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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: Water Tank at Grinnell, 1936
Description: View of a rural water tank in the wintertime at Grinnell in 1936. Water has spilled over the top and created huge icicles. Drake Community Library (Grinnell, Iowa) Archives. Miscellaneous photographs. Collection #17-2, Grinnell Buildings.
Date Created: 1936
PID: grinnell:11236

Title: Worth's 1934 Champions
Description: Worth's 1934 champion baseball team in Grinnell, Iowa. Team members are wearing Worth's jerseys. Trophies and Worth's baseballs, bats and gloves are displayed in front of them. Worth, Inc. is a family-owned baseball and softball equipment company that was founded by George Sharp Lannom Jr. in Tullahoma, Tennessee in 1912. In 1923 the company merged with the Morrison-Ricker glove manufacturing company in Grinnell, Iowa. Photo taken by Portrait Art Studios.
Date Created: 1934
PID: grinnell:20693

Title: Y.M.C.A. Cabinet
Description: Y.M.C.A. cabinet, Grinnell High School, Grinnell, Iowa, 1937. Top row, left to right: T. Crews, Eastridge, McKee, Arnold. Bottom row: Phillips, W. Crews, Mr. Hawk, Gallagher, Swaney. This photo appears in the 1930 Grinnell High School yearbook, The Grinnellian, on p. 27. Drake Community Library (Grinnell, Iowa) Archives. Miscellaneous photographs. Collection #17-6, People.
Date Created: 1930
PID: grinnell:13093