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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.
Date Created: 1960
PID: grinnell:12185

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

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.
Date Created: 1960
PID: grinnell:20681

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