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Title: Spooks Party
Description: Photographs and newspaper articles from a 1940s (?) Halloween party in Grinnell, Iowa, organized by Mr. and Mrs. Edward Bohstedt, Mr. and Mrs. Fred Chadwick and Mr. and Mrs. Harris Vande Noord. The party was held in the Chadwick's barn and at the Vande Noord home.
Date Created: 1940
PID: grinnell:19367

Title: Sprague Family Photos
Description: Nine photographs of the Sprague family of Grinnell, Iowa. Herman H. and Ella Farley Sprague had two daughters, Ina and Lena. Ina was a teacher and was principal of Davis School in Grinnell, Iowa, for 28 years. Lena was an assistant to the city clerk of Grinnell for 30 years. Drake Community Library (Grinnell, Iowa) Archives. Miscellaneous photographs. Collection #17-6, People.
PID: grinnell:13162

Title: Spring Silly Season
Description: View of college students marching along the street in Grinnell, Iowa, in support of the new liquor store. Attached newspaper clipping reads: Officially arriving in Grinnell Friday was spring silly season, which is usually most evident on the college campus. Such was the case here Friday afternoon when a group of about 100 Grinnell College students marched from the campus to the new liquor store with flags waving, car horn honking and drums beating a steady rhythm. The signs read "Eat, Drink And Be Merry For Tomorrow It May Close!!" and "Prohibition Repealed in Grinnell."
Date Created: 1960
PID: grinnell:11930

Title: Spurgeon's Building
Description: Spurgeon's department store in downtown Grinnell, Iowa. Drake Community Library (Grinnell, Iowa) Archives. Imagine Grinnell Slides, p.15, slide 3.
Date Created: 1988
PID: grinnell:20345

Title: St. Congregational Church, Located on Corner of Broad St. & 4th Ave., Grinnell, Iowa, Congregational Church, Located on Corner of Broad Street and 4th Avenue, Grinnell, Iowa
Description: Color postcard view of the Congregational Church on the corner of 4th Avenue and Broad Street in Grinnell, Iowa. Postcard is addressed to M.A. Batcher, Eddyville, Iowa, and postmarked April 27, 1912, in Grinnell, Iowa. Postcard published by Jno. T. Faber Publisher, Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Drake Community Library (Grinnell, Iowa) Archives. Miscellaneous photographs. Collection #17-2, Grinnell Buildings.
Date Created: 1912
PID: grinnell:11316

Title: St. Frances [i.e., Francis] Hospital, Grinnell, Ia. -- 9901, St. Francis Hospital, Grinnell, Iowa -- 9901
Description: Postcard view of St. Francis Hospital in Grinnell, Iowa, which was located at 4th Avenue and Penrose. Postcard published by Co-Mo Foto, Co., Watertown, Wisconsin. Drake Community Library (Grinnell, Iowa) Archives. Miscellaneous photographs. Collection #17-2, Grinnell Buildings.
Date Created: 1920
PID: grinnell:6529

Title: St. Mary's Catholic Church
Description: Photograph of St. Mary's Catholic Church on the northeast corner of 5th Avenue and Broad Street in Grinnell, Iowa. The church was built in 1927.
Date Created: 1930
PID: grinnell:3331

Title: St. Mary's Catholic Church
Description: Color view of St. Mary's Catholic Church in Grinnell, Iowa, in the 1990s. Drake Community Library (Grinnell, Iowa) Archives. Miscellaneous photographs. Collection #17-2, Grinnell Buildings.
Date Created: 1990
PID: grinnell:11776

Title: Stagecoach, Grinnell Centennial Parade
Description: A stagecoach drawn by four horses participates in the Grinnell Centennial parade. The house at 817 Seventh Avenue is visible in the background. Sign on stagecoach says Progress Grinnell, Broadway Queen and Olson Furn. Queen and Olson Furniture was located at 913 Broad Street. Drake Community Library (Grinnell, Iowa) Archives. Miscellaneous photographs. Collection #17, Box #4.
Date Created: 1954
PID: grinnell:28727

Title: Stained Glass Window Over Front Door of Merchants' National Bank
Description: A view from the interior, of the stained glass window situated above the front entrance of Merchants' National Bank in Grinnell, Iowa, with a clock right below. The bank was designed by Louis Sullivan and built in 1914; it is nicknamed the Jewel Box Bank. Drake Community Library (Grinnell, Iowa) Archives. Imagine Grinnell Slides, p.5, slide 10.
Date Created: 1996
PID: grinnell:20316