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True Story
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Description
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Advertisement for a play about the romance between a male Grinnell College history professor and a female Grinnell College English professor performed at the Colonial Theater in Grinnell, Iowa. Probably 1925. Drake Community Library Archives. Early Theater Productions. Collection #100.
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Date Created
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1925
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PID
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grinnell:6114
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Title
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Carmen
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Description
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Theater program. Ralph Dunbar Productions, Inc. present The Dunbar English Opera Company in an American production of Bizet's masterful Carmen. Colonial Theatre, Friday, October 7, 1921. Cast: John Knox, James Stevens, Lester Spring, Jack Bean, Lee Bright, Lorna Doone Jackson, Louise Gilbert, Elizabeth Myers, Winifred Wiley, George Shields, Harry Raschig, Gilbert Jackson. Drake Community Library Archives. Early Theater Productions. Collection #100.
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Date Created
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1921
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PID
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grinnell:6120
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Civil War Veterans on the Courthouse Lawn
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Description
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Postcard photo of three Grand Army of the Republic members from Brooklyn, Iowa, relaxing on the grounds of the Poweshiek County Courthouse in Montezuma, Iowa, possibly at some sort of celebration. Left to right: Joe Karr, who drove the veterans to Montezuma; Hiram Frease, standing and holding the flag; Frank Dayton and Capt. George Phillips, both seated. Joe Karr was a dry goods merchant in Brooklyn, Iowa. The benches in front of the Karr store were favored places for Civil War veterans to sit and talk. Joe Karr, born in 1865, was not a Civil War veteran himself, although he may have been a GAR member through a relative.
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Date Created
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1920
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PID
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grinnell:11767
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Title
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Drama in the Church
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Description
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Pamphlet produced by the Drama League of America describing ways dramatic work can involve young people in the church. Drake Community Library Archives. Early Theater Productions. Collection #100.
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Date Created
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1920
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PID
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grinnell:6121
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Title
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Fire at Fourth and State
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Description
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Fire at Fourth Avenue and State Street in Grinnell, Iowa, in 1925 which destroyed the J.W. Norris & Son Garage (1029 Fourth Avenue). Photo by Child. Drake Community Library (Grinnell, Iowa) Archives. Miscellaneous photographs. Collection #17-5, Views of Grinnell.
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Date Created
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1925
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PID
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grinnell:12243
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Fourth of July Picnic
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Description
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Fourth of July picnic at 1321 Broad Street in Grinnell, Iowa. At the time this was the home of Aldace Child.
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Date Created
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1920
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PID
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grinnell:20422
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Knox-George Wedding Reception
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Photograph taken at the wedding reception of John Knox and Frances George on August 12, 1928, in the backyard of 813 Eighth Avenue, Grinnell, Iowa. The view looks towards the back of the George house, 1321 Broad Street, on the left, and the back of 1315 Broad Street. Frances was the daughter of Clarence and Susan George and the sister of Ray George.
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Date Created
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1928
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PID
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grinnell:11752
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Title
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Martha
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Description
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Theater program. Martha, comic opera in four acts by Fredrich von Flotow. Text by St. George and Friedrich. Tuesday, May 31, 1921, Colonial Theater, Grinnell, Iowa. Given by the Faculty of the Grinnell School of Music, assisted by the Glee Clubs and Orchestra. Benefit of the Endowment Fund. Cast: Jean Young Currie, Mrs. Margery Warner Bouma, Elias Blum, Arthur Faguy-Cote, David E. Peck, L.D. Hartson. Girls' Glee Club and Men's Glee Club. Grinnell College Orchestra, George L. Pierce, conductor. Drake Community Library Archives. Early Theater Productions. Collection #100.
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Date Created
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1921
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PID
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grinnell:6117
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Title
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Memorial Day Parade to the Cemetery
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Description
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View of color guard mounted on horses followed by a marching band and a column of automobiles coming up the hill in Hazelwood Cemetery in Grinnell, Iowa. Drake Community Library (Grinnell, Iowa) Archives. Miscellaneous photographs. Collection #17-2, Grinnell Buildings.
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Date Created
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1920
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PID
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grinnell:6506
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Title
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Parade in Grinnell
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Description
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Postcard of an automobile with multiple U.S. flags at the corner of 4th Avenue and Main St. in Grinnell, Iowa, possibly leading a 4th of July parade. Visible in the background is H.R. Ritter Hardware (905 Main Street). Drake Community Library (Grinnell, Iowa) Archives. McNally photographs. Collection #1, Series #1-1.
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Date Created
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1920
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PID
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grinnell:6366