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Title: True Story
Description: Advertisement for a play about the romance between a male Grinnell College history professor and a female Grinnell College English professor performed at the Colonial Theater in Grinnell, Iowa. Probably 1925. Drake Community Library Archives. Early Theater Productions. Collection #100.
Date Created: 1925
PID: grinnell:6114

Title: Aerial View of Newburg Stock Pens
Description: An aerial view of stock pens and farm outbuildings, possibly in the Newburg, Iowa area. A railroad track runs along the right side of the picture.
Date Created: 1920
PID: grinnell:12007

Title: Alex Manson
Description: Black and white photographic portrait of Alexander Manson (1875-1966) in police uniform with a badge reading "CHIEF" on his cap. Manson served as chief of police in Grinnell from 1921 through 1939. Judging by his appearance, this photograph was most likely taken in the 1920s. During World War I he joined the YMCA and served as secretary with overseas duty in Paris for 2 1/2 years.
Date Created: 1921
PID: grinnell:23239

Title: Anson Hayden Palmer and Uncle Harry
Description: Anson Hayden Palmer and Uncle Harry show off their peach tree probably in Newburg, Iowa. A note on the back of the photo says to "notice the props,' but the peach tree eventually broke over the props.
Date Created: 1920
PID: grinnell:12015

Title: Armory, Grinnell, Iowa
Description: Postcard view of the Armory at 816 Fifth Avenue in Grinnell, Iowa. Postcard produced by C.U. Williams Photoette, Bloomington, Illinois. Drake Community Library (Grinnell, Iowa) Archives. McNally photographs. Collection #1, Series #1-1.
Date Created: 1920
PID: grinnell:6280

Title: Arthur McDowell Interview, Voices from the Past
Description: One of nine children, Art was born south of Grinnell on June 22, 1902. After graduating from high school and working for three years at the Farmer's Elevator, he began his career in insurance. Upon retirement, he was Secretary-Treasurer of the Poweshiek County Mutual Insurance Company. He and his wife, Mildred, married in 1930, had a son and daughter.
Date Created: 1992
PID: grinnell:23310

Title: Automobile Accident at 5th Avenue and the Railroad Tracks
Description: View of an automobile accident which occurred at the intersection of the Minneapolis and St. Louis Railroad tracks and 5th Avenue in Grinnell, Iowa. The view is looking to the southwest. The Brand apartments are visible in the top left quadrant of the image. The house in the background is no longer standing. Photo by Cornelia Clarke. Drake Community Library (Grinnell, Iowa) Archives. Cornelia Clarke Collection. Collection #237.
Date Created: 1920
PID: grinnell:12225

Title: Automobile Parked in Front of Cherokee Monument Company
Description: Automobile parked in front of Cherokee Monument Company at 126 E. Main Street in Cherokee, Iowa. The building in the background on the right is Lincoln High School which was on the northeast corner of Main Street and 1st Street. The high school was razed in 1960. Drake Community Library (Grinnell, Iowa) Archives. Hodgdon Photographs Collection #259.
Date Created: 1920
PID: grinnell:27281

Title: Ben's Tire Shop Truck Decorated for a Parade
Description: Gladys Tarleton poses next to a decorated truck, probably for a Fourth of July parade, at Ben's Tire Shop in Grinnell, Iowa, in 1921 or 1922. Ben's Tire Shop, located at 717 Fourth Avenue, was run by Benjamin Pliny Tarleton in Grinnell beginning in the early 1920s.
Date Created: 1921
PID: grinnell:12029

Title: Broad Street, West of Park, Grinnell, Iowa
Description: Postcard with colorized photograph of Broad Street, West of Park, Grinnell, addressed to Ethel Longley (1884-9/19/1961).
Date Created: 1921
PID: grinnell:26617