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Title: Aerial View of Grinnell in the 1960s
Description: Aerial view of Grinnell, Iowa, probably in the 1960s. The view is looking to the northwest. The Mayflower Home and the water tower are visible in the lower left quadrant and the majority of the downtown is visible. Photograph by Wellhouse Studio. Drake Community Library (Grinnell, Iowa) Archives. Miscellaneous photographs. Collection #17-5, Views of Grinnell.
Date Created: 1960
PID: grinnell:12445

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: Auto Salvage Yard
Description: Automobile salvage yard in Grinnell, Iowa, in 1963. Drake Community Library (Grinnell, Iowa) Archives. Chamber of Commerce Slides, p.8, slide 11.
Date Created: 1963
PID: grinnell:19314

Title: Bob Anderson Interview, American Beliefs and Cultural Values
Description: Bob Anderson and his wife, Lorraine, moved to Grinnell in 1953, where he owned and operated Grinnell Office Supply. From 1980 to 1993 he owned and operated Boklada, a downtown bookstore. Anderson was mayor of Grinnell from 1985 until his death in 1999. Interview conducted as part of American Beliefs and Cultural Values, an American Studies class taught by Hanna Griff at Grinnell College in 1993.
Date Created: 1993
PID: grinnell:26713

Title: Charles Delong Interview, American Beliefs and Cultural Values
Description: Charles W. DeLong was born in Gary, Indiana, in 1910. He attended Grinnell College graduating with the Class of 1931. He was a business man who sold gloves for the glove factory, manufactured sportswear, and, later, stadium seats. He and his wife, Katherine Coggeshall, had four children. Interview conducted as part of American Beliefs and Cultural Values, an American Studies class taught by Hanna Griff at Grinnell College in 1993.
Date Created: 1993
PID: grinnell:26718

Title: Charles Hink with His Inventions
Description: Grinnell inventor, Charles Hink, is pictured at the controls of a battery-driven garden plow he made from Model A Ford parts and other scrap. At the left is a vehicle he created from an early 1900s car and converted from gas to electric power. Drake Community Library (Grinnell, Iowa) Archives. Miscellaneous photographs. Collection #17-6, People.
Date Created: 1966
PID: grinnell:13006

Title: Charles Hink with his Wheel-alignment Gauge
Description: Charles Hink, an early Grinnell, Iowa, inventor, holds his wheel-alignment gauge. Thousands of the gauges were ordered by the United States government during World War II and the Korean and Vietnam conflicts. He received US Patent No. US 1970092 in 1934 for the device. Drake Community Library (Grinnell, Iowa) Archives. Miscellaneous photographs. Collection #17-6, People.
Date Created: 1966
PID: grinnell:13007

Title: Dorothy Lannom Interview, Voices from the Past
Description: Born in Cedar Rapids on November 3, 1912, Dorothy Williams came to Grinnell in 1934 as a graduate of Coe College. She taught home economics until her marriage in 1936 to G. Sharp Lannom III. She was interested in politics, and went to the Far East with the Iowa Development Commission and Iowa Governor Harold Hughes. Three of her four sons carried on the family manufacturing business.
Date Created: 1992
PID: grinnell:23308

Title: Edwards Family
Description: Photograph of Howard, Hazel and Marie Edwards posing in front of their grocery store, the Edwards Grocery Co., which was located at 809 Fourth Avenue in Grinnell, Iowa. Edwards Grocery offered home delivery of groceries and allowed charge accounts for your groceries. Drake Community Library (Grinnell, Iowa) Archives. Miscellaneous photographs. Collection #17-6, People.
Date Created: 1960
PID: grinnell:13016

Title: Gene Breiting Interview, Voices from the Past
Description: A lifelong resident of Grinnell, Gene was born July 23, 1913. He graduated from Grinnell High School, and was drafted into service during World War II in 1943. He worked at various jobs in Grinnell, and in Amana for eleven years. He and his wife, Doris, had a son and two daughters.
Date Created: 1992
PID: grinnell:23301