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Title: 1105 Park Street
Description: 1105 Park Street on the northwest corner of Sixth Avenue and Park Street in Grinnell, Iowa. This house was torn down in order to build the Grinnell College John Chrystal Center which was completed in 2002.
PID: grinnell:27186

Title: 411 First Avenue
Description: Photo of the home of the Renfrow family at 411 First Avenue in Grinnell, Iowa in the 1960s.
PID: grinnell:12195

Title: 411 First Avenue
Description: Photograph of 411 First Avenue in Grinnell, Iowa, in the early 1960s. This house was the home of the Renfrow family for many years.
PID: grinnell:12185

Title: 818 Elm Street
Description: 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.
PID: grinnell:20681

Title: Aerial View of Bailey Homestead
Description: Aerial view of the James Bailey homestead west of Grinnell, Iowa on Eleventh Avenue. Photo ca. 1960s.
PID: grinnell:5830

Title: Ann Bohstedt
Description: Ann Bohstedt on stage at the Golden Jubilee for Camp Fire Girls in 1960.
PID: grinnell:21171

Title: First Baptist Church Kindergarten Promotion
Description: First Baptist Church kindergarten promotion held on September 18, 1960. Front row, from left to right: Larry Jones, Douglas Heitink, Gary Robinson, Perry Jones. Middle row: Jan Evans, Dianne Morrison, Diane Fredricks, Donna Beth Hull, Barbara Brown, Ann Hudson. Back row: Halsey Onthank, Mrs. Hasselbrink, Jimmy Brown, Ann Bohstedt, Connie King.
PID: grinnell:21168

Title: Local Businessmen on Fire Engine
Description: Photograph of local businessmen in Grinnell, Iowa, taking a ride on the fire engine. The photo is taken in front of the Grinnell Herald Register building and the I.T.C. building on Fourth Avenue. The text of an attached news clipping reads: Amateur firemen take a ride. As part of National Fire Safety Week observance, businessmen were taken for rides on Grinnell's fire trucks on Thursday. In this "crew", left to right, are L.S. Sieberth, secretary-treasurer of the local firemen's association, Keith Gregory, Jim McNally and Chris McNally, in the seat, Herb Waltersdorf, John Queen, Francis Walling, M.F. Zimmerman, Bill Ritter, the Rev. Wm. Overhulser, Herb Greve, G.L. Duke, and Frank Lynch.
PID: grinnell:11909

Title: Looking East from 4th Avenue and Main Street
Description: Color postcard view of 4th Avenue in Grinnell, Iowa, looking east from the intersection of 4th Avenue and Main Street. Businesses visible include: Arnold's Shoes, Strand's Shoes, Mathews Rexall Drugs, Grinnell Insurance Agency, Grinnell State Bank, and Danish Maid Bakery, among others.
PID: grinnell:11910