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Aerial View of 4th Avenue and State Street
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Description
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Aerial photograph looking north from the intersection of 4th Avenue, State Street and the railroad tracks in Grinnell, Iowa, in 1967. Grinnell Motor Company is visible in the center of the photo with Brand Apartments just to the left.
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Date Created
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1967
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PID
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grinnell:6404
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Aerial View of Grinnell Looking West along the Railroad Tracks
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Description
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Aerial photograph looking west along the railroad tracks from approximately High Street in Grinnell, Iowa, in 1967. The railroad depot is visible in the center of the picture and just to the right of the depot the Monroe Hotel is visible. The Spaulding smokestack is visible in the background to the left.
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Date Created
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1967
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PID
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grinnell:6405
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Aerial View of Northwest Grinnell
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Description
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Aerial photograph of northwest Grinnell looking north along Prairie and Reed Streets. Bailey Park Elementary School is visible at the bottom center of the photo. The newly completed General Telephone company building is slightly above the center of the photo. Sunset Avenue is to the far left and 11th Avenue is the northmost east-west street visible.
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Date Created
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1967
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PID
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grinnell:6402
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Aerial View of Northwest Grinnell
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Description
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Aerial photograph of northwest Grinnell, Iowa, looking north along Reed Street from approximately 6th Avenue in 1967. Bailey Park Elementary School is visible at the left center of the photo. The newly completed General Telephone company building is visible in the upper left.
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Date Created
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1967
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PID
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grinnell:6401
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Title
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Arthur McDowell Interview, Voices from the Past
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Description
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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.
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Date Created
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1992
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PID
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grinnell:23310
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Auto Salvage Yard
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Description
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Automobile salvage yard in Grinnell, Iowa, in 1963. Drake Community Library (Grinnell, Iowa) Archives. Chamber of Commerce Slides, p.8, slide 11.
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Date Created
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1963
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PID
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grinnell:19314
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Bob Anderson Interview, American Beliefs and Cultural Values
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Description
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Bob Anderson and his wife, Lorraine, moved to Grinnell in 1953, where he owned and operated Grinnell Office Supply. From 1980 to 1993 he owned and operated Boklada, a downtown bookstore. Anderson was mayor of Grinnell from 1985 until his death in 1999. Interview conducted as part of American Beliefs and Cultural Values, an American Studies class taught by Hanna Griff at Grinnell College in 1993.
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Date Created
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1993
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PID
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grinnell:26713
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Charles Delong Interview, American Beliefs and Cultural Values
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Description
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Charles W. DeLong was born in Gary, Indiana, in 1910. He attended Grinnell College graduating with the Class of 1931. He was a business man who sold gloves for the glove factory, manufactured sportswear, and, later, stadium seats. He and his wife, Katherine Coggeshall, had four children. Interview conducted as part of American Beliefs and Cultural Values, an American Studies class taught by Hanna Griff at Grinnell College in 1993.
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Date Created
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1993
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PID
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grinnell:26718
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Title
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Charles Hink with His Inventions
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Description
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Grinnell inventor, Charles Hink, is pictured at the controls of a battery-driven garden plow he made from Model A Ford parts and other scrap. At the left is a vehicle he created from an early 1900s car and converted from gas to electric power. Drake Community Library (Grinnell, Iowa) Archives. Miscellaneous photographs. Collection #17-6, People.
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Date Created
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1966
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PID
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grinnell:13006
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Charles Hink with his Wheel-alignment Gauge
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Description
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Charles Hink, an early Grinnell, Iowa, inventor, holds his wheel-alignment gauge. Thousands of the gauges were ordered by the United States government during World War II and the Korean and Vietnam conflicts. He received US Patent No. US 1970092 in 1934 for the device. Drake Community Library (Grinnell, Iowa) Archives. Miscellaneous photographs. Collection #17-6, People.
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Date Created
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1966
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PID
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grinnell:13007