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Poweshiek County Rural Schools Eighth Grade Commencement
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Description
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Program for the eighth grade commencement exercises for the Poweshiek County, Iowa, rural schools held on Friday, May 18, 1956, in the Grinnell HIgh School Auditorium. The program includes a list of names of graduates arranged by township. Stanley G. Sanders was the county superintendent of schools.
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Date Created
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1956
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PID
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grinnell:12460
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Title
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Project Interaction : What Was Life Like for a Child Sixty Years Ago?, What Was Life Like for a Child Sixty Years Ago?
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Description
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Interviews conducted with Grinnell senior citizens by the various clubs of the Poweshiek Council of Campfire Girls. Interviews with Henry Alden, Katherine Kintzinger Cramer, Elizabeth Hempstead Ernst, Lucille Potts, George Ernst, Hester Sperling Wells, Mrs. Van Nimwigian, Edna Tinnes, Vera Hyde, Dorothy Elliott Sisco, Doris White Anderson, Lola Clark Fields, and Harvey Marcum.
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Date Created
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1979
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PID
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grinnell:6050
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Title
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Rural Mail Carrier
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Description
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John Nathaniel Norris, a rural mail carrier in Poweshiek County, Iowa, poses next to a horse and buggy driven by his wife, Alsinda. Mr. Norris, who was blind, covered the route from Ewart to Montezuma. Alsinda drove the buggy and read the names and addresses on the mail to him. Mr. Norris is holding a mail bag.
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Date Created
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1890
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PID
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grinnell:12430
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Title
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Rural School
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Description
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View of a rural school, possibly in Poweshiek County, Iowa. School children are posing in the windows. A bell tower with a U.S. flag is flying. The flag looks to be a 45 star flag based on the configuration of the stars.
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Date Created
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1900
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PID
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grinnell:11926
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Title
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Sheridan School #4 Class Picture
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Description
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Photograph of the students of Sheridan School #4 in Sheridan Township, Poweshiek County, Iowa, taken on February 14th, 1953. Front row, left to right: Ruth Ann Ryan, Judy Kinnaird, Joan Kinnaird, Kenny Eernisse, Roger Mayo. Second row, left to right: Rita Dempster (daughter of Fran), Suanne Ryan, Leroy Cogley, Earl Kinnaird, Paul Mayo, Bill Kinnaird. Third row, left to right: Fram Dempster, Alan Cogley, Pat Cogley, Wayne Kinnaird, Wendel Kinnaird, Don Mayo. Photo taken by Harry Ryan, father of Ruth Ann and Suanne.
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Date Created
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1953
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PID
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grinnell:6057
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Title
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Three Images of a Class at School No. 2
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Description
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Three images of a class from School House No. 2 in Poweshiek County, Iowa, lined up outside the school house and swinging on a swing set in August of 1960. Drake Community Library (Grinnell, Iowa) Archives. Miscellaneous photographs. Collection #24, Rural Schools (including snowstorm).
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Date Created
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1960
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PID
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grinnell:18838