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Title: Lucas Triplets
Description: The Lucas triplets were born in 1896 in Grinnell, Iowa, and were possibly the first set of triplets born in the state. Their mother was Theodora Craig Lucas, the sister of Edith Renfrow Smith's mother, Eva Craig Renfrow. From left to right: Martha, Rebecca, Mary. Mary died at age 8, Rebecca at about 20, and Martha married Percy Smith in 1917, and died in Stockton, California, on December 1, 1970.
Date Created: 1896
PID: grinnell:12142

Title: Lucas Triplets and the Lucas Family
Description: Typescript containing information on the Lucas triplets and the Lucas family of Grinnell, Iowa. Includes many anecdotes on the life of Henry Lucas who was born into slavery in Virginia which was written by his son John Brown Lucas. The typescript contains part of an article that appeared in the Grinnell Herald on May 20, 1932, and additional information.
Date Created: 1950
PID: grinnell:12202

Title: Mayflower Home, Buckley Hall, Buckley Hall
Description: Color postcard view of Buckley Hall residence at the Mayflower Home, 619 Park Street, in Grinnell, Iowa. Postcard produced by Hanssen Studio, Grinnell, Iowa. Drake Community Library (Grinnell, Iowa) Archives. Miscellaneous photographs. Collection #17-2, Grinnell Buildings.
Date Created: 1990
PID: grinnell:11644

Title: Mintle Farm
Description: The Mintle farm near Grinnell, Iowa. Drake Community Library (Grinnell, Iowa) Archives. Imagine Grinnell Slides, p.27, slide 19.
Date Created: 1988
PID: grinnell:20476

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: New Gas Plant, Grinnell, IA
Description: Postcard view of Peoples Light and Fuel Co., Grinnell, Iowa. Slogans on the card read: "Use the light that lights," and "Use the fuel that makes cooking fun." Verso of postcard is addressed to "J.J. Mincer, 922 Main St., City" and is postmarked September 7, 1909. The message reads, "Gas will be turned on about Sept. 15 or 20," and is signed with a stamped "Peoples Light and Fuel Co." Photograph by Child. Drake Community Library (Grinnell, Iowa) Archives. McNally photographs. Collection #1, Series #1-1.
Date Created: 1909
PID: grinnell:6272

Title: Old Stone Church
Description: The Congregational Church, also known as the Old Stone Church, built in Grinnell, Iowa, on the northeast corner of Broad Street and 4th Avenue in 1877(?) There is no steeple on the southwest tower of the church. Drake Community Library (Grinnell, Iowa) Archives. McNally photographs. Collection #1, Series #1-3.
Date Created: 1880
PID: grinnell:6157

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: Peoria Gateway
Description: Views of Peoria Gateway locomotives running on the various train tracks in Grinnell, Iowa. Photos taken by Joe Piersen in October 1959. Drake Community Library (Grinnell, Iowa) Archives. Miscellaneous photographs. Collection #17-5, Views of Grinnell.
Date Created: 1959
PID: grinnell:12475

Title: The Playroom Performance
Description: Performance of "The Playroom" in February 1970. Left to right: Ruth A Ferry '73, Robert E. Sackett '73, and Mary Margaret Brown '73.
Date Created: 1970
PID: grinnell:34526