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Title: Avis Crockett at the Switchboard
Description: Avis Crockett at the switchboard in Grinnell, Iowa, in the early 1950s.
Date Created: 1950
PID: grinnell:17369

Title: Ben's Tire Shop
Description: Ben's Tire Shop in Grinnell, Iowa, in the 1950s. The shop, a Goodyear dealer, was run by Benjamin P. Tarleton.
Date Created: 1950
PID: grinnell:12032

Title: Betty Haines at the Switchboard
Description: Betty Haines at the switchboard in Grinnell, Iowa, in the early 1950s.
Date Created: 1950
PID: grinnell:17368

Title: Catherine Haines at the Switchboard
Description: Catherine Haines (on the left) at the switchboard in Grinnell, Iowa, in the early 1950s.
Date Created: 1950
PID: grinnell:17370

Title: Ed and Jim McNally
Description: Ed and Jim McNally pictured inside their grocery store in Grinnell, Iowa.
Date Created: 1950
PID: grinnell:11914

Title: Gambles Store, Grinnell, Iowa
Description: Rally outside of Gambles Store, downtown Grinnell, Iowa, ca. 1950-1954. Possibly Clark Hall residents from Grinnell College.
Date Created: 1950
PID: grinnell:5684

Title: Grinnell A&W circa 1950
Description: The Grinnell A&W was built in 1950 by Irving Damitz. He sold it to Bill Werneburg, Jr., in 1959. Werneburg operated it until 1965 selling it to Velma and Leonard Heinselman. In 1968 the Heinselmans remodeled and added a telephone ordering system. The Heinselmans operated it until 1975, when they sold it to Chuck McPherson. The McPherson family ran it until it was sold to Clarice Schweitzer. In 1979 an addition created seating for 125. The building was then purchased by Bruce and Laura Blankenfeld who then began operating it as a full service family restaurant. In July 2004 the building was given another facelift which is how you see it today (2019) -- the Westside Family Restaurant located at 229 6th Avenue West, Grinnell, Iowa.
Date Created: 1950
PID: grinnell:27175

Title: Larsen's Motel
Description: Color postcard of Larsen's Motel, which was one mile east of Grinnell, Iowa, on Highway 6, in the 1950s and 1960s. Mr. and Mrs. Don Larsen, owners and operators. Photo, art work and produced by Douglas R. Smith, Washington, D.C. Drake Community Library (Grinnell, Iowa) Archives. Miscellaneous photographs. Collection #17-2, Grinnell Buildings.
Date Created: 1950
PID: grinnell:11642

Title: Main Street between Commercial and 4th
Description: View of the west side of Main Street between Commercial Street and 4th Avenue in Grinnell, Iowa, in the mid-1950s. Duffy's Tavern (829 Main St.), established 1957, is on the right; P & M Cafe (825 Main St., run by Peg and Merl Masteller) is at the left. 827A Main Street is Rawlings TB Barber Shop. 827B Main Street was F&R Used Furniture in 1959 and C.H. King Used Furniture in 1962. Grinnell Feed and Grain is in the background at the left. Drake Community Library (Grinnell, Iowa) Archives. Miscellaneous photographs. Collection #17-2, Grinnell Buildings.
Date Created: 1950
PID: grinnell:6475

Title: Mathews' Rexall Drug Store Pharmacy Staff
Description: Pharmacy staff of Mathews' Rexall Drug Store in Grinnell, Iowa, about 1950. From left to right: Jack Crosson, Earl Mathews (owner), and Harold Stebbin.
Date Created: 1950
PID: grinnell:6183