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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: Baling Hay
Description: Harry Ryan baling hay in the mid-1950s in Chester Township, Poweshiek County, Iowa. He is driving an orange Allis-Chalmers tractor equipped with an umbrella, and it is pulling a hay baler. Barns, outbuildings and a windmill are visible in the background.
Date Created: 1955
PID: grinnell:29796

Title: Better Farm Accounting 1953, 1953 Farm Record
Description: Better Farm Accounting, second edition, a practical guide by Iowa State College Farm Management Specialists, prepared by Herbert B. Howell. Copyright 1947 by the Iowa State College Press, Ames, Iowa. This volume, labeled 1953, 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: 1953
PID: grinnell:30016

Title: Ewart Bible School
Description: The Daily Vacation Bible School class at the United Presbyterian Church in Ewart, Iowa, poses in June 1953. Rev. W.J. Stewart was the pastor. Row 1, left to right: Pauline Bacon, Terry Sparks, Lauren James, Danny Grandstaff, Bobby Boyd, Bruce Ryan, Bonita Englebardt, Darrell Hull, Beverly Arrnaman, Timmy Stanley, Susan Braley, Craig Van Arkel, Allen Van Arkel, Junior Van Dusseldorp. Row 2: Diane Grandstaff, Dennis Hull, Cindy Gregory, Doris Boyd, Louise Thompson, Kathy Braley, Sara Jean Johnson, Patty Hughes, Marjorie Berry, Richard Phillips, Charlotte Tone. Row 3: Charlotte Foster, Barbara Tone, Rhea Mae Wells, Carolyn Phillips, Linda Stemsrud, Kathleen Little, Mary Beth Peterson, Ray Pargeon, Daryl Snider, Larry Reams, Richard Ryan, Joyce Lemke, Phyllis Phillips, Carolyn Stanley. Row 4: Judy Stemsrud, Nancy Johnson, Darlene Thompson, Patty Stanley, Virginia Tindle, Carolyn Thompson, Sammy Ingram, Nancy Allely, Sue Foster, Becky Morrison, Sandra Hughes, Glen McKeag, Danny Peters, Gary Davis, Billy Peterson, Dick Braley, Ronnie Foster. Row 5: Mrs. Van Dusseldorp, Donna Pargeon, Sandra Snider, Thelma Tish, Louise Latcham, Billie Jean Stemsrud, Linda Whisenand, Beverly Hughes, Katherine Tish, Janice Peters, Paul Pargeon, Jack Peterson, Billy Reams, Roger Close, Larry Van Dusseldorp, Wayne Tindle, Mrs. Edward Wells, Virginia Johnson. Row 6: Mrs. Bennie Foster, Mrs. Donald Hull, Mrs. James Van Arkel, Mrs. Fred Stone, Mrs. Craig Stanley, Mrs. Warren James, Mrs. Paul Latcham, Robert Haworth, Gary Braley, Ronnie Reams, Phyllis Whisenand, Carolyn Van Dusseldorp, Donna Worthy, Laurene Jeffrey, Carmen Haworth. Row 7: Rev. W. J. Stewart, Mrs. Jean A. McCormick, and Mrs. W. J. Stewart.
Date Created: 1953
PID: grinnell:12458

Title: Letter from Frank Thomas to Raymond S. Pilgrim
Description: Letter to Raymond S. Pilgrim of Grinnell, Iowa, from Frank Thomas of the A.W. Thomas Commission Co. at the Union Stock Yards in Chicago, Illinois, concerning the sale of cattle in October 1953. Includes envelope.
Date Created: 1953
PID: grinnell:30058

Title: School boys playing
Description: School boys playing outside of Sheridan School #2 in Poweshiek County, Iowa, in the early 1950s.
Date Created: 1953
PID: grinnell:11416

Title: School children at Sheridan #2
Description: School children at Sheridan School #2 in Poweshiek County, Iowa, in the 1950s.
Date Created: 1953
PID: grinnell:11417

Title: Sheridan School #4 Class Picture
Description: Photograph of the students of Sheridan School #4 in Sheridan Township, Poweshiek County, Iowa, taken on February 14th, 1953. Front row, left to right: Ruth Ann Ryan, Judy Kinnaird, Joan Kinnaird, Kenny Eernisse, Roger Mayo. Second row, left to right: Rita Dempster (daughter of Fran), Suanne Ryan, Leroy Cogley, Earl Kinnaird, Paul Mayo, Bill Kinnaird. Third row, left to right: Fram Dempster, Alan Cogley, Pat Cogley, Wayne Kinnaird, Wendel Kinnaird, Don Mayo. Photo taken by Harry Ryan, father of Ruth Ann and Suanne.
Date Created: 1953
PID: grinnell:6057

Title: Students at Sheridan #2
Description: Students at Sheridan School #2 in Poweshiek County, Iowa, in the early 1950s.
Date Created: 1953
PID: grinnell:11415

Title: Students at Sheridan School #2
Description: Students at Sheridan School #2 in Poweshiek County, Iowa, in the early 1950s. Front row, from left to right: Richard Plum, Steven Heishman, Roy Rhodes. Middle row, from left to right: Jo Ellen Graff (Darter), Kenneth Graff, Richard Schmidt. Back row, left to right: [first name unknown] Rhodes, Lee Shope [?], Ray Titcomb, Linda Baustian, Joyce Emmert (Eisele), Mrs. Allen.
Date Created: 1953
PID: grinnell:11414