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Title: Poweshiek County Bank, Grinnell, Iowa
Description: Color postcard view of Poweshiek County Bank, Grinnell, Iowa. "Designed by Louis Henri Sullivan, famous as a progressive architect, and one of the few men admired by Frank Lloyd Wright. The bank is known as the "Jewel Box" of his bank designs."--postcard verso. Photo by Phil Valdez. Published by Cee-R-View Card Company, Aurora, Illinois. "V-526." Drake Community Library (Grinnell, Iowa) Archives. McNally photographs. Collection #1, Series #1-1.
Date Created: 1960
PID: grinnell:6253

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: Railroad Depot, Grinnell, Iowa
Description: Postcard of the Grinnell, Iowa, railroad depot at State Street and Third Avenue. Sign on depot reads: "Grinnell -- Minneapolis & St. Louis Railway." Late 1950s and early 1960s model cars in parking lot.
Date Created: 1960
PID: grinnell:5941

Title: Razelle Club
Description: A group photograph of the Razelle Club of Grinnell, Iowa, taken in March 1964(?). A note on the back identifies the members as follows: Back row: Darcie Robison, Bonnie Reesel, Vera Ziegenmeyer, Blanche Goughnour, Maude Mehaffey. Second Row: Birdie Anderson, Laura Reynolds, Lola Connelly, Ava Oldham, Icle Muckler Bitcon. Front Row: Jennie Speth, Ruth Worth, Iva Stimson, Esther Vande Noord. Drake Community Library (Grinnell, Iowa) Archives. Miscellaneous photographs. Collection # 117, Razelle Club.
Date Created: 1964
PID: grinnell:18919

Title: Receipt for Eyeglasses
Description: Receipt from E.J. Jensen to Miss Pat Breniman for eyeglasses. Dated May 6, 1960.
Date Created: 1960
PID: grinnell:27264

Title: Renfrow Children in 1961
Description: The Renfrow children in 1961, from left to right: Rudy, Helen, Alice, Edith, Paul, and Evanel.
Date Created: 1961
PID: grinnell:12194

Title: Renfrow Sisters
Description: From left to right, Carl Terrell (partially visible), Evanel Terrell, Alice Lee Renfrow, and Edith Renfrow Smith seated at a banquet table with balloons. Evanel, Alice, and Edith were sisters.
Date Created: 1960
PID: grinnell:35506

Title: Renfrows Visit Family in California
Description: The Renfrows visited Martha Lucas in California, possibly Stockton, in 1961. Martha was one of the Lucas triplets. Those identified are from left: Edith Renfrow (obscured by shadow), Henry Lucas' wife (forename not known), Martha Lucas, Anna May Boyd and Alice Smith (Edith's daughter).
Date Created: 1961
PID: grinnell:12198

Title: Richard (Dick) Sears Interview, Voices from the Past
Description: Dick lived on the same farm in Chester Township, north of Grinnell, his entire life. After two years of high school at Chester, he graduated from Newburg High School. He was active in the Poweshiek County Farm Bureau, the Ayrshire Breeders' Association, community organizations and was also an auctioneer. He and his wife, Lola, had three children.
Date Created: 1992
PID: grinnell:23309

Title: Ridiculous Days in Grinnell
Description: Ruth Ann Clayton-Davis worked at Gibson's in Grinnell in the late 1960s to early 1970s during the summers and college breaks. She is wearing a Ridiculous Days' sales apron for Gibson's. The photo was taken on 5th Avenue looking east with a sign for McNeal's Television and Radio and the Catholic church visible in the background.
Date Created: 1968
PID: grinnell:27179