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Title: A Great Teacher of Politics
Description: Reflection on the contributions of Jesse Macy to the study of politics written on the occasion of his retirement from teaching.
Date Created: 1912
PID: grinnell:18337

Title: Accept Herron Resignation
Description: Statement by the Trustees of Iowa College accepting the resignation of George D. Herron
Date Created: 1899
PID: grinnell:18358

Title: Adams Street, East from Summit Hotel, Creston, Iowa, Summit House
Description: One of the first hotels in Creston, Iowa, the Summit Hotel, was built in 1880 by a stock company composed of Swan & Becker and Colonel Beckwith, among others, and was destroyed by fire in 1896. The hotel owners rebuilt on the same site later that year, but shortly before midnight on December 1916 another fire destroyed the building. The loss was estimated at $200,000 and defective electrical wiring was believed to have caused the fire. Creston centennial card, 1869-1969.
Date Created: 1914
PID: grinnell:16226

Title: Adel State Bank, Adel, Iowa, Rexall Drug Store, Tawney, J.F.
Description: Looking northwest at the corner of Ninth and Main Streets at the Adel State Bank, the Rexall Drug Store, and J.F. Tawney's Grocery Store. The building was built in 1908. It is located at 901 Main Street, Adel, Dallas County, Iowa, and is listed in the National Register of Historic Places. Number 19.
Date Created: 1915
PID: grinnell:14290

Title: Admissions Grinnell College Cover Photo, 1969, Grinnell College Admissions Booklet Cover Photograph
Description: A group of students sit around a table working. April 29, 1969.
Date Created: 1969
PID: grinnell:12904

Title: Aerial view of Banker's Life, Des Moines, Iowa, Principal Financial Group, St. Paul's Episcopal Church, Cathedral Church of Saint Paul
Description: Looking northwest. Verso says: Aerial view of Banker's Life, 4 of Des Moines, Iowa's 193 churches, the Telephone Building and Television towers looming in the background. St. Paul's Episcopal Church is circled in red. Number 65696.
Date Created: 1945
PID: grinnell:16166

Title: Air Medal and Purple Cross
Description: Jimmy Ley was posthumously awarded two Purple Hears and an Air Medal with three oak leaf clusters for sustaining wounds resulting in death during a combat mission and for meritorious achievement while participating in five bombardment missions over active enemy occupied territory, respectively. The two medals were mounted and framed by Jimmy's parents.
PID: grinnell:27770

Title: Air view of Council Bluffs, Iowa, Aerial view of Council Bluffs, Iowa, Bayliss Park
Description: Looking northeast at an aerial view of Council Bluffs, Iowa. Bayliss Park is in the right-hand corner of the image. Verso: Council Bluffs, located in Southwestern Iowa, near the geographical center of the U.S.A. has a population of nearly 50,000. Its history goes back to 1804 when Lewis and Clark held council with the Indians on the high bluffs overlooking the Missouri River. 1964 postmark.
Date Created: 1964
PID: grinnell:16243

Title: Akron Public School, Akron, Iowa
Description: The two-story brick building was built in1882, at a cost of $10,000. Additions were made in 1907 at a cost of $6,000. 1912 postmark.
Date Created: 1912
PID: grinnell:14286