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Title: Anor Scott
Description: Studio portrait of Anor Scott, Grinnell's first store-keeper and merchant.
Date Created: 1870
PID: grinnell:11899

Title: Are We Going to Win? -- Yea Bo!!
Description: Desk blotter which contains advertisements for 36 Grinnell, Iowa, businesses who supported the 1929 Grinnell High School football team. Contains the schedule of games, names of coaches in the Athletic Department, and prospects for the season. The advertisers are: Lee Hotel, Porter's Cafe, Grinnell State Bank, Independent Oil & Gas Co., Large's Pharmacy, Clindinin Insurance Agency, B. of R.T. Cafe, Barclay's Public Market, John Lund Shoe Repairing, Mathews Drug Co., Grinnell Cleaners, Candyland, Nick Heisel (suits made to order), B.W. Junior Department Store, Almy's Smart Footwear, Citizens National Bank, Swaney's Jersey Dairy, Richardson-Phelps Lumber Co., Rex Cigar Store, Equitable Life Insurance Company of Iowa (Wm. Gardner and A.B. Hamilton, agents), Grinnell Laundry, McNally the Butcher, Preston's, Ping Oil Co. Model Lunch Room, Dixie Sandwich Inn and One-stop Service Station, Hagen Bros. Garage, Rehder's Tailor Shop, Schultz & Son Motor Co., Deep Rock Station, Percy Goff (Travelers Insurance Co.), Star Clothing Co., Central Cigar Store and Billiard Parlor, Strand Taxi Co., Ross Shoe Co., and Campus Toastwich Shop.
Date Created: 1929
PID: grinnell:17360

Title: Armory, Grinnell, Iowa -- 921
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. Miscellaneous photographs. Collection #17-2, Grinnell Buildings.
Date Created: 1920
PID: grinnell:6480

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: Astir-Switzer's Motel, Switzer's Motel
Description: Color postcard view of Astir-Switzer's Motel on Highway 6 East, in Grinnell, Iowa. Managed by Lowell and Margaret Corkery. Postcard published by ColourPicture Publishers, Inc., Boston, Massachusetts. Drake Community Library (Grinnell, Iowa) Archives. Miscellaneous photographs. Collection #17-2, Grinnell Buildings.
Date Created: 1971
PID: grinnell:11641

Title: Auto Salvage Yard
Description: Automobile salvage yard in Grinnell, Iowa, in 1963. Drake Community Library (Grinnell, Iowa) Archives. Chamber of Commerce Slides, p.8, slide 11.
Date Created: 1963
PID: grinnell:19314

Title: Avis Crockett at the Switchboard
Description: Avis Crockett at the switchboard in Grinnell, Iowa, in the early 1950s.
Date Created: 1950
PID: grinnell:17369

Title: Bailey and Rinefort Hardware Store
Description: View of the interior of the Bailey and Rinefort Hardware Store on Main Street in Grinnell, Iowa, in 1902. Drake Community Library (Grinnell, Iowa) Archives. Miscellaneous photographs. Collection #17-5, Views of Grinnell.
Date Created: 1902
PID: grinnell:12288

Title: Bell Camera Company, Grinnell, Ia.
Description: Panoramic view looking northwest from 4th Avenue and State Street, Grinnell, Iowa, at the Norris garage. Brand Apartments are visible in the background to the left. This building was the home of the Bell Camera Company approximately 1908-1918. The Bell Camera Company, established by Isaac A. Bell, manufactured panoramic cameras. The building burned and another building was built in its place. Drake Community Library Archives. Oversize photos.
Date Created: 1910
PID: grinnell:6065

Title: Bell Straight-Working Panorama Camera
Description: Advertisement for the Bell Straight-Working Panorama Camera which was manufactured in Grinnell, Iowa. Drake Community Library Archives. Oversize photos.
Date Created: 1910
PID: grinnell:6066