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Title: 1325 West Street
Description: Three views of 1325 West Street in Grinnell, Iowa. The house was built by Ed Bohstedt in 1952. View 2 shows the home during the March 1959 blizzard.
Date Created: 1952
PID: grinnell:21183

Title: 1953 Labor Day Parade
Description: Looking north and west from the corner of Fifth Avenue and Broad Street in Grinnell, Iowa, during the 1953 Labor Day Parade. Merchants' National Bank is in the background. The Chamber of Commerce float and a marching band are pictured.
Date Created: 1953
PID: grinnell:20619

Title: 1953 Labor Day Parade Fourth Avenue
Description: Looking west on Fourth Avenue from the corner of Fourth and Broad Street during the 1953 Labor Day parade in Grinnell, Iowa. The rear of a Grinnell Transport truck is visible and a float from North Market is in front of Merchants' National Bank. Turner Drugs is visible in the background.
Date Created: 1953
PID: grinnell:20621

Title: 1953 Labor Day Parade Looking West on Commerical
Description: Looking west on Commercial Street from the corner of Broad and Commercial during the 1953 Labor Day parade in Grinnell, Iowa. The entrance to the Park Hotel at 815 Broad Street is visible in the background, as are the storefronts on the north side of Commercial Street. Football players in Grinnell Tiger uniforms are riding on the front of an automobile decorated with a Tiger banner.
Date Created: 1953
PID: grinnell:20624

Title: 913 Eighth Avenue, 913 8th Avenue
Description: Doris and Ray George's 1960 Christmas card with a wintertime view of their house at 913 Eighth Avenue in Grinnell, Iowa. The picture was taken the year before.
Date Created: 1959
PID: grinnell:11760

Title: Aerial View of Broad Street Looking South
Description: Aerial view looking south on Broad Street from Fifth Avenue in Grinnell, Iowa, probably in the late 1950s.
Date Created: 1955
PID: grinnell:11898

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: Augusta Pederson Interview, Voices from the Past
Description: Since her birth on October 29, 1904, Augusta has lived in or near Grinnell. After her marriage to Leonard Pederson, she was his partner in farming, active in Grange and church work, and a busy homemaker and mother. She was an accomplished cook, baker, and quilter. She and her husband had three children.
Date Created: 1992
PID: grinnell:23313

Title: Bailey Park School Fourth Grade 1958/1959
Description: Class photo of the fourth grade class at Bailey Park School in Grinnell, Iowa, in 1958/1959. Lavina Osborn was the teacher. Top row, left to right: Miss Osborn, Dennis Whannel, Judy Kerr, Connie Walraven, Kelly Chady, Carolyn Wilson, Joan Whitcomb. Second row, left to right: Diane DeMeulenaere, Lance Wilson, Carol Jensen, Jim Sanders, Dodie Duncan. Third row, left to right: Betty Peak, Mary Warlet, Karen Strovers, Diana Jones, Janeen Thompson. Fourth row, left to right: Judy Haptenstal, Jerry Schalinske, Linda Bittner, Vicki Elliot, Robert Thornton. Fifth row, left to right: Mickey Reavis, Geoffrey Wozny, Markijean Pawlak, Dick Postels, Gary Johnson. Bottom row, left to right: Grace Haage (Bailey Park school principal), Greg Puls, Betty McHenry, Ron Van Wechel, Mike Green, Erin Petersen.
Date Created: 1959
PID: grinnell:20212

Title: Birthday Party for Jim Sanders
Description: Children attending a birthday party for Jim Sanders circa 1955 in Grinnell, Iowa. The photo was taken at 1411 6th Avenue in Grinnell. Back row, left to right: Gary Johnson, Jim Sanders, Jerry Schalinske, Dennis Stowe. Front row, left to right: Benny Brown, Randy Demaro, Jeff Phelps, Jean Sanders.
Date Created: 1955
PID: grinnell:20218