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Title: Parade Float with Furniture
Description: A parade float with a kitchen table, some chairs, and a sofa on it. Behind the float you can see a section of the north side of Fourth Avenue between Main and Broad Streets. Drake Community Library (Grinnell, Iowa) Archives. Main Street Slides, p.25, slide 5.
Date Created: 1950
PID: grinnell:21518

Title: Parade Participants, Grinnell Centennial Parade
Description: A group of women and girls in period dress pose outside a house in Grinnell on the occasion of the Grinnell Centennial parade. Drake Community Library (Grinnell, Iowa) Archives. Miscellaneous Photographs. Collection #17, Box #4.
Date Created: 1954
PID: grinnell:28740

Title: Richardson Phelps Lumber Company, Grinnell Centennial Parade
Description: The Richardson-Phelps Lumber Company float in the Grinnell Centennial parade was a log cabin on the back of a truck. Additional features included a hand pump with a bucket next to it and a privy. A sign on the side of float reads, "Richardson-Phelps Lumber Co. Since 1914." Richardson-Phelps Lumber Company was located at 714 Park Street. Drake Community Library (Grinnell, Iowa) Archives. Miscellaneous Photographs. Collection #17, Box #4.
Date Created: 1954
PID: grinnell:28736

Title: Rock Creek Township, Grinnell Centennial Parade
Description: The Rock Creek Township float in the Grinnell Centennial parade featured people wearing dress from 100 years ago and people in modern dress. A sign reads, "A century of progress, Rock Creek Township." Drake Community Library (Grinnell, Iowa) Archives. Miscellaneous Photographs. Collection #17, Box #4.
Date Created: 1954
PID: grinnell:28737

Title: Rock Island Freight Depot
Description: View of the Rock Island railroad freight depot which was located on the northeast corner of the intersection of West Street and the railroad tracks in Grinnell, Iowa. The tower on top of the building was where the signal man manually controlled all electronic crossing systems during the daylight hours. This depot was said to be the highest point on the Rock Island tracks between Council Bluffs and Omaha. A Rock Island Motor Transit truck is visible in the background. Drake Community Library (Grinnell, Iowa) Archives. Miscellaneous photographs. Collection #17-5, Views of Grinnell.
Date Created: 1950
PID: grinnell:12294

Title: Rural School Experiences
Description: Reminiscences of teachers and students in the rural schools of Iowa, primarily Poweshiek County, during the first half of the twentieth century.
Date Created: 1989
PID: grinnell:6083

Title: Smith Funeral Home
Description: View of the Smith Funeral Home at 1103 Broad Street in Grinnell, Iowa. Drake Community Library (Grinnell, Iowa) Archives. Miscellaneous photographs. Collection #17-2, Grinnell Buildings.
Date Created: 1950
PID: grinnell:12924

Title: Soda Fountain at Cunningham Drug
Description: The soda fountain inside of Cunningham Drugstore at 827 Fourth Avenue in Grinnell, Iowa, circa 1950. Image is reversed. Drake Community Library (Grinnell, Iowa) Archives. Main Street Slides, p.25, slide 16.
Date Created: 1989
PID: grinnell:21525

Title: Stagecoach, Grinnell Centennial Parade
Description: A stagecoach drawn by four horses participates in the Grinnell Centennial parade. The house at 817 Seventh Avenue is visible in the background. Sign on stagecoach says Progress Grinnell, Broadway Queen and Olson Furn. Queen and Olson Furniture was located at 913 Broad Street. Drake Community Library (Grinnell, Iowa) Archives. Miscellaneous photographs. Collection #17, Box #4.
Date Created: 1954
PID: grinnell:28727

Title: Strand Theater
Description: The Stand Theater on Main Street in Grinnell, Iowa, probably in the 1950s. Marquee has neon lights. To the north is the Le-o-la Sweet Shop. Drake Community Library (Grinnell, Iowa) Archives. Miscellaneous photographs. Collection #17-2, Grinnell Buildings.
Date Created: 1950
PID: grinnell:6488