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Title: Covered 49'ers Wagon in 1948 Grinnell Day Parade
Description: A covered wagon pulled by two mules with a 49'ers sign on the side and two young men inside the wagon in the 1948 Grinnell Day Parade in Grinnell, Iowa. Drake Community Library (Grinnell, Iowa) Archives. Chamber of Commerce Slides, p.1, slide 19.
Date Created: 1948
PID: grinnell:19239

Title: First Assembly of God
Description: First Assembly of God church building at 619 Broad Street in Grinnell, Iowa. The church was built in the early 1940s and this picture was taken around 1948. In 1950 there was a fire at the church and the barrel roof was replaced with a flat roof. This building was added on to in the 1970s.
Date Created: 1948
PID: grinnell:6382

Title: Four Horses Pulling Wagon During 1948 Grinnell Day Parade, 4 Horses Pulling Wagon During 1948 Grinnell Day Parade
Description: Four horses pulling a wagon in the 1948 Grinnell Days Parade in Grinnell, Iowa. Drake Community Library (Grinnell, Iowa) Archives. Chamber of Commerce Slides, p.1, slide 10.
Date Created: 1948
PID: grinnell:19336

Title: Giant Mattress With Stars and a Person in 1949 Grinnell Day Parade
Description: A float designed to look like a giant mattress, decorated with red and blue stars in the 1949 Grinnell Day Parade in Grinnell, Iowa. There is a person at the headboard wearing a white toga and a gold crown and holding a torch overhead like the Statue of Liberty. Drake Community Library (Grinnell, Iowa) Archives. Chamber of Commerce Slides, p.2, slide 17.
Date Created: 1948
PID: grinnell:19248

Title: Girls on a Detasseler in 1948 Grinnell Day Parade
Description: Seven girls standing on a detasseler in the 1948 Grinnell Day Parade in Grinnell, Iowa, with the American flag behind them. Drake Community Library (Grinnell, Iowa) Archives. Chamber of Commerce Slides, p.1, slide 4.
Date Created: 1948
PID: grinnell:19343

Title: Green's Food MKT Horse and Carriage in 1948 Grinnell Day Parade
Description: A horse and carriage in the 1948 Grinnell Day Parade in Grinnell, Iowa. The horse has on a white blanket that says "Green's Food MKT" to advertise for Green's Food Market while the carriage has orange, red, and white streamers around the wheels and a person in the carriage holding a small umbrella that matches the wheels. Drake Community Library (Grinnell, Iowa) Archives. Chamber of Commerce Slides, p.2, slide 5.
Date Created: 1948
PID: grinnell:19252

Title: Kellogg Float in the 1948 Grinnell Day Parade
Description: A float sponsored by the town of Kellogg in the 1948 Grinnell Day Parade in Grinnell, Iowa. The float is pulled by a truck and has nine musicians in costume playing. Drake Community Library (Grinnell, Iowa) Archives. Chamber of Commerce Slides, p.2, slide 20.
Date Created: 1948
PID: grinnell:19251

Title: Local B735 Float in 1948 Grinnell Day Parade
Description: A float in the 1948 Grinnell Day Parade in Grinnell, Iowa. The float is red, white, and blue with two American flags crossing in the middle and a sign that says, "Local No. B735" and the side of the float says, "IREW." Drake Community Library (Grinnell, Iowa) Archives. Chamber of Commerce Slides, p.5, slide 2.
Date Created: 1948
PID: grinnell:19282

Title: Man Playing the Chimes in 1948 Grinnell Day Parade
Description: A man dressed in a white suit playing the chimes on a truck bed during the 1948 Grinnell Day Parade in Grinnell, Iowa. Drake Community Library (Grinnell, Iowa) Archives. Chamber of Commerce Slides, p.1, slide 12.
Date Created: 1948
PID: grinnell:19338

Title: Marching Band in 1948 Grinnell Day Parade
Description: Five men playing brass instruments in the 1948 Grinnell Day Parade in Grinnell, Iowa, dressed in Western clothing with a horse drawn wagon behind them. Drake Community Library (Grinnell, Iowa) Archives. Chamber of Commerce Slides, p.1, slide 3.
Date Created: 1948
PID: grinnell:19342