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Anna Ramsey Interview, Voices from the Past
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Description
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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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Date Created
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1992
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PID
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grinnell:23315
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Arthur McDowell Interview, Voices from the Past
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Description
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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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Date Created
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1992
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PID
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grinnell:23310
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Ben's Tire Shop Truck Decorated for a Parade
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Description
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Gladys Tarleton poses next to a decorated truck, probably for a Fourth of July parade, at Ben's Tire Shop in Grinnell, Iowa, in 1921 or 1922. Ben's Tire Shop, located at 717 Fourth Avenue, was run by Benjamin Pliny Tarleton in Grinnell beginning in the early 1920s.
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Date Created
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1921
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PID
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grinnell:12029
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Chester Center Store
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Photograph of Chester Center Store in Chester Township, Iowa, which was destroyed by fire in 1939. Pictured are H. G. Sutton, Beck Sutton, Mildred Sutton, and Aline Lidtka Petersen. Photograph was taken in the late 1920s
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Date Created
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1920
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PID
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grinnell:3370
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Dorothy Tarleton outside Ben's Tire Shop
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Description
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Dorothy Tarleton sits inside of a Sieberling Cord tire outside of her father's tire shop, Ben's Tire Shop, in Grinnell, Iowa, in 1923 or 1924. Dorothy later married Philip Palmer.
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Date Created
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1923
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PID
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grinnell:12033
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East Main Street, Montezuma, Iowa
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Description
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Looking east toward the north side of East Main Street in Montezuma, Iowa, in approximately 1920. The photo was taken from approximately the intersection of East Main Street and 5th Street. Visible are the Ford garage and H & M Auto Co.
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Date Created
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1920
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PID
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grinnell:27196
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Frederick Spaulding
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Description
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Portrait of Fred Spaulding taken during the 1920's at Child Photography in Grinnell, Iowa.
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Date Created
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1920
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PID
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grinnell:5754
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H.V. Griffith Business Card
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Business card, circa 1920, of H.V. Griffith, agent for Lennox furnaces in Grinnell, Iowa. Directory of other Grinnell businesses on verso of card.
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Date Created
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1920
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PID
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grinnell:12031
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Hello Girls
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Description
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Switchboard operators who worked for the Interior Telephone Company (I.T.C.) in the building located on 5th Avenue in Grinnell, Iowa. The woman in the lower right hand corner is Helen Gregson Dimit.
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Date Created
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1920
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PID
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grinnell:6184
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Lucille "Sid" Potts Interview, Voices from the Past
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Description
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Lucille McDowell was born in Grinnell on October 19, 1910. A1928 graduate of Grinnell High School, she attended business college in Quincy, Illinois. In 1937 she married Dick Potts. She began her banking career in 1929 as a bookkeeper at Citizen's National Bank (later Poweshiek County National Bank and then Wells Fargo). She retired in 1975 at which time she was an officer and board member.
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Date Created
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1992
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PID
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grinnell:23314