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Title: Arbor Lake, Grinnell, Iowa
Description: Looking northwest at beach with boaters, swimmers and lifeguard tower. Arbor Lake, named for Arbor Day, when hundreds of trees were planted there on that day, was created in 1902 by damming a small creek. Number 32304N. Series 11.
Date Created: 1950
PID: grinnell:14495

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: Bench in Children's Room, Stewart Library
Description: View of a bench in the Children's Room in Stewart Library, Grinnell, Iowa. The Children's Room was in the basement, and the photo shows water damage on the wall. Drake Community Library (Grinnell, Iowa) Archives. Miscellaneous photographs. Collection #17-1, Stewart Library.
Date Created: 1950
PID: grinnell:6456

Title: Better Farm Accounting 1950, 1950 Farm Record
Description: Better Farm Accounting, second edition, a practical guide by Iowa State College Farm Management Specialists, prepared by Herbert B. Howell. Copyright 1946 and 1947 by the Iowa State College Press, Ames, Iowa. This volume, labeled 1950, 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: 1950
PID: grinnell:30013

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: Boar's Head Dinner
Description: Students play instruments while wearing costume, entertainment at Boar's Head Dinner
Date Created: 1950
PID: grinnell:20039

Title: Breniman Horses
Description: Edward Breniman and his son, Wallace, pose with their horses. Photo taken at the Edward Breniman farm in Lincoln Township, Poweshiek County, Iowa.
Date Created: 1950
PID: grinnell:27237

Title: Brooklyn Supreme, world's largest horse, owned by C. G. Good & Son, Ogden, Iowa
Description: Brooklyn Supreme, world's largest horse. Weight 3200, height 19 1/2 hands, measures 10 ft. 2 in. around the body, wears a 40 inch collar, takes 30 inches of iron to make one shoe, 14 years old, a pure bred Belgain stallion. Owned by C.G. Good & Son, Ogden, Iowa. Exhibitied by Ralph M. Fogleman, Callender, Iowa.
Date Created: 1950
PID: grinnell:14034

Title: Budweiser Clydesdales in Grinnell
Description: View of the Budweiser Clydesdales in Grinnell, Iowa. They are posed on Broad Street with the Morrison-Ricker Glove factory and the Hiser building (809 Broad Street) visible in the background. Drake Community Library (Grinnell, Iowa) Archives. Miscellaneous photographs. Collection #17-5, Views of Grinnell.
Date Created: 1950
PID: grinnell:12443