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Title: Edith Renfrow Wearing Her Camp Fire Girls Necklace
Description: Portrait of Edith Renfrow wearing her Camp Fire Girls necklace at age 16 or 17. Edith made this necklace in Camp Fire when she was in high school. Her group leader was Mrs. Conard.
Date Created: 1930
PID: grinnell:12183

Title: Evanel Renfrow
Description: Evanel Renfrow's Grinnell High School graduation portrait circa 1930.
Date Created: 1930
PID: grinnell:12155

Title: Evanel Renfrow at Florida A&M University
Description: Photograph of Evanel Renfrow taken while she was a student at Florida A&M University in Tallahassee, Florida, in the early 1930s.
Date Created: 1930
PID: grinnell:12181

Title: Fourth Ave., Grinnell, Ia., R-92
Description: Postcard view looking west on Fourth Avenue, Grinnell, Iowa, from the intersection of 4th Avenue and Broad Street. Businesses visible include: Merchants National Bank, Ray's Pharmacy, Candyland, Yeager, Western Union, Large's Drugs, Arnold's Shoes. Postcard produced by L.L. Cook Company, Milwaukee, Wis. Drake Community Library (Grinnell, Iowa) Archives. McNally photographs. Collection #1, Series #1-1.
Date Created: 1930
PID: grinnell:6216

Title: Gas station at Main Street and 6th Avenue
Description: Gas station on the southeast corner of 6th Avenue and Main Street in Grinnell, Iowa, built about 1928. Drake Community Library (Grinnell, Iowa) Archives. Miscellaneous photographs. Collection #17-2, Grinnell Buildings.
Date Created: 1930
PID: grinnell:6495

Title: Grinnell Appreciation Days
Description: Photo is labeled, "Grinnell Appreciation Days, late 1940s." The date is probably 1930s. Man with megaphone on truck is talking to large crowd gathered on the sidewalks and in the street. Store fronts pictured are on the north side of the 800 block of 4th Avenue in downtown Grinnell. Businesses visible include: Sanders (five and dime), Dr. Kinzer, Grinnell Central Market (groceries and meats), and R.E. Brooker (osteopathic physician). Drake Community Library (Grinnell, Iowa) Archives. McNally photographs. Collection #1, Series #1-3.
Date Created: 1930
PID: grinnell:6176

Title: Grinnell, 1869
Description: Postcard view of Grinnell, Iowa, in 1869. Center School is to the right; the Congregational Church is to the left. Signs for attorneys Matt. Phelps and B. Ferris are visible at the far left. Azo stamp block with squares in corners on verso. Drake Community Library (Grinnell, Iowa) Archives. Miscellaneous photographs. Collection #17-2, Grinnell Buildings.
Date Created: 1930
PID: grinnell:6477

Title: Harry Case and Old Betsy
Description: Harry Case, Grinnell, Iowa, fire chief, stands next to the fire engine nicknamed "Old Betsy." Case became a member of the Grinnell volunteer firefighters on May 27, 1917. He was fire chief from 1936-1941. Case retired and was added to the fire department honor roll on January 14, 1946.
Date Created: 1930
PID: grinnell:20696