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Title: 1953 Corvette, Grinnell Centennial Parade
Description: Van Wechel Motor Sales drives a 1953 Corvette in the Grinnell Centennial parade. Band members in uniform line the street behind it. The Corvette was introduced by General Motors in 1953. Van Wechel Motors was located at 1013 Broad Street. Drake Community Library (Grinnell, Iowa) Archives. Miscellaneous Photographs. Collection #17, Box #4.
Date Created: 1954
PID: grinnell:28728

Title: Arnold's Shoes, Grinnell Centennial Parade
Description: The Arnold's Shoes entry in the Grinnell Centennial parade was a decorated go-cart or piece of riding yard equipment. Other entries in the picture include a pickup truck with a variety of traffic signs and a red tractor pulling a float in the shape of a birthday cake. Arnold's Shoes was located at 803 Fourth Avenue. Drake Community Library (Grinnell, Iowa) Archives. Miscellaneous Photographs. Collection #17, Box #4.
Date Created: 1954
PID: grinnell:28738

Title: Centennial Participants, Grinnell Centennial Parade
Description: A group of people in period dress pose in front of a cornfield upon the occasion of the Grinnell Centennial parade. Drake Community Library (Grinnell, Iowa) Archives. Miscellaneous Photographs. Collection #17, Box #4.
Date Created: 1954
PID: grinnell:28741

Title: Chester Royal Grange, Grinnell Centennial Parade
Description: Chester Royal Grange contributed a float featuring a larger-than-life birthday cake to the Grinnell Centennial parade. The sides of the cake have the words, "Faith, hope, charity, fidelity." The bottom of the float reads, "Congratulations, Grinnell." The float is pulled by a red tractor. Drake Community Library (Grinnell, Iowa) Archives. Miscellaneous Photographs. Collection #17, Box #4.
Date Created: 1954
PID: grinnell:28739

Title: Church of Christ Bible School
Description: Teachers and students of the Church of Christ Bible School in Montezuma, Iowa, July 1952. Front row, left to right: Ethel McKee, Kenny Peterson, Donna Thomasen, Kay Anderson, Gloria Vandeventer, Delores Purdum, Linda Vandeventer, Steve Rabenold, JoEllen Rabenold, Judy Baird, Susan Wheeler, Bill Taylor. Second row, left to right: Ronnie Hart, Susan VanDuyn, Mike Thurber, Susan Hicks, Susan VanCleave, Marilyn McFarlin, Barbara Hill, Judy Kirstein, Linda Gass, Sharon Hicks. Row three, left to right: Rev. Hart, Ronnie Richman, Linda Hicks, Leon Rowell, Linda Sams, unidentified, Sharon Bryan, Duane VanCleave, Melody Pitka, Ann Byers, Kristin Hill, Miriam Ammann, Kristin Johnson, Linda Taylor, Donald Hicks, Laure Arvidson, Dennis Hamilton, Marvin Ehret, Vincent Johnson, Jack Taylor, Chuck Simpson, Marion Johnson. Row four, left to right: unknown, Richard Hicks, Richard Miller, Richard Snook, Kenny Gray, Dennis VanCleave, Howard McKee, Larry Richman, Charles Taylor, Bobby Tarvin, Jon Swanson, Karen Hubbard, Lana Sharer, Bob Johannes, Ann Bowers, Bob Thompson, Leslie Hicks, Marilyn Pugh, Billy Pitka. Row five, left to right: Helen Peterson, Mrs. Dwight Purdum, Mrs. Raymond Ehret, Wilma Sharer, Diane Fisher, Ceatta Pitka, Kristine Swanson, Nancy Gray, Jane Busby, Harriet Hicks, Shirley VanCleave, Shirley Arvidson, Phyllis Hicks. Row six, left to right: Shirley Arendt, Alice Vanderwal, Mrs. Basil Hicks, Mrs. Roy Peterson, Zelda Heitman, Sharon Richman, Mrs. Gus Peterson, Mrs. Maude Dieterich, Mrs. Don Hart, Mrs. Maude Kercheval, Mrs. Harold Hunter, Mrs. Bob Brownell, Lynn Brownell.
Date Created: 1952
PID: grinnell:27244

Title: Cooper School First Grade 1957
Description: Miss Patton's first grade class at Cooper School, Grinnell, Iowa, in April, 1957. Top row, left to right: unknown, Bob Noel, unknown, Gary Wilson, unknown, Karen Todd, Dave Jensen, unknown, Art Dunham. Second row, left to right: unknown, Janet Swaney, Elizabeth Louden, unknown, John Hamilton, Vikki Rickard, Shawn Collum, unknown, unknown. Third row, left to right: unknown, Eddie Hockett, unknown, Roger Ryan, Mike Shanahan, Donn Pugh, Susan Deveraux, Norman Farmer. Bottom row, left to right: Miss Patton, unknown, unknown, Roberta Dayton.
Date Created: 1957
PID: grinnell:29794

Title: Cooper School Second Grade 1958
Description: Second grade class at Cooper School in Grinnell, Iowa. In the background on the blackboard is written "Brotherhood Week" which dates the picture to the week of February 15-22, 1958. The teacher is Miss Leyden. Front row, left to right: unknown, Vikki Rickard, Mike Shanahan, Donn Pugh, unknown, Dave Jensen, unknown, unknown, unknown, Roger Ryan, unknown. Middle row (seated on chairs), left to right: Bob Noel, unknown, unknown, unknown, Elizabeth Louden, Karen Todd, Susan Deveraux, unknown, unknown, Eddie Hockett. Back row (standing), left to right: John Hamilton, unknown, Norman Farmer, unknown, Art Dunham, Miss Leyden, Janet Swaney, Gary Wilson, Roberta Dayton, Tom Collum, unknown.
Date Created: 1958
PID: grinnell:29793

Title: Freight bill
Description: Freight bill from the Rock Island and Pacific Railroad Company to Edward E. Breniman for shipping 4 bags of clover seed and 1 bag of Timothy seed from the Henry Field Seed & Nursery Co., Shenandoah, Iowa, to Brooklyn, Iowa. Dated Feb. 7, 1958.
Date Created: 1958
PID: grinnell:27262

Title: George Hardware, Grinnell Centennial Parade
Description: George Hardware's entry in the Grinnell Centennial parade was a wagon with a cover drawn by a horse. Various pots and pans hang from the roof of the wagon. George Hardware was located at 919-921 Broad Street. Drake Community Library (Grinnell, Iowa) Archives. Miscellaneous Photographs. Collection #17, Box #4.
Date Created: 1954
PID: grinnell:28731

Title: Grinnell Herald Register, Grinnell Centennial Parade
Description: The Grinnell Herald Register entry in the Grinnell Centennial parade featured a covered wagon pulled by a team of oxen. A sign on the side of the wagon says, "Grinnell Herald Register, your newspaper since 1868." Drake Community Library (Grinnell, Iowa) Archives. Miscellaneous Photographs. Collection #17, Box #4.
Date Created: 1954
PID: grinnell:28733