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Title: Conversations with Iowa Farmers
Description: Frank Heath, Becca Rae-Holloway, Laurel Tuggle, and Barb Lease interviewed 30 Iowa farmers who grew up on Grinnell, Iowa, area farms in the 1920s, 1930s, and 1940s. Those interviewed included Raymond Brown, Burton Cooper and his sister Loretta Burrell, Gary and Susan Davis, Robert Dimit, Stanley Greenwald, Larry Ellis, Jean Hinegardner, Howard McDonough, Henry Harris, Bruce Henriksen, Elsie Johnston, James Harley and Patricia McIlrath, Gene and Ellen Merck, Don Milburn, Mike Mintle, Allan and Shirley Moyer, Bill and Marjorie Rempp, Ronald Riley, Boyd Sparks, Don and Doris Weaver, Frank Wheeler, Lucille Binegar Van Dyke, and Ronald Van Gennep.
Date Created: 2013
PID: grinnell:12986

Title: Country Pleasure Driving During 1948 Grinnell Day
Description: People preparing for the Country Pleasure Driving part of the 1948 Grinnell Day horse show contest in Grinnell, Iowa. Drake Community Library (Grinnell, Iowa) Archives. Chamber of Commerce Slides, p.6, slide 11.
Date Created: 1948
PID: grinnell:19289

Title: Country Pleasure Driving Ribbon Awards During 1948 Grinnell Day
Description: A man receives a blue ribbon for his performance in the Country Pleasure Driving part of the horse show during the 1948 Grinnell Day in Grinnell, Iowa. Drake Community Library (Grinnell, Iowa) Archives. Chamber of Commerce Slides, p.6, slide 12.
Date Created: 1948
PID: grinnell:19290

Title: County 4-H Champ F.D.E. Float in the 1949 Grinnell Day Parade
Description: The County 4-H float in the 1949 Grinnell Day Parade in Grinnell, Iowa. The float is a truck covered in orange, white, and blue streamers and paper with a woman riding in the truck bed. Drake Community Library (Grinnell, Iowa) Archives. Chamber of Commerce Slides, p.3, slide 15.
Date Created: 1949
PID: grinnell:19257

Title: County Farm Bureau Dues Receipt
Description: Receipt from the Poweshiek County Farm Bureau (Iowa) to R.S. Pilgrim for membership dues for calendar year 1940 in the amount of $10. Dated January 4, 1940
Date Created: 1940
PID: grinnell:30028

Title: Cousins
Description: Three children, dressed in snowsuits, coats and hats, stand outside a brick building. From left to right, they are Charlene Young, Virginia Smith, and Elsie Young. The Young sister's mother (also named Elsie Young) was a sister to Virginia's father.
Date Created: 1940
PID: grinnell:35502

Title: Covered 49'ers Wagon in 1948 Grinnell Day Parade
Description: A covered wagon pulled by two mules with a 49'ers sign on the side and two young men inside the wagon in the 1948 Grinnell Day Parade in Grinnell, Iowa. Drake Community Library (Grinnell, Iowa) Archives. Chamber of Commerce Slides, p.1, slide 19.
Date Created: 1948
PID: grinnell:19239

Title: Cowles Hall, Grinnell, Iowa -- 21
Description: Postcard view of Cowles Hall on the Grinnell College campus in Grinnell, Iowa. Drake Community Library (Grinnell, Iowa) Archives. McNally photographs. Collection #1, Series #1-1.
Date Created: 1942
PID: grinnell:6338

Title: Crop Planning Notebook
Description: Hand drawn maps of farm fields (with measurements) of Poweshiek County, Iowa, area farms created by Raymond S. Pilgrim. Indicates crops planted in each field for 1935 and 1936. Farms mapped include the following: Wm. Morrison farms, sec. 24 and 25; Al Martinson; H.W. Erickson, sec. 24; Vaughn; E.M. Hillman (sec. 25); Newton Tyson (Carl Snyder, operator) sec. 23; G.C. Murray (Ellard Broders, operator) sec. 26; Lewis Buchneau; C.M. Pilgrim; Ed Bohstedt; Ed Bohstedt (Taylor Place); Flannagan; Russell Windburn; Harold Renaud (Gun club); Airport farm; Leo Donohoe; Fred J. Anderson; Bledsoe; J.F.R.; Arthur J. Hansen; H.H. Rix; Harold Renaud; E.T. Evans; Lang; C.T. Evans (Frisbie); Paul Ester; B.A. Adams; Kogar; and Renbarger. Some blank pages were not scanned.
Date Created: 1935
PID: grinnell:18904

Title: Cunningham Plumbing and Heating Float in 1948 Grinnell Day Parade
Description: The Cunningham Plumbing and Heating truck from the 1949 Grinnell Day Parade in Grinnell, Iowa. The truck has an outhouse on the back with a sign that says "1849 model". Across from it is a modern toilet and a man sitting with his hand on a pistol and a deck of cards. Drake Community Library (Grinnell, Iowa) Archives. Chamber of Commerce Slides, p.2, slide 15.
Date Created: 1949
PID: grinnell:19246