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Title: Post Office, Grinnell, Iowa -- 3
Description: Postcard view of the U.S. Post Office in Grinnell, Iowa, on the southeast corner of 5th Avenue and Broad Street. Postcard published by E.C. Kropp Co., Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Drake Community Library (Grinnell, Iowa) Archives. McNally photographs. Collection #1, Series #1-1.
Date Created: 1950
PID: grinnell:6356

Title: Poweshiek County National Bank Staff
Description: Poweshiek County National Bank (Grinnell, Iowa) staff photo from November 1950. Back row, left to right: unidentified woman, Fred Wolfe, Bob Kinsey, Carl Child, Max Smith, Thelma Hansen. Front row, left to right: Lucille (Sid) Potts, Mary D. Donohoe, Barbara Neighbors, Amy Clifton, Hattie Johnson, Marge Halstead.
Date Created: 1950
PID: grinnell:20226

Title: Rock Island Freight Depot
Description: View of the Rock Island railroad freight depot which was located on the northeast corner of the intersection of West Street and the railroad tracks in Grinnell, Iowa. The tower on top of the building was where the signal man manually controlled all electronic crossing systems during the daylight hours. This depot was said to be the highest point on the Rock Island tracks between Council Bluffs and Omaha. A Rock Island Motor Transit truck is visible in the background. Drake Community Library (Grinnell, Iowa) Archives. Miscellaneous photographs. Collection #17-5, Views of Grinnell.
Date Created: 1950
PID: grinnell:12294

Title: Smith Funeral Home
Description: View of the Smith Funeral Home at 1103 Broad Street in Grinnell, Iowa. Drake Community Library (Grinnell, Iowa) Archives. Miscellaneous photographs. Collection #17-2, Grinnell Buildings.
Date Created: 1950
PID: grinnell:12924

Title: Stewart Library
Description: View of Stewart Library, Grinnell, Iowa. Bushes in front, modern front doors, possibly taken about 1950. Drake Community Library (Grinnell, Iowa) Archives. Miscellaneous photographs. Collection #17-1, Stewart Library.
Date Created: 1950
PID: grinnell:6455

Title: Story Time with Mrs. Wilson
Description: Story time at Stewart Library in Grinnell, Iowa with Mrs. W. B. Wilson. Some of the children are identified as follows: Two Depoister children are the closest to Mrs. Wilson; a Strovers girl is on the right end of the front row; Jimmy Ziegenmeyer is on the left in the back row; a Strovers boy is in the striped shirt on the left end of the third row; the two boys next to him in the plaid shirts are brothers; the girl in the third row, last one on the right, is a Tiedeman; fifth child in the second row is a Parish; the tousled haired boy in the second row and the girl on the left of the front row are Dopka children. Drake Community Library (Grinnell, Iowa) Archives. Miscellaneous photographs. Collection #17-1, Stewart Library
Date Created: 1950
PID: grinnell:6460

Title: Strand Theater
Description: The Stand Theater on Main Street in Grinnell, Iowa, probably in the 1950s. Marquee has neon lights. To the north is the Le-o-la Sweet Shop. Drake Community Library (Grinnell, Iowa) Archives. Miscellaneous photographs. Collection #17-2, Grinnell Buildings.
Date Created: 1950
PID: grinnell:6488

Title: Swimming in the Old College Pool
Description: Female swimmers parading around the college pool at Grinnell College, ca. 1950-1954.
Date Created: 1950
PID: grinnell:5679

Title: Union, Grinnell College, Grinnell, Ia. S-204, Union, Grinnell College, Grinnell, Iowa S-204
Description: Postcard view of the student union at Grinnell College in Grinnell, Iowa. Postcard is stamped on verso: L.L. Cook Company. Drake Community Library (Grinnell, Iowa) Archives. Miscellaneous photographs. Collection #17-3, Grinnell College.
Date Created: 1950
PID: grinnell:11799

Title: Water Damage in the Children's Room, Stewart Library
Description: Views of water damage in the Children's Room which was in the basement of Stewart Library in Grinnell, Iowa, probably taken in the 1950s. Drake Community Library (Grinnell, Iowa) Archives. Miscellaneous photographs. Collection #17-1, Stewart Library.
Date Created: 1950
PID: grinnell:6458