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Title
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411 First Avenue
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Description
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Photograph of 411 First Avenue in Grinnell, Iowa, in the early 1960s. This house was the home of the Renfrow family for many years.
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Date Created
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1960
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PID
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grinnell:12185
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Title
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411 First Avenue
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Description
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Photo of the home of the Renfrow family at 411 First Avenue in Grinnell, Iowa in the 1960s.
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Date Created
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1960
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PID
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grinnell:12195
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Title
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818 Elm Street
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Description
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818 Elm Street in Grinnell, Iowa. This was the home of Mabel Stemsrud, and it was built by her son, Bert Stemsrud in 1948. The home was ordered from a catalog. Bert drove his tractor and a hay wagon into Grinnell from his Ewart farm and unloaded the house materials from a railway car. Bert and his brothers would bring loads of cobs from corn shelling to Mabel. She used those in her kitchen Home Comfort stove for cooking. She also had a cob fired hot water heater in the basement. Mabel kept a large garden and many fruit trees.
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Date Created
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1960
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PID
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grinnell:20681