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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: 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

Title: Woman Awarding Ribbon to People on Horseback During 1949 Grinnell Day Celebration
Description: A woman standing in the arena awarding ribbons to people on horseback during the 1949 Grinnell Day celebration in Grinnell, Iowa. Drake Community Library (Grinnell, Iowa) Archives. Chamber of Commerce Slides, p.4, slide 14.
Date Created: 1949
PID: grinnell:19268

Title: Woman Awarding Ribbon to Person on Horse During 1949 Grinnell Day
Description: A woman awarding a ribbon to a woman on horseback during the 1949 Grinnell Day celebration. Drake Community Library (Grinnell, Iowa) Archives. Chamber of Commerce Slides, p.4, slide 8.
Date Created: 1949
PID: grinnell:19274

Title: Woman with Red Hat at the 1949 Grinnell Day Celebration
Description: Woman wearing a red hat standing outside the Louis Sullivan Jewel Box Bank during the 1949 Grinnell Day celebration in Grinnell, Iowa. Drake Community Library (Grinnell, Iowa) Archives. Chamber of Commerce Slides, p.5, slide 6.
Date Created: 1949
PID: grinnell:19285

Title: Yeomen of the Guard Production at Grinnell College
Description: Grinnell College opera production of Gilbert & Sullivan's Yeomen of the Guard in 1953. The production was staged at the Grinnell High School theater. The high school building, which was later the community center, is on Park Street between 4th and 5th Avenues. From Joanne M. Bunge's Grinnell College student scrapbook, 1952-1956.
Date Created: 1953
PID: grinnell:12947

Title: York Lumber Company, Grinnell Centennial Parade
Description: The York Lumber Company entry in the parade was a horse drawn wagon full of lumber. There is a girl in dress and bonnet and a boy sitting on the lumber. The driver is obscured. A sign on the side reads, "We like to trade at York's." York's was located at 732 Broad Street. Drake Community Library (Grinnell, Iowa) Archives. Miscellaneous Photographs. Collection #17, Box #4.
Date Created: 1954
PID: grinnell:28734