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Title: 1907 Ford Model S Automobile
Description: Photograph of a 1907 Ford Model S car which belonged to Bill Lidtka who lived near Grinnell, Iowa. Photograph has identification "Uncle Bill Lidtka's car". The car is in front of a farm house.
Date Created: 1907
PID: grinnell:3379

Title: 1946 Farm Record, 1947 Farm Record
Description: Farm record book published by C.A. Bacon, Hillsdale Michigan. This volume, published for 1946, has "1947" hand-written on the cover and 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. The tables in the book are keyed to the federal income tax schedules. Schedules included are: Livestock bought and sold; sale of produce; labor expense; feed, seed, and supplies purchased; machines hired; repairs and maintenance; fertilizer; fuel and oil; interest paid; electricity and telephone; freight and trucking; veterinary and medicine; taxes paid; insurance; storage hired; rent of other lands and buildings; other miscellaneous expenses; depreciation of buildings, machinery, livestock, fences and drains; other income and other deductible expenses.
Date Created: 1947
PID: grinnell:30010

Title: 1948 Farm Record
Description: Farm record book published by C.A. Bacon, Hillsdale Michigan. This volume, published for 1948, 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. The tables in the book are keyed to the federal income tax schedules. Schedules included are: Livestock bought and sold; sale of produce; labor expense; feed, seed, and supplies purchased; machines hired; repairs and maintenance; fertilizer; fuel and oil; interest paid; electricity and telephone; freight and trucking; veterinary and medicine; taxes paid; insurance; storage hired; rent of other lands and buildings; other miscellaneous expenses; depreciation of buildings, machinery, livestock, fences and drains; other income and other deductible expenses.
Date Created: 1948
PID: grinnell:30011

Title: 1953 Iowa Corn Picking Contest Winners
Description: Jack Waterbeck, fourth from the left holding plaque, after winning the 1953 two-row division Iowa corn picking contest. The contest was held in a field north of Blairstown and was sponsored by WMT Radio. Mr. Waterbeck had a new International Harvester corn picker on an International Harvester Super MTA tractor. Mr. Waterbeck, from Hartwick, Iowa, went on to take third place nationally.
Date Created: 1953
PID: grinnell:27221

Title: 4-H Installation of Officers
Description: Jackson Busy Bees 4-H installs officers in 1960. From left to right: Mary Ahrens, Poweshiek County 4-H president; Pat Breniman, Busy Bees president; Joyce Ketels, vice-president; Barbara Veverka, secretary; Linda Ferguson, treasurer; Mary Sanders, reporter; Kathleen Little, historian.
Date Created: 1960
PID: grinnell:27242

Title: 75th Anniversary of the Malcom Methodist Church
Description: Photograph of, left to right, Bishop F. Gerald Ensley, Gordon Packard, and Dr. Everett Stats at the 75th anniversary celebration of the Malcom Methodist Church, Malcom, Iowa.
Date Created: 1950
PID: grinnell:5704

Title: Address Roster of the 335th Signal Company
Description: Address roster of personnel in the 335th Signal Company in 1945. The list contains the names and home towns of the men in the picture of the company (see https://digital.grinnell.edu/islandora/object/grinnell%3A6516)
Date Created: 1945
PID: grinnell:6515

Title: Aerial View of Puls Farm
Description: Aerial view of the farm and home of Walter and Dorothy H. Puls in Section 29, Sheridan Township, Poweshiek County, Iowa. Walter and Dorothy owned this farm from 1983 through 2006. Their son, Donald Puls, resided at the farm until 2005. Legal description of the farm: NE 1/4 29-81-15 and 120 ac N 1/2 28-81-15. Drake Community Library (Grinnell, Iowa) Archives. Pamphlet file. Poweshiek County (Iowa) -- History -- Sheridan Township.
Date Created: 2000
PID: grinnell:11575

Title: Assessor's Book, Madison Township, Poweshiek County, Iowa, 1899
Description: The Madison Township, Poweshiek County, Iowa, assessor's book for 1899. Information listed for each family includes: name of head of household, number and sex of dogs owned, school district number, description and value of land owned, number, type and value of horses, mules, cattle, swine and sheep owned, number and value of vehicles owned, other personal property and post office address. The final "Recapitulation" sheets give totals and values for the entire township. The book was found in Madison #5 School (the White Cloud School). It has no cover and begins with a blank page. There are 26 double page spreads with data. There are no pages numbered 27 or 28 and page 29 is blank. There are two Recapitulation sheets at the end with data and one blank Recapitulation sheet.
Date Created: 1899
PID: grinnell:17701

Title: Bad Wreck at Victor
Description: Newspaper article from the Brooklyn Chronicle describing the train wreck at Victor, Iowa, on January 18, 1902.
Date Created: 1902
PID: grinnell:27269