- Grinnell (Iowa) (x)
- Poweshiek County (Iowa) (x)
- sound recording-nonmusical (x)
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- Still Image (x)
- 1973 (x)
- Drimal, Pavel, printer (contributor) (x)
- Sheridan (Poweshiek County, Iowa : Township) (x)
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Blizzard of 1977
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Description
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Photograph of front loaders clearing the road after the blizzard of 1977 in Grinnell, Iowa. Location is identified as near Bob Overturf's.
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Date Created
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1977
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PID
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grinnell:3371
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Title
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Blizzard of 1977 Road with Snow Piles
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Description
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Photograph of a road with piles of snow on either side following the blizzard of 1977 in Grinnell, Iowa. Back of photo says: This road opened Dec. 10/77, west of Bob Overturf's and east of Frank Fontinel farm.
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Date Created
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1977
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PID
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grinnell:3373
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Title
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Blizzard of 1977 with Car on Road
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Description
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Photograph of a car on a road between piles of snow near Grinnell, Iowa, after the blizzard of 1977. The location is identified as "road north of Tom Harris."
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Date Created
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1977
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PID
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grinnell:3372
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Title
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Cattle in Winter
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Description
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Cattle and pigs on the Harry Ryan farm in Sheridan Township in the early 1950s. Snow-covered fields are in the background as is a windmill.
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Date Created
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1950
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PID
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grinnell:29803
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Title
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Characteristics of the Times and Seasons
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Description
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Journal kept by Richard Spire from 1894-1918 in which he recorded his observations on weather, crop yields and prices, land values, and a few comments on presidential elections and World War I. Richard Spire farmed in Sheridan Township, Poweshiek County, Iowa, from 1872-1910. He and his wife, Isadora Hatfield, had eight children. He was engaged in several livestock buying partnerships and was a large feeder of cattle. In 1899 he was elected assessor. Drake Community Library (Grinnell, Iowa) Archives. Collection #56.
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Date Created
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1894
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PID
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grinnell:12351
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Child at Fence
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Description
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Photograph of Karen Petersen as a small child looking through the fence at farmland. She is holding a cloth doll. Contributed by Karen Petersen Groves.
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Date Created
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1940
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PID
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grinnell:3378
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Farm Sale, December 6, 1975
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Description
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Photographs of scrapbook pages describing the sale of a farm in 1975. The farm belonged to Eldon "Sammy" and Aline Petersen who farmed near Grinnell, Iowa.
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Date Created
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1975
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PID
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grinnell:3385
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Karen Petersen on a Farmall Tractor
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Description
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Photograph of Karen Petersen on a Farmall tractor, dated 1944. Contributed by Karen Petersen Groves.
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Date Created
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1944
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PID
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grinnell:3361
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Mike's First Ride on a Tractor
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Description
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Photograph of Sammy (Eldon) Petersen with his grandson, Mike Groves, riding a tractor. Heat houser is visible on the tractor, which kept heat in so the driver could stay warm. Photograph is dated April, 1963.
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Date Created
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1963
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PID
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grinnell:3359
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Title
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Plowing Snow
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Description
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Photograph of a snow plow on the road following a snowstorm. Identified as "winter 1978". Photograph was taken on Jerry Jantzen's road in Sheridan Township, Iowa.
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Date Created
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1978
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PID
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grinnell:3384