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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: Vocational Education Float in 1948 Grinnell Day Parade
Description: A parade float for "vocational education: homemaking, agriculture" in the 1948 Grinnell Day Parade in Grinnell, Iowa. The float is wooden with a woman in white next to a picnic table with corn shocks behind her. On the other side of the corn shocks are three men holding a navy and yellow banner and farm tools. The float is pulled by a man in a white shirt on a tractor. Drake Community Library (Grinnell, Iowa) Archives. Chamber of Commerce Slides, p.1, slide 17.
Date Created: 1948
PID: grinnell:19237

Title: Wagon Filled with Hay and People in the 1949 Grinnell Day Parade
Description: Wagon with thirteen people in it sitting on hay in the 1949 Grinnell Day Parade in Grinnell, Iowa. The wagon is pulled by a float with two men on it standing around a table. Part of a banner is visible on the float and it reads: "Education" while the banner on the wagon reads: "Recreation." Drake Community Library (Grinnell, Iowa) Archives. Chamber of Commerce Slides, p.4, slide 4.
Date Created: 1949
PID: grinnell:19271

Title: Waiting for President Truman
Description: Grinnellians gathered at the railroad crossing at Park Street and 3rd Avenue on September 18, 1948, waiting for President Truman. Grinnell Railway Express building is visible on the left; Monroe Hotel is visible in the background. Note: Photo is mislabeled "Waiting for President Eisenhower." Drake Community Library (Grinnell, Iowa) Archives. McNally photographs. Collection #1, Series #1-3.
Date Created: 1948
PID: grinnell:6178

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: War Ration Book Two
Description: Ben Tarleton's War Ration Book Two issued by the U.S. Office of Price Administration.
Date Created: 1943
PID: grinnell:12071

Title: Wayne Feeds Float in 1949 Grinnell Day Parade
Description: Three women sitting in chairs wearing full length gowns with a banner on the side of the float that says,"Wayne Feeds" in the 1949 Grinnell Day Parade in Grinnell, Iowa. Drake Community Library (Grinnell, Iowa) Archives. Chamber of Commerce Slides, p.5, slide 16.
Date Created: 1949
PID: grinnell:19278

Title: We Invite You to Grinnell Day Sept. 5 1949
Description: Double exposed image of the welcome sign to Grinnell Day 1959. Drake Community Library (Grinnell, Iowa) Archives. Chamber of Commerce Slides, p.4, slide 6.
Date Created: 1949
PID: grinnell:19273

Title: Woman Awarding Ribbon to Man on Horseback During 1948 Grinnell Day
Description: A woman awarding a man on horseback a ribbon during the 1948 Grinnell Day in Grinnell, Iowa. The man is sitting on a black horse and dressed in a nice black suit with a white hat. Drake Community Library (Grinnell, Iowa) Archives. Chamber of Commerce Slides, p.6, slide 4.
Date Created: 1948
PID: grinnell:19292