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1407 Sixth Avenue, Under the Elms
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Description
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View of 1407 Sixth Avenue in Grinnell, Iowa. Verso of photo reads: "Under the elms -- March 15, 1901 -- 1407 Sixth Ave., Grinnell." Additional notes on verso read: "Hobart carload lumber from Chicago. 1882 first coat of paint night before cyclone. Chicken feathers driven into wood. House had to be scraped. Used as hospital for injured. Dead bodies taken to house." The Grinnell Cyclone was on June 17, 1882. Drake Community Library (Grinnell, Iowa) Archives. Miscellaneous photographs. Collection #17-5, Views of Grinnell.
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Date Created
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1901
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PID
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grinnell:12274
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1510 East Street
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Description
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Three views of 1510 East Street in Grinnell, Iowa, taken sometime in the 1960s. 1510 East Street was the home of Henry and Merta Matlack and their five children. It was demolished in the late 1990s or early 2000s. Drake Community Library (Grinnell, Iowa) Archives. Miscellaneous photographs. Collection #85, Matlack/ Kiesel/ Wieman.
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Date Created
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1960
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PID
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grinnell:18903
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1903 University of Chicago Interscholastic Meet
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Description
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On June 6, 1903, William S. Hodgdon, a track athlete at Grinnell High School, won the 440 yard dash at the University of Chicago Interscholastic Meet held at Marshall Field in Chicago. Hodgdon set a record with his time of 54.8 seconds. Hodgdon can clearly be seen in white with the Grinnell iron cross on the chest of his shirt in the end of race picture. Drake Community Library (Grinnell, Iowa) Archives. Hodgdon Photographs Collection #259.
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Date Created
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1903
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PID
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grinnell:27274
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1938 Grinnell Automobile Race
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Description
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Photograph of an automobile race in Grinnell, Iowa, in 1938. Drake Community Library (Grinnell, Iowa) Archives. Miscellaneous photographs. Collection #17-6, People.
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Date Created
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1938
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PID
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grinnell:13008
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1953 Labor Day Parade
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Description
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Looking north and west from the corner of Fifth Avenue and Broad Street in Grinnell, Iowa, during the 1953 Labor Day Parade. Merchants' National Bank is in the background. The Chamber of Commerce float and a marching band are pictured.
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Date Created
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1953
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PID
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grinnell:20619
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1953 Labor Day Parade Fourth Avenue
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Description
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Looking west on Fourth Avenue from the corner of Fourth and Broad Street during the 1953 Labor Day parade in Grinnell, Iowa. The rear of a Grinnell Transport truck is visible and a float from North Market is in front of Merchants' National Bank. Turner Drugs is visible in the background.
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Date Created
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1953
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PID
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grinnell:20621
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1953 Labor Day Parade Looking West on Commerical
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Description
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Looking west on Commercial Street from the corner of Broad and Commercial during the 1953 Labor Day parade in Grinnell, Iowa. The entrance to the Park Hotel at 815 Broad Street is visible in the background, as are the storefronts on the north side of Commercial Street. Football players in Grinnell Tiger uniforms are riding on the front of an automobile decorated with a Tiger banner.
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Date Created
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1953
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PID
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grinnell:20624
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20th Reunion of the Grinnell High School Class of 1952
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Description
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Photo of the 20th reunion of the Grinnell High School class of 1952 held in the Elks Hall in Grinnell, Iowa in 1972. Those identified are front row, left to right: Gordon Felper, Tom Parmley, John Taylor, Larry Lang, Roger Tharp, Larry German, Dean Moyer, Bill Gilbreath, and Neil Johnson. Two faculty members are sitting in the second row, one of whom is Esther Norris. Back row, third from right: Jeanette (Starnes) Lender. Drake Community Library (Grinnell, Iowa) Archives. Miscellaneous photographs. Collection #17-6, People.
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Date Created
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1972
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PID
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grinnell:13098
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411 First Avenue
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Description
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Photograph of 411 First Avenue in Grinnell, Iowa, in the early 1960s. This house was the home of the Renfrow family for many years.
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Date Created
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1960
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PID
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grinnell:12185