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Title
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Charles Hink with his Wheel-alignment Gauge
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Description
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Charles Hink, an early Grinnell, Iowa, inventor, holds his wheel-alignment gauge. Thousands of the gauges were ordered by the United States government during World War II and the Korean and Vietnam conflicts. He received US Patent No. US 1970092 in 1934 for the device. Drake Community Library (Grinnell, Iowa) Archives. Miscellaneous photographs. Collection #17-6, People.
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Date Created
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1966
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PID
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grinnell:13007
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Circus Comes to Hartwick
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Description
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In the early 1960s a small circus came to Hartwick, Iowa. The circus stopped in several small Poweshiek County, Iowa, towns for a night. The circus consisted of a tent and a clown and a small parade including an elephant. Pictures were taken from the Benda's front yard in Hartwick.
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Date Created
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1960
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PID
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grinnell:20643
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Title
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Colonial Theater
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Description
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The Colonial Theater in Grinnell, Iowa, with its windows boarded up.
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Date Created
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1965
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PID
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grinnell:11906
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Title
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Counter Checks from Poweshiek County Banks
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Description
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Counter checks from a variety of Poweshiek County (Iowa) banks. Counter checks were kept at the cash register of a business. Customers could write in their bank account number and use the checks as they would a personal check. These checks have MICR (Magnetic Ink Character Recognition) codes on them which the Federal Reserve began requiring in 1967.
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Date Created
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1967
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PID
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grinnell:12824
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Title
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Davis School Sixth Grade Girls in 1966
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Description
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Sixth grade girls from Mr. Bakerinck's class at Davis School in Grinnell, Iowa, in 1966. Front row, left to right: Kathy Large, Patty Dimit, Sandy Schwartzferger, Karen Koger, Thelma Nelson, Jan Evans. Back row, left to right: Nancy K., Debbie Lowry, Marcia Pierce, Barb Brown, Pam Smith, Margaret Holcomb, Diane Morrison.
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Date Created
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1966
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PID
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grinnell:20416
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Davis School Sixth Grade in 1966
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Description
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Mr. Bakerinck's sixth grade class at Davis School in Grinnell, Iowa, in 1966. Front row, left to right: Bertie and Jacob Diehm, Billy Gilbraith, Kevin Hobbs, George McGilvrey, Scott Marcum, Larry Jones, Kathy Large, Sandy Schwartzferger. Middle row, left to right: Curt Phipps, unidentified, John Dayton, Barb [last name not known], Karen Koger, Jan Evans, unidentified, Patty Dimit. Back row, left to right: Pam Smith, Diane Morrison, Thelma Nelson, unidentified, Nancy [last name not known], unidentified, unidentified, unidentified, Mr. Bakerinck.
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Date Created
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1966
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PID
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grinnell:20415
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Title
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Davis School Students 1963
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Description
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Davis School students from Mrs. Salmon's 3rd grade class in 1963. Front row, left to right: Vickie White, Shelly Johnson. Middle row, left to right: Margaret Holcomb, Becky ?, Leila McCully, Patty Beam, Debbie Lowry, Phyllis Vance. Back row, left to right: Patty Wilson, Kay Phipps, Pam Smith, Cheryl Huyser, Susan Kriegel, Susan Johnson.
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Date Created
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1963
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PID
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grinnell:20231
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Demolition of Blair Hall
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Description
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Probably a view of the demolition of Blair Hall on the Grinnell College campus in 1961. Blair Hall was located approximately where the Bucksbaum Center for the Arts stands in 2015. The view is looking to the west southwest. Drake Community Library (Grinnell, Iowa) Archives. Miscellaneous photographs. Collection #17-5, Views of Grinnell.
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Date Created
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1961
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PID
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grinnell:12232
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Dorothy Lannom Interview, Voices from the Past
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Description
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Born in Cedar Rapids on November 3, 1912, Dorothy Williams came to Grinnell in 1934 as a graduate of Coe College. She taught home economics until her marriage in 1936 to G. Sharp Lannom III. She was interested in politics, and went to the Far East with the Iowa Development Commission and Iowa Governor Harold Hughes. Three of her four sons carried on the family manufacturing business.
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Date Created
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1992
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PID
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grinnell:23308
