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Title: Cunningham Drug Float
Description: Cunningham Drug float featuring a mortar and pestle, probably taken from a second story. Drake Community Library (Grinnell, Iowa) Archives. Main Street Slides, p.25, slide 17.
Date Created: 1950
PID: grinnell:21526

Title: DeKalb Hatchery, Grinnell Centennial Parade
Description: The DeKalb Hatchery float in the Grinnell Centennial parade featured an oversized chicken, baskets of eggs, and two girls sitting on a platform with the DeKalb logo. DeKalb Hatchery was located at 733 Main Street. Drake Community Library (Grinnell, Iowa) Archives. Miscellaneous Photographs. Collection #17, Box #4.
Date Created: 1954
PID: grinnell:28732

Title: Happiest Brides Float
Description: A parade float advertising a jewelry and gift shop in Grinnell. The float has a man in a white suit and a woman in a white wedding dress in Grinnell, Iowa. Behind the float you can see a section of the north side of Fourth Avenue between Main and Broad Streets. Drake Community Library (Grinnell, Iowa) Archives. Main Street Slides, p.25, slide 2.
Date Created: 1950
PID: grinnell:21515

Title: Milk the Modern Way Float
Description: A parade float advertising "Milk the Modern Way" with a life size replica of a cow and two little girls surrounded by milk cartons in Grinnell, Iowa. Behind the float you can see a section of the north side of Fourth Avenue between Main and Broad Streets. Drake Community Library (Grinnell, Iowa) Archives. Main Street Slides, p.25, slide 3.
Date Created: 1950
PID: grinnell:21516

Title: Parade Float Selling Home Plans
Description: A parade float in Grinnell, Iowa, with two men sitting at a table. There are signs hanging on the table advertising lots for sale and part of the banner at the bottom of the float reads, "Home Plans". Behind the float you can see a section of the north side of Fourth Avenue between Main and Broad Streets. Drake Community Library (Grinnell, Iowa) Archives. Main Street Slides, p.25, slide 4.
Date Created: 1950
PID: grinnell:21517

Title: Parade Float with Furniture
Description: A parade float with a kitchen table, some chairs, and a sofa on it. Behind the float you can see a section of the north side of Fourth Avenue between Main and Broad Streets. Drake Community Library (Grinnell, Iowa) Archives. Main Street Slides, p.25, slide 5.
Date Created: 1950
PID: grinnell:21518

Title: Richardson Phelps Lumber Company, Grinnell Centennial Parade
Description: The Richardson-Phelps Lumber Company float in the Grinnell Centennial parade was a log cabin on the back of a truck. Additional features included a hand pump with a bucket next to it and a privy. A sign on the side of float reads, "Richardson-Phelps Lumber Co. Since 1914." Richardson-Phelps Lumber Company was located at 714 Park Street. Drake Community Library (Grinnell, Iowa) Archives. Miscellaneous Photographs. Collection #17, Box #4.
Date Created: 1954
PID: grinnell:28736

Title: Rock Creek Township, Grinnell Centennial Parade
Description: The Rock Creek Township float in the Grinnell Centennial parade featured people wearing dress from 100 years ago and people in modern dress. A sign reads, "A century of progress, Rock Creek Township." Drake Community Library (Grinnell, Iowa) Archives. Miscellaneous Photographs. Collection #17, Box #4.
Date Created: 1954
PID: grinnell:28737