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Title: 1105 Park Street
Description: 1105 Park Street on the northwest corner of Sixth Avenue and Park Street in Grinnell, Iowa. This house was torn down in order to build the Grinnell College John Chrystal Center which was completed in 2002.
Date Created: 1960
PID: grinnell:27186

Title: 1510 East Street
Description: Three views of 1510 East Street in Grinnell, Iowa, taken sometime in the 1960s. 1510 East Street was the home of Henry and Merta Matlack and their five children. It was demolished in the late 1990s or early 2000s. Drake Community Library (Grinnell, Iowa) Archives. Miscellaneous photographs. Collection #85, Matlack/ Kiesel/ Wieman.
Date Created: 1960
PID: grinnell:18903

Title: 411 First Avenue
Description: Photograph of 411 First Avenue in Grinnell, Iowa, in the early 1960s. This house was the home of the Renfrow family for many years.
Date Created: 1960
PID: grinnell:12185

Title: 411 First Avenue
Description: Photo of the home of the Renfrow family at 411 First Avenue in Grinnell, Iowa in the 1960s.
Date Created: 1960
PID: grinnell:12195

Title: 818 Elm Street
Description: 818 Elm Street in Grinnell, Iowa. This was the home of Mabel Stemsrud, and it was built by her son, Bert Stemsrud in 1948. The home was ordered from a catalog. Bert drove his tractor and a hay wagon into Grinnell from his Ewart farm and unloaded the house materials from a railway car. Bert and his brothers would bring loads of cobs from corn shelling to Mabel. She used those in her kitchen Home Comfort stove for cooking. She also had a cob fired hot water heater in the basement. Mabel kept a large garden and many fruit trees.
Date Created: 1960
PID: grinnell:20681

Title: Aerial View of Bailey Homestead
Description: Aerial view of the James Bailey homestead west of Grinnell, Iowa on Eleventh Avenue. Photo ca. 1960s.
Date Created: 1960
PID: grinnell:5830

Title: Bert Stemsrud Raking Hay
Description: Bert Stemsrud greasing his side delivery rake on his farm in Section 16, Pleasant Township, Poweshiek County, Iowa, (north of Ewart). Photograph taken in the 1960s.
Date Created: 1960
PID: grinnell:20650

Title: Bohstedt Lake Home
Description: Vacation home of the Ed and Ann Bohstedt family located at 306 E. Lake Drive, Ventura, Iowa, on Clear Lake.
Date Created: 1960
PID: grinnell:21194

Title: Circus Comes to Hartwick
Description: In the early 1960s a small circus came to Hartwick, Iowa. The circus stopped in several small Poweshiek County, Iowa, towns for a night. The circus consisted of a tent and a clown and a small parade including an elephant. Pictures were taken from the Benda's front yard in Hartwick.
Date Created: 1960
PID: grinnell:20643