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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

Title: Carmen
Description: Theater program. Ralph Dunbar Productions, Inc. present The Dunbar English Opera Company in an American production of Bizet's masterful Carmen. Colonial Theatre, Friday, October 7, 1921. Cast: John Knox, James Stevens, Lester Spring, Jack Bean, Lee Bright, Lorna Doone Jackson, Louise Gilbert, Elizabeth Myers, Winifred Wiley, George Shields, Harry Raschig, Gilbert Jackson. Drake Community Library Archives. Early Theater Productions. Collection #100.
Date Created: 1921
PID: grinnell:6120

Title: Cherokee Monument Company Truck
Description: A uniformed man stands next to a truck with Cherokee Monument Co. on the driver's door. The truck has a 1921 Iowa license plate. Photo most likely was taken in Cherokee, Iowa. Drake Community Library (Grinnell, Iowa) Archives. Hodgdon Photographs Collection #259.
Date Created: 1921
PID: grinnell:27276

Title: Letter to Lillie Pilgrim from Laurabelle Fonte
Description: Letter to Lillie Pilgrim of Grinnell, Iowa, from a friend, Laurabelle Fonte, dated October 4, 1921, asking Lillie to subscribe to Crowell magazines through her. Laurabelle also talks about canning tomatoes and entertaining a ladies club. Includes envelope.
Date Created: 1921
PID: grinnell:30041

Title: Mae Hammond Burns and Frank Burns, Jr.
Description: Mae Hammond Burns and her son, Frank R. Burns, Jr. Frank, Jr., was born February 21, 1921 in Des Moines, Iowa.
Date Created: 1921
PID: grinnell:20607

Title: Martha
Description: Theater program. Martha, comic opera in four acts by Fredrich von Flotow. Text by St. George and Friedrich. Tuesday, May 31, 1921, Colonial Theater, Grinnell, Iowa. Given by the Faculty of the Grinnell School of Music, assisted by the Glee Clubs and Orchestra. Benefit of the Endowment Fund. Cast: Jean Young Currie, Mrs. Margery Warner Bouma, Elias Blum, Arthur Faguy-Cote, David E. Peck, L.D. Hartson. Girls' Glee Club and Men's Glee Club. Grinnell College Orchestra, George L. Pierce, conductor. Drake Community Library Archives. Early Theater Productions. Collection #100.
Date Created: 1921
PID: grinnell:6117

Title: Passers-by
Description: Theater program. The Kiwanis Club presents the Community Playmakers of Grinnell, Iowa in Passers-by, a four-act play by Haddon Chambers, Colonial Theater, Grinnell, Dec. 14, 1921, at 8:00 o'clock. General Director, W.H. Bridge. Cast: Clarence Richards, E.E. Harris, Delmar Sitton, Tom Burroughs, Mrs. M.A. Bridge, Mrs. E.W. Virden, Doris, Virden, Joan Chandos Bridge. Drake Community Library Archives. Early Theater Productions. Collection #100.
Date Created: 1921
PID: grinnell:6116

Title: Poweshiek County Farm, Montezuma, Iowa, 9511
Description: Postcard view of the Poweshiek County Farm near Montezuma, Iowa. Postcard is addressed to Mr. Ernest Conklin, Iowa City, Iowa, and postmarked July 13, 1921, in Montezuma. Kruxo postcard. Drake Community Library (Grinnell, Iowa) Archives. Miscellaneous photographs. Collection #17-2, Grinnell Buildings.
Date Created: 1921
PID: grinnell:11637

Title: Countryside Community Theatre, Bulletin no.2, The Pied Piper, The Medicine Show, Mrs. Pat and the Law, The Burglar, Madonna, Miss Civilization, The Wonder Hat, A Tramp and a Night's Lodging, The Will O' the Wisp
Description: Theater program. The Countryside Community Theatre, Grinnell, Iowa. W.H. Bridge, director. Plays produced include: The Pied Piper, by Constance D'Arcy Mackay, The Medicine Show, by Stuart Walker and Mrs. Pat and the law, by Mary Aldis on Friday, July 22, and Saturday, July 23; The Burglar, by Margaret Cameron and Madonna, by George Middleton on Wednesday, July 27, and Friday, July 29; Miss Civilization, by Richard Harding Davis and The Wonder hat, by Ben Hecht and Kenneth S. Goodman on Wednesday, August 3, and Friday, August 5; A Tramp and a night's lodging and The Will o' the wisp by Doris Halman on Wednesday, August 10, and Friday, August 12. Drake Community Library Archives. Early Theater Productions. Collection #100.
Date Created: 1921
PID: grinnell:6124