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900 Block of Broad Street
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View of a parade(?) in the 900 block of Broad Street about 1907. Norris Feed is in the background. Horses in the street are pulling an elaborate wagon. Drake Community Library (Grinnell, Iowa) Archives. McNally photographs. Collection #1, Series #1-1.
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grinnell:6234
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A True Story
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Advertisement for a play about the romance between a male Grinnell College history professor and a female Grinnell College English professor performed at the Colonial Theater in Grinnell, Iowa. Probably 1925. Drake Community Library Archives. Early Theater Productions. Collection #100.
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grinnell:6114
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A. McIntosh & Co.
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Store front of A. McIntosh & Co.,Grinnell, Iowa, advertising dry goods, carpets and cloaks, as well as Ferris Good Sense corset waists. Man and woman standing in doorway. Stairway going up on the left says "Dentist."
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grinnell:6159
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Alex Moffett Interview
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Alex Moffett was born in 1905 in Suzhou, China, to missionary parents. He lived in China until 1923 when he attended Washington & Lee in Viginia for college and then went on to Vanderbilt for medical school. He and his wife, Virginia, returned to China in 1935 where they did medical missionary work until 1940, including during the Sino-Japanese war. After returning to the U.S., he had a private practice in Taylorsville, North Carolina, for twenty-nine years.
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grinnell:26717
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Anna Ramsey Interview
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Anna Ramsey, the daughter of Frank and Alice Knight, was born on November 22, 1908. She graduated from Grinnell College in 1930. She married Fred Ramsey and had a son and a daughter. Before retiring, she worked as a secretary at Grinnell College.
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grinnell:23315
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Arbor Lake, Grinnell, Iowa
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Postcard view of sailboats on Arbor Lake, Grinnell, Iowa. Boathouse and two other buildings on east shore pictured. Published by Pearson Ullberg Company, Minneapolis, Minn. Drake Community Library (Grinnell, Iowa) Archives. McNally photographs. Collection #1, Series #1-1.
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grinnell:6256
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Arbor Lake, Grinnell, Iowa -- 19
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Postcard view of Arbor Lake in Grinnell, Iowa. Published by E.C. Kropp, Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Drake Community Library (Grinnell, Iowa) Archives. McNally photographs. Collection #1, Series #1-1.
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grinnell:6255
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Armory, Grinnell, Iowa
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Postcard view of the Armory at 816 Fifth Avenue in Grinnell, Iowa. Postcard produced by C.U. Williams Photoette, Bloomington, Illinois. Drake Community Library (Grinnell, Iowa) Archives. McNally photographs. Collection #1, Series #1-1.
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grinnell:6280
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Arthur McDowell Interview
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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.
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grinnell:23310
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Augusta Pederson Interview
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Since her birth on October 29, 1904, Augusta has lived in or near Grinnell. After her marriage to Leonard Pederson, she was his partner in farming, active in Grange and church work, and a busy homemaker and mother. She was an accomplished cook, baker, and quilter. She and her husband had three children.
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grinnell:23313