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Title: Josephine Hartzell Interview, Voices from the Past
Description: A resident of the Grinnell area her entire life, Josephine was born on November 29, 1902. Until 1980 she worked on the family farm doing chores and taking care of animals. At that time she moved into town, where she enjoyed reading and sewing in her retirement.
Date Created: 1992
PID: grinnell:23305

Title: Kellogg Float in the 1948 Grinnell Day Parade
Description: A float sponsored by the town of Kellogg in the 1948 Grinnell Day Parade in Grinnell, Iowa. The float is pulled by a truck and has nine musicians in costume playing. Drake Community Library (Grinnell, Iowa) Archives. Chamber of Commerce Slides, p.2, slide 20.
Date Created: 1948
PID: grinnell:19251

Title: Kiwanis International Grinnell Chapter Parade Car in 1949 Grinnell Day Parade
Description: The Grinnell chapter of the Kiwanis International organization's parade car in the 1949 Grinnell Day Parade in Grinnell, Iowa. The car is a red convertible decorated with red, white, and blue streamers and small American flags. Drake Community Library (Grinnell, Iowa) Archives. Chamber of Commerce Slides, p.7, slide 6.
Date Created: 1949
PID: grinnell:19309

Title: Leo Flanagan Interview, Voices from the Past
Description: Leo was born in Sully, Iowa, on January 19, 1908. He farmed, worked in service stations for 21 years, and in automobile sales and management for 20 years. He and his wife, Blanche, had three children.
Date Created: 1992
PID: grinnell:23302

Title: Line drawing of Stewart Library
Description: Line drawing of Stewart Library in Grinnell, Iowa, probably done in the 1940s. Drake Community Library (Grinnell, Iowa) Archives. Miscellaneous photographs. Collection #17-1, Stewart Library.
Date Created: 1940
PID: grinnell:6446

Title: Living Room Parade Float in 1949 Grinnell Day Parade
Description: A man dressed in a black suit coat, white shirt, and black pants with a cane and a black bowler hat sitting on a float with a couch in the 1949 Grinnell Day Parade in Grinnell, Iowa. The Congregational Church (Old Stone Church) is visible in the background. Drake Community Library (Grinnell, Iowa) Archives. Chamber of Commerce Slides, p.3, slide 8.
Date Created: 1949
PID: grinnell:19265

Title: Local B735 Float in 1948 Grinnell Day Parade
Description: A float in the 1948 Grinnell Day Parade in Grinnell, Iowa. The float is red, white, and blue with two American flags crossing in the middle and a sign that says, "Local No. B735" and the side of the float says, "IREW." Drake Community Library (Grinnell, Iowa) Archives. Chamber of Commerce Slides, p.5, slide 2.
Date Created: 1948
PID: grinnell:19282

Title: Lorene Alyce Pearce Morrison
Description: Recollections of Lorene A. Pearce Morrison who was born in rural Grinnell, Iowa, in 1925. The locations of many businesses in Grinnell are discussed. Drake Community Library (Grinnell, Iowa) Archives. Pamphlet file. Biographies.
Date Created: 2013
PID: grinnell:13067

Title: Lucille "Sid" Potts Interview, Voices from the Past
Description: Lucille McDowell was born in Grinnell on October 19, 1910. A1928 graduate of Grinnell High School, she attended business college in Quincy, Illinois. In 1937 she married Dick Potts. She began her banking career in 1929 as a bookkeeper at Citizen's National Bank (later Poweshiek County National Bank and then Wells Fargo). She retired in 1975 at which time she was an officer and board member.
Date Created: 1992
PID: grinnell:23314

Title: Main Street, Grinnell, Iowa
Description: Postcard view looking south on Main Street in Grinnell, Iowa, from the intersection of 5th Avenue and Main Street. Colonial Theater to the right; Masonic building to the left. Drake Community Library (Grinnell, Iowa) Archives. McNally photographs. Collection #1, Series #1-1.
Date Created: 1943
PID: grinnell:6259