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Title: Broad Street Parking to End
Description: Photograph of cars parked in the middle of Broad Street in Grinnell, Iowa, in 1961. A news clipping attached to the photo reads, "Broad Street parking to end. Grinnell City Council voted Monday night to end center street parking on a 2-block stretch of Broad Street between Fifth Avenue and Commercial. The center of the 2-block stretch of Broad Street has been used for parking for about 12 years." A handwritten date of April 14, 1961, has been added. George and Rolf Hardware Store and the New Home Bakery are visible in the background.
Date Created: 1961
PID: grinnell:11904

Title: Poweshiek Mutual Insurance Association Annual Report 1961
Description: Annual report of the Poweshiek Mutual Insurance Association for the year ending December 31, 1961.
Date Created: 1961
PID: grinnell:30051

Title: Penquite Motel
Description: Flier for the Penquite Motel, located on the corner of 6th Avenue and Penrose Street in Grinnell, Iowa, advertising rooms for a bowling tournament to be held in Grinnell from February 17 to March 24 probably in 1961. Fern and Gene Freeborn bought the Penquite Motel in 1961 and changed the name to Freeborn Motel shortly thereafter.
Date Created: 1961
PID: grinnell:12204

Title: Wellhouse Studio
Description: Color postcard view of the interior of Wellhouse Studio, a photography studio located in Grinnell, Iowa. Postcard addressed to Mrs. Justin Ginger, Calumet, Iowa, and postmarked February 8, 1961, in Grinnell. Drake Community Library (Grinnell, Iowa) Archives. Miscellaneous photographs. Collection #17-2, Grinnell Buildings.
Date Created: 1961
PID: grinnell:11643