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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: Alice Frances Smith
Description: Alice Frances Smith standing on a wicker lawn chair outside her grandparent's home at 411 First Avenue in Grinnell, Iowa.
Date Created: 1950
PID: grinnell:35501

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: DeKalb Hatchery, Grinnell Centennial Parade
Description: The DeKalb Hatchery float in the Grinnell Centennial parade featured an oversized chicken, baskets of eggs, and two girls sitting on a platform with the DeKalb logo. DeKalb Hatchery was located at 733 Main Street. Drake Community Library (Grinnell, Iowa) Archives. Miscellaneous Photographs. Collection #17, Box #4.
Date Created: 1954
PID: grinnell:28732

Title: Edith and Henry in Grinnell
Description: Edith Renfrow Smith and Henry T. Smith in formal dress pose outside in Grinnell, Iowa, in August 1953.
Date Created: 1953
PID: grinnell:35569