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Title: Summer view of 1305 Summer Street
Description: Summer view of 1305 Summer Street in Grinnell, Iowa. Drake Community Library (Grinnell, Iowa) Archives. Miscellaneous photographs. Collection 182, Drummond Club.
Date Created: 1960
PID: grinnell:21052

Title: Mojos
Description: Local Grinnell, Iowa, band, "The Mojos," circa 1968 or 1969. From left to right: Chuck Lannom, Jim Ryan, Carlos Mendoza, Ray Burlingame, Scott Hanson, and Steve Devine.
Date Created: 1968
PID: grinnell:27202

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: Three Images of a Class at School No. 2
Description: Three images of a class from School House No. 2 in Poweshiek County, Iowa, lined up outside the school house and swinging on a swing set in August of 1960. Drake Community Library (Grinnell, Iowa) Archives. Miscellaneous photographs. Collection #24, Rural Schools (including snowstorm).
Date Created: 1960
PID: grinnell:18838

Title: Three Views of the General Telephone Company Building
Description: Three views of the completed General Telephone company building at 11 11th Avenue in Grinnell, Iowa, in 1967: daytime, dusk and nighttime.
Date Created: 1967
PID: grinnell:6398

Title: Train Depot, Grinnell, Iowa
Description: Photograph of the Rock Island Depot in Grinnell, Iowa, circa 1963. Drake Community Library (Grinnell, Iowa) Archives. McNally photographs. Collection #1, Series #1-1.
Date Created: 1963
PID: grinnell:6206

Title: Virgil Jones Interview, Voices from the Past
Description: Born in Grinnell on September 10, 1912, Virgil graduated from high school and attended Grinnell College for a time. He worked in retail sales and traveled for the Grinnell Shoe Company. After service in the Navy during World War II, he and his wife, the former Ona Whitaker, joined in the operation of the Grinnell Livestock Exchange until 1973.
Date Created: 1992
PID: grinnell:23307

Title: Walter Rixen Interview, American Beliefs and Cultural Values
Description: Walter Rixen was born in Harlan, Iowa, and graduated from Harlan High School in 1941. He attended Upper Iowa University for one year before serving in the U.S. Army from 1943-1945. Upon returning home he completed his degree at Upper Iowa and then pursued a career in education, teaching and coaching at Waukon, St. Ansgar, and Grinnell. He and his wife, Helen, had one son, Jim. Interview conducted as part of American Beliefs and Cultural Values, an American Studies class taught by Hanna Griff at Grinnell College in 1993.
Date Created: 1993
PID: grinnell:26716

Title: Washington #5
Description: Washington #5 schoolhouse located in Washington Township, Poweshiek County, Iowa. Drake Community Library (Grinnell, Iowa) Archives. Miscellaneous photographs. Collection #24, Rural Schools.
Date Created: 1960
PID: grinnell:18869

Title: Washington #6
Description: Washington #6 schoolhouse located in Washington Township, Poweshiek County, Iowa. Drake Community Library (Grinnell, Iowa) Archives. Miscellaneous photographs. Collection #24, Rural Schools.
Date Created: 1960
PID: grinnell:18868