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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

Title: Rock Creek Lake
Description: Rock Creek Lake in 1965. Drake Community Library (Grinnell, Iowa) Archives. Chamber of Commerce Slides, p.9, slide 8.
Date Created: 1965
PID: grinnell:19326

Title: Smith Children and Snowman
Description: This picture was taken at the south edge of the property at 7 College Park Road looking to the southwest. In the back left is a view of Norris Hall before the fourth story was added. The white house behind the children which is now (2017) the Conney M. Kimbo Black Cultural Center was at that time a private residence where the Hansons who ran the Ben Franklin store lived. The children are, left to right: Mona (a friend), Karna Smith, Trouble (the dog) and Bruce Smith. Probably taken in the winter of 1964/65.
Date Created: 1964
PID: grinnell:20228

Title: Snow on Fourth Avenue
Description: View of snow piled high in the middle of Fourth Avenue in Grinnell, Iowa, in February 1969. The view is looking west from Broad Street to Main Street.
Date Created: 1969
PID: grinnell:11928

Title: South Facade of 801 5th Avenue, South Facade of 801 Fifth Avenue
Description: 801 Fifth Avenue where the offices for Dr. T.E. Brobyn were located in Grinnell, Iowa. Drake Community Library (Grinnell, Iowa) Archives. Main Street Slides, p.33, slide 6.
Date Created: 1963
PID: grinnell:21615

Title: Sowing Oats
Description: Helen Lamb, left, and Hallie Ryan prepare to sow oats in Chester Township, Poweshiek County, Iowa, in the early 1970s.
Date Created: 1970
PID: grinnell:29800

Title: Sprague Family Photos
Description: Nine photographs of the Sprague family of Grinnell, Iowa. Herman H. and Ella Farley Sprague had two daughters, Ina and Lena. Ina was a teacher and was principal of Davis School in Grinnell, Iowa, for 28 years. Lena was an assistant to the city clerk of Grinnell for 30 years. Drake Community Library (Grinnell, Iowa) Archives. Miscellaneous photographs. Collection #17-6, People.
PID: grinnell:13162

Title: Spring Planting
Description: Harry Ryan on his Allis-Chalmers tractor at spring planting time in the late 1960s or early 1970s in Chester Township, Poweshiek County, Iowa. The field is plowed and a farmstead is visible in the background.
Date Created: 1970
PID: grinnell:29797

Title: Spring Silly Season
Description: View of college students marching along the street in Grinnell, Iowa, in support of the new liquor store. Attached newspaper clipping reads: Officially arriving in Grinnell Friday was spring silly season, which is usually most evident on the college campus. Such was the case here Friday afternoon when a group of about 100 Grinnell College students marched from the campus to the new liquor store with flags waving, car horn honking and drums beating a steady rhythm. The signs read "Eat, Drink And Be Merry For Tomorrow It May Close!!" and "Prohibition Repealed in Grinnell."
Date Created: 1960
PID: grinnell:11930

Title: St. Mary's Catholic Church in Grinnell, Iowa
Description: St. Mary's Catholic Church in Grinnell, Iowa. Drake Community Library (Grinnell, Iowa) Archives. Chamber of Commerce Slides, p.9, slide 3.
Date Created: 1965
PID: grinnell:19322