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Title: Arbor Lake, Grinnell, Iowa
Description: Looking northwest at beach with boaters, swimmers and lifeguard tower. Arbor Lake, named for Arbor Day, when hundreds of trees were planted there on that day, was created in 1902 by damming a small creek k. Number 32304N. Series 11.
Date Created: 1950
PID: grinnell:14503

Title: Arbor Lake, Grinnell, Iowa
Description: Looking northwest at view of lake through trees. Arbor Lake, named for Arbor Day, when hundreds of trees were planted there, was created in 1902 as a storage reservoir to provide soft water for manufacturing firms. Number 13889. Series 19.
Date Created: 1950
PID: grinnell:14494

Title: Arbor Lake, Grinnell, Iowa
Description: Looking northwest at beach with boaters, swimmers and lifeguard tower. Arbor Lake, named for Arbor Day, when hundreds of trees were planted there on that day, was created in 1902 by damming a small creek. Number 32304N. Series 11.
Date Created: 1950
PID: grinnell:14495

Title: Better Farm Accounting 1950, 1950 Farm Record
Description: Better Farm Accounting, second edition, a practical guide by Iowa State College Farm Management Specialists, prepared by Herbert B. Howell. Copyright 1946 and 1947 by the Iowa State College Press, Ames, Iowa. This volume, labeled 1950, contains records for the Raymond S. Pilgrim farm which was located in the northeast quarter of Section 27 of Grant Township in Poweshiek County, Iowa. Contains tables for records of livestock production, dairy sales, egg sales, livestock sales of animals raised and bought, purchases of livestock, crop sales, miscellaneous receipts, machinery bought and sold, farm expenses, net income statement, inventories of feed and seed, inventories of livestock, net worth, and crop record and map. Summaries can be used as the basis for filing income tax returns.
Date Created: 1950
PID: grinnell:30013

Title: Boy Scout Troop No. 330 Flag
Description: Ben Purdum (left) and Keith Steffey display a Boy Scouts of America Troop No. 330 flag. The flag reads: Troop 330; Montezuma Lion's Club; Montezuma, Iowa; Tall Corn Area.
Date Created: 1950
PID: grinnell:27235

Title: Boy Scouts Receiving Second Degree Scout Awards
Description: Members of Boy Scout Troop No. 330, Montezuma, Iowa, receive Second Degree Scout awards. Front row, left to right: Ben Purdum (scoutmaster), James Bear, Jerry Tarvin, Bill Tarvin, Jerry Davis, Keith Walsh. Back row, left to right: Frank Brownell, Terry Miller.
Date Created: 1950
PID: grinnell:27236

Title: Breniman Horses
Description: Edward Breniman and his son, Wallace, pose with their horses. Photo taken at the Edward Breniman farm in Lincoln Township, Poweshiek County, Iowa.
Date Created: 1950
PID: grinnell:27237

Title: Brooklyn Supreme, world's largest horse, owned by C. G. Good & Son, Ogden, Iowa
Description: Brooklyn Supreme, world's largest horse. Weight 3200, height 19 1/2 hands, measures 10 ft. 2 in. around the body, wears a 40 inch collar, takes 30 inches of iron to make one shoe, 14 years old, a pure bred Belgain stallion. Owned by C.G. Good & Son, Ogden, Iowa. Exhibitied by Ralph M. Fogleman, Callender, Iowa.
Date Created: 1950
PID: grinnell:14034

Title: Business section, Clear Lake, Iowa, Lake Gift Shop, Lake Café, Ray Sandry Real Estate, Gambles, Ward Furniture Store
Description: Looking northeast on Main Avenue in Clear Lake, Iowa, with various store signs such as Lake Gift Shop and Lake Café on the left and Ray Sandry Real Estate, Gambles, and Ward Furniture on the right. Number 2-A252.
Date Created: 1950
PID: grinnell:13723

Title: Campus aerial view 4
Description: Photo of aerial view of Grinnell campus. This air view shows some six or eight of the 25 buildings on the Grinnell College campus, where the Covenanter Conventicle will be held in 1947. Prominent in the foreground are the Music building and Blair hall, one of the science building.
Date Created: 1950
PID: grinnell:5086