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Title
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Four Generation Family Picture
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Description
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Four generations appear in this family picture. From left to right: Dorothy Tarleton Palmer, Elizabeth Schoonover holding baby Cynthia Palmer, and Gladys Schoonover Tarleton. Elizabeth is Gladys' mother; Gladys is Dorothy's mother; and Dorothy is Cynthia's mother.
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Date Created
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1949
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PID
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grinnell:12075
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Title
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Fourth of July Automobile Race 1941
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Description
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Photograph of an automobile race in Grinnell, Iowa, on July 4, 1941. Drake Community Library (Grinnell, Iowa) Archives. Miscellaneous photographs. Collection #17-6, People.
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Date Created
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1941
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PID
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grinnell:13009
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Title
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Fraternal Order of Eagles Parade Car in 1949 Grinnell Day Parade
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Description
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The Grinnell chapter of the Fraternal Order of Eagles' parade car in the 1949 Grinnell Day Parade in Grinnell, Iowa. The members are riding in a cream car decorated with red, white, and blue streamers with small American flags. Drake Community Library (Grinnell, Iowa) Archives. Chamber of Commerce Slides, p.7, slide 7.
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Date Created
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1949
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PID
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grinnell:19310
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Gene Breiting Interview, Voices from the Past
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Description
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A lifelong resident of Grinnell, Gene was born July 23, 1913. He graduated from Grinnell High School, and was drafted into service during World War II in 1943. He worked at various jobs in Grinnell, and in Amana for eleven years. He and his wife, Doris, had a son and two daughters.
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Date Created
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1992
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PID
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grinnell:23301
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Geoff Peak Interview
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Description
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This is an oral history interview of Geoff Peak, a prominent teacher in Poweshiek County school systems and graduate of Grinnell College. The interview, conducted by Judy Hunter, recalls many of Geoff's memories from his days in a one-room schoolhouse and as a middle school, high school, and alternative program instructor.
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Date Created
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2014
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PID
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grinnell:23040
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Title
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George Family on the Fourth of July, 1940
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Description
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The George family on July 4, 1940, in Grinnell, Iowa. Front row: Billy George, Irene Knox, Evelyn George holding baby Marilyn George, Carolyn Knox, and Graeme George. Back row: Frances Knox, John Knox, Ray George, Doris George, Don George, Winifred George (turned right), Helen George, Susan and Clarence George, Russell George and Dorothy George.
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Date Created
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1940
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PID
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grinnell:11746
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Giant Mattress With Stars and a Person in 1949 Grinnell Day Parade
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Description
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A float designed to look like a giant mattress, decorated with red and blue stars in the 1949 Grinnell Day Parade in Grinnell, Iowa. There is a person at the headboard wearing a white toga and a gold crown and holding a torch overhead like the Statue of Liberty. Drake Community Library (Grinnell, Iowa) Archives. Chamber of Commerce Slides, p.2, slide 17.
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Date Created
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1948
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PID
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grinnell:19248