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Title: 1953 Iowa Corn Picking Contest Winners
Description: Jack Waterbeck, fourth from the left holding plaque, after winning the 1953 two-row division Iowa corn picking contest. The contest was held in a field north of Blairstown and was sponsored by WMT Radio. Mr. Waterbeck had a new International Harvester corn picker on an International Harvester Super MTA tractor. Mr. Waterbeck, from Hartwick, Iowa, went on to take third place nationally.
Date Created: 1953
PID: grinnell:27221

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: Aerial View of Newburg Stock Pens
Description: An aerial view of stock pens and farm outbuildings, possibly in the Newburg, Iowa area. A railroad track runs along the right side of the picture.
Date Created: 1920
PID: grinnell:12007

Title: Aerial View of Puls Farm
Description: Aerial view of the farm and home of Walter and Dorothy H. Puls in Section 29, Sheridan Township, Poweshiek County, Iowa. Walter and Dorothy owned this farm from 1983 through 2006. Their son, Donald Puls, resided at the farm until 2005. Legal description of the farm: NE 1/4 29-81-15 and 120 ac N 1/2 28-81-15. Drake Community Library (Grinnell, Iowa) Archives. Pamphlet file. Poweshiek County (Iowa) -- History -- Sheridan Township.
Date Created: 2000
PID: grinnell:11575

Title: Anson Hayden Palmer and Uncle Harry
Description: Anson Hayden Palmer and Uncle Harry show off their peach tree probably in Newburg, Iowa. A note on the back of the photo says to "notice the props,' but the peach tree eventually broke over the props.
Date Created: 1920
PID: grinnell:12015

Title: Bailey Homestead, Grinnell, Iowa
Description: Photograph of the farmhouse built by James Bailey on 11th Avenue north of Grinnell High School. Photo ca. 1940s. Currently (2014) the Habitat for Humanity house is in this location.
Date Created: 1940
PID: grinnell:5829

Title: Baling Hay
Description: Harry Ryan baling hay in the mid-1950s in Chester Township, Poweshiek County, Iowa. He is driving an orange Allis-Chalmers tractor equipped with an umbrella, and it is pulling a hay baler. Barns, outbuildings and a windmill are visible in the background.
Date Created: 1955
PID: grinnell:29796

Title: Ben Webb and Russ Mintle
Description: Ben Webb and Russ Mintle on a farm near Grinnell, Iowa. Drake Community Library (Grinnell, Iowa) Archives. Imagine Grinnell Slides, p.27, slide 2.
Date Created: 1988
PID: grinnell:20474

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: Bert Stemsrud and his Dog
Description: Poweshiek County farmer, Bert Stemsrud, and his dog, circa 1980s.
Date Created: 1980
PID: grinnell:20654