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Bailey Homestead, Grinnell, Iowa
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Description
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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.
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Date Created
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1940
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PID
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grinnell:5829
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Title
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Child at Fence
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Description
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Photograph of Karen Petersen as a small child looking through the fence at farmland. She is holding a cloth doll. Contributed by Karen Petersen Groves.
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Date Created
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1940
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PID
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grinnell:3378
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Title
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County Farm Bureau Dues Receipt
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Description
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Receipt from the Poweshiek County Farm Bureau (Iowa) to R.S. Pilgrim for membership dues for calendar year 1940 in the amount of $10. Dated January 4, 1940
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Date Created
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1940
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PID
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grinnell:30028
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Title
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Elmer Urfer Farm
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Description
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Aerial view of the Elmer Urfer farm, rural Montezuma, in the 1940s.
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Date Created
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1940
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PID
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grinnell:27220
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Title
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Midwest Distributing Receipt
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Description
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Receipt from Midwest Distributing Co., Grinnell, Iowa, to Raymond Pilgrim for livestock vaccinations. Dated April 26, 1940.
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Date Created
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1940
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PID
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grinnell:30026
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Title
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Newburg Elevator
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Description
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The Newburg (Iowa) elevator in the early 1940s. The elevator was built in 1917 and demolished in 2014. Itel Gillespie and Mac (Glenn) McCarel are standing in front of the elevator. On the verso of the photo is a handwritten history of the elevator and the town which was probably written in the late 1960s. It reads: Newburg founded 1878. 100 years ago there were 2 grain elevators constructed of wood. Then in 1917-1918 a poured concrete elevator and a block warehouse were built and still in use. 3 grocery stores that burned. The present building that still stands was a grocery store, but now is an apartment house. The railroad depot was demolished about 5 years ago. A water tank furnished water to the steam engines. A stock yard was available for the farmers cattle and hogs. We had our own post office. The creamery building still stands and did a route business and part of the building used as an ice house. We once had a prosperous bank, but it closed in 1933. There have been 2 blacksmith shops, a lumber yard. The farmers owned a telephone switchboard. One of the residents owned and operated a Model T agency. At one time we had 2 churches, the Church of God and the Congregational, this is now known as the UCC. A KP hall served as community center where the women gathered to sew during World War I. The lower floor housed new farm machinery. Our school is still operating and it now serves just 6th graders and one kindergarten class. In 1964 a newly formed organization known as Newburg Community Service Association dug a 225 foot well. It serves all homes business, school and church.
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Date Created
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1940
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PID
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grinnell:20602
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Title
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Order for John Deere Tractors and Implements
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Description
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Order form from Farmers Implement Store, Grinnell, Iowa, for a John Deere #5 seven foot sickle mower ordered by Raymond S. Pilgrim on September 10, 1940.
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Date Created
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1940
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PID
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grinnell:30053
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Title
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Pilgrim-Sherman Farm
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Description
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View of the Pilgrim-Sherman farm located in the northeast quarter of Section 27 of Grant Township in Poweshiek County, Iowa.
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Date Created
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1940
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PID
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grinnell:17380
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Title
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Sammy and Gertie
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Description
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Photograph of Sammy Petersen standing with Gertie, the cow, and some pigs. The cow was a wedding gift to Sammy Petersen and Aline Lidtka.
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Date Created
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1940
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PID
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grinnell:3377