deep Rock Station, Percy Goff (Travelers Insurance Co.), Star Clothing Co., Central Cigar Store and Billiard Parlor, Strand Taxi Co., Ross Shoe Co., and Campus Toastwich Shop.
Date Created: 1929
PID: grinnell:17360

Title: Class Champs 1930
Description: 1930 Grinnell High School league basketball champions. From left to right: Otcheck, Mehlin, Eastridge, Bacon, Evans, Coach Mink. A cropped version of this photograph appeared in the 1930 Grinnell High School yearbook, The Grinnellian, on p. 52. Drake Community Library (Grinnell, Iowa) Archives. Miscellaneous photographs. Collection #17-6, People.
Date Created: 1930
PID: grinnell:13094

Title: Commencement Week Events and Graduation Exercises
Description: Program from the commencement week and graduation of the the Grinnell High School Class of 1940 held April 30-May 23, 1940, in Grinnell, Iowa.
Date Created: 1940
PID: grinnell:12865

Title: Commercial Club 1937
Description: Female students at typewriters in typing class at Grinnell High School in Grinnell, Iowa, in 1937. A shorthand lesson is written on the blackboard. The back of the photograph is labeled, "Commercial Club picture taken in the typing room in 1937." Three names are listed: Erma Pugh, Hazel Bryan and Betty Hays. The woman on the far left dressed in plaid has been identified as Hazel Bryan.
Date Created: 1937
PID: grinnell:20689

Title: Edith Renfrow in High School
Description: Portrait of Edith Renfrow taken when she was a student at Grinnell High School in Grinnell, Iowa, about 1933.
Date Created: 1933
PID: grinnell:12180

Title: Fourth Ave., Grinnell, Ia., Fourth Avenue, Grinnell, Iowa
Description: Color postcard view of Fourth Avenue in Grinnell, Iowa, looking west from approximately Fourth Avenue and Park Street. Grinnell High School is visible on the right. Glimpses of the Old Stone Church (Congregational) and Merchants' National Bank are visible through the trees. The postcard is addressed to Miss Jane Risser, L. St. West, Cedar Rapids, Iowa, and is signed Rue Hinch. The postcard is postmarked September 21, 1916, in Grinnell. Drake Community Library (Grinnell, Iowa) Archives. Miscellaneous photographs. Collection #17-5, Views of Grinnell.
Date Created: 1916
PID: grinnell:12373

Title: Fourth Avenue, Grinnell, Iowa
Description: Postcard view of Fourth Avenue in Grinnell, Iowa, looking west from approximately Fourth Avenue and Park Street. Grinnell High School is visible on the right. Glimpses of the Old Stone Church (Congregational) and Merchants' National Bank are visible through the trees. The postcard was written by Gertrude Kenyon and was sent to Mrs. Ilya Boyle in Wakita, Oklahoma. It was postmarked July 30, 1912, in Brooklyn, Iowa, and was published by The Leader, Grinnell, Iowa, #16487. Drake Community Library (Grinnell, Iowa) Archives. Miscellaneous photographs. Collection #17-5, Views of Grinnell.
Date Created: 1912
PID: grinnell:12452

Title: Geoff Peak Interview
Description: This is an oral history interview of Geoff Peak, a prominent teacher in Poweshiek County school systems and graduate of Grinnell College. The interview, conducted by Judy Hunter, recalls many of Geoff's memories from his days in a one-room schoolhouse and as a middle school, high school, and alternative program instructor.
Date Created: 2014
PID: grinnell:23040

Title: Grinnell Community Center Gymnasium Renovation
Description: View of the renovation of the gymnasium at Grinnell High School as it was converted into the Grinnell Community Center in the 1980s. Drake Community Library (Grinnell, Iowa) Archives. Miscellaneous photographs. Collection #17-2, Grinnell Buildings.
Date Created: 1980
PID: grinnell:11368