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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: 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: 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: Cunningham Drug Float
Description: Cunningham Drug float featuring a mortar and pestle, probably taken from a second story. Drake Community Library (Grinnell, Iowa) Archives. Main Street Slides, p.25, slide 17.
Date Created: 1950
PID: grinnell:21526

Title: Customer at the Hartwick State Bank
Description: Taken in 1952 at the time of the 25th anniversary of the Hartwick State Bank, Vertner Gabriel is the customer and Ken Benda and Lucille Shellenbarger are behind the counter.
Date Created: 1952
PID: grinnell:20628