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Title: 1910 Town Band Float in 1949 Grinnell Day Parade
Description: Seven men in a wagon playing brass instruments in the 1949 Grinnell Day Parade in Grinnell, Iowa. The sign on the wagon reads "1910 Town Band." Drake Community Library (Grinnell, Iowa) Archives. Chamber of Commerce Slides, p.4, slide 5.
Date Created: 1949
PID: grinnell:19272

Title: 1938 Grinnell Automobile Race
Description: Photograph of an automobile race in Grinnell, Iowa, in 1938. Drake Community Library (Grinnell, Iowa) Archives. Miscellaneous photographs. Collection #17-6, People.
Date Created: 1938
PID: grinnell:13008

Title: 1953 Corvette, Grinnell Centennial Parade
Description: Van Wechel Motor Sales drives a 1953 Corvette in the Grinnell Centennial parade. Band members in uniform line the street behind it. The Corvette was introduced by General Motors in 1953. Van Wechel Motors was located at 1013 Broad Street. Drake Community Library (Grinnell, Iowa) Archives. Miscellaneous Photographs. Collection #17, Box #4.
Date Created: 1954
PID: grinnell:28728

Title: 1953 Labor Day Parade
Description: Looking north and west from the corner of Fifth Avenue and Broad Street in Grinnell, Iowa, during the 1953 Labor Day Parade. Merchants' National Bank is in the background. The Chamber of Commerce float and a marching band are pictured.
Date Created: 1953
PID: grinnell:20619

Title: 1953 Labor Day Parade Looking West on Commerical
Description: Looking west on Commercial Street from the corner of Broad and Commercial during the 1953 Labor Day parade in Grinnell, Iowa. The entrance to the Park Hotel at 815 Broad Street is visible in the background, as are the storefronts on the north side of Commercial Street. Football players in Grinnell Tiger uniforms are riding on the front of an automobile decorated with a Tiger banner.
Date Created: 1953
PID: grinnell:20624

Title: 4-H Installation of Officers
Description: Jackson Busy Bees 4-H installs officers in 1960. From left to right: Mary Ahrens, Poweshiek County 4-H president; Pat Breniman, Busy Bees president; Joyce Ketels, vice-president; Barbara Veverka, secretary; Linda Ferguson, treasurer; Mary Sanders, reporter; Kathleen Little, historian.
Date Created: 1960
PID: grinnell:27242

Title: 842nd Army Air Force Unit in the 1949 Grinnell Day Parade
Description: Eight soldiers from the 842nd Army Air Force unit stationed in Des Moines, Iowa, in uniform marching in the 1949 Grinnell Day Parade in Grinnell, Iowa. Drake Community Library (Grinnell, Iowa) Archives. Chamber of Commerce Slides, p.5, slide 18.
Date Created: 1949
PID: grinnell:19280

Title: True Story
Description: 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.
Date Created: 1925
PID: grinnell:6114

Title: Aerial Photo of Grinnell 1967
Description: Aerial photo of downtown Grinnell taken by Dave Heise from a helicopter in July 1967 during Ridiculous Days. This view looks to the southeast. The intersection at the bottom of the image, just to the right of center, is the intersection of 6th Avenue and West Street.
Date Created: 1967
PID: grinnell:6230

Title: Aerial View of Band in 1948 Grinnell Day Parade
Description: An aerial view of the marching band in the 1948 Grinnell Day Parade in Grinnell, Iowa. On the street, Turner's Pharmacy and the Grinnell Cleaners are visible. Drake Community Library (Grinnell, Iowa) Archives. Chamber of Commerce Slides, p.1, slide 2.
Date Created: 1948
PID: grinnell:19341