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Title: Michelle Obama Campaigning in Grinnell, Iowa
Description: Michelle Obama (right) campaigning for her husband at the Mayflower Home Carmen Center in Grinnell, Iowa, in 2008. Lynn Cavanagh, with back to camera, and Tinker Powell (middle).
Date Created: 2008
PID: grinnell:5710

Title: Neil Smith
Description: Portrait of Neil Smith, a resident of Grinnell, Iowa, in his flight uniform. He enlisted in the United States Air Force in 1942 along with friends Gene, Ernie, and Mildred Tyree.
Date Created: 1942
PID: grinnell:18819

Title: Office of Price Administration Voluntary Service Award to William Kaloupek
Description: Voluntary Service Award presented to William Kaloupek of Grinnell, Iowa, by the Office of Price Administration for his participation in the War Price and Rationing Program. Presented on October 16, 1942.
Date Created: 1942
PID: grinnell:17366

Title: Poll Tax and Old Age Pension Fund Receipts
Description: Receipts made out to Hilliard Turner and Eldora Turner for the Old Age Pension Fund tax levied for 1936, and to Hilliard Turner for the Poweshiek County Road Poll Tax, also in 1936.
Date Created: 1930
PID: grinnell:3349

Title: Request for Decoration and/or Citation
Description: Request for Decoration and/or Citation made by William L. Belcher on December 21, 1945, for service in World War II.
Date Created: 1945
PID: grinnell:6514

Title: Telegram to Bernice Stemsrud
Description: Western Union telegram from the War Department to Bernice Stemsrud of Grinnell, Iowa, informing her of her appointment to a civil service position in Washington, D.C., in 1941.
Date Created: 1941
PID: grinnell:20644

Title: U.S. Army Plane Over Downtown Grinnell
Description: View of an U.S. Army airplane over downtown Grinnell (the Spencer building on the northeast corner of 4th Avenue and Main Street) during World War II. The pilot is identified as Grinnellian, Bob Garrigan, and the photo, dated July 29, 1942 was taken by Portrait-Art Studios, Grinnell, Iowa.
Date Created: 1942
PID: grinnell:11925

Title: USS Natchez
Description: Photograph of a naval ship tentatively identified as the USS Natchez, Jack Pilgrim's ship in World War II.
Date Created: 1942
PID: grinnell:17378

Title: United States Army 335th Signal Company
Description: Photo of the United States Army 335th Signal Company in 1944. The 335th was attached to the 52nd Troop Carrier Wing. William L. Belcher is in the third row, third from the left (of those visible). A roster of the company including the names and hometowns of those in the photo is available at https://digital.grinnell.edu/islandora/object/grinnell%3A6515. (The roster is alphabetical, it does not identify individuals in this picture.)
Date Created: 1944
PID: grinnell:6516

Title: United States Army Discharge Papers for Ben P. Tarleton
Description: Honorable discharge papers from the United States Army for Ben P. Tarleton dated July 21, 1919.
Date Created: 1919
PID: grinnell:12068