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Title: Anor Scott
Description: Studio portrait of Anor Scott, Grinnell's first store-keeper and merchant.
Date Created: 1870
PID: grinnell:11899

Title: Are We Going to Win? -- Yea Bo!!
Description: Desk blotter which contains advertisements for 36 Grinnell, Iowa, businesses who supported the 1929 Grinnell High School football team. Contains the schedule of games, names of coaches in the Athletic Department, and prospects for the season. The advertisers are: Lee Hotel, Porter's Cafe, Grinnell State Bank, Independent Oil & Gas Co., Large's Pharmacy, Clindinin Insurance Agency, B. of R.T. Cafe, Barclay's Public Market, John Lund Shoe Repairing, Mathews Drug Co., Grinnell Cleaners, Candyland, Nick Heisel (suits made to order), B.W. Junior Department Store, Almy's Smart Footwear, Citizens National Bank, Swaney's Jersey Dairy, Richardson-Phelps Lumber Co., Rex Cigar Store, Equitable Life Insurance Company of Iowa (Wm. Gardner and A.B. Hamilton, agents), Grinnell Laundry, McNally the Butcher, Preston's, Ping Oil Co. Model Lunch Room, Dixie Sandwich Inn and One-stop Service Station, Hagen Bros. Garage, Rehder's Tailor Shop, Schultz & Son Motor Co., Deep Rock Station, Percy Goff (Travelers Insurance Co.), Star Clothing Co., Central Cigar Store and Billiard Parlor, Strand Taxi Co., Ross Shoe Co., and Campus Toastwich Shop.
Date Created: 1929
PID: grinnell:17360

Title: Arthur McDowell Interview, Voices from the Past
Description: One of nine children, Art was born south of Grinnell on June 22, 1902. After graduating from high school and working for three years at the Farmer's Elevator, he began his career in insurance. Upon retirement, he was Secretary-Treasurer of the Poweshiek County Mutual Insurance Company. He and his wife, Mildred, married in 1930, had a son and daughter.
Date Created: 1992
PID: grinnell:23310

Title: Assembly of God Parade
Description: Parade with Assembly of God members looking south on Broad Street across from Central Park in Grinnell, Iowa. Businesses in background include: Smith's Furniture and Undertaking, Percy Goff Insurance (923 1/2 Broad), Blue Bird Cafe (bus depot), a hardware store, I.S.U. Co. Public Service. Smith Furniture was in this location from August 1925 through April 1947.
Date Created: 1933
PID: grinnell:6384

Title: Astir-Switzer's Motel, Switzer's Motel
Description: Color postcard view of Astir-Switzer's Motel on Highway 6 East, in Grinnell, Iowa. Managed by Lowell and Margaret Corkery. Postcard published by ColourPicture Publishers, Inc., Boston, Massachusetts. Drake Community Library (Grinnell, Iowa) Archives. Miscellaneous photographs. Collection #17-2, Grinnell Buildings.
Date Created: 1971
PID: grinnell:11641

Title: Avis Crockett at the Switchboard
Description: Avis Crockett at the switchboard in Grinnell, Iowa, in the early 1950s.
Date Created: 1950
PID: grinnell:17369

Title: B. H. James Business Card
Description: Business card for B.H. James of Montezuma, Iowa, offering pump repair services.
Date Created: 1940
PID: grinnell:12518

Title: Ben's Tire Shop
Description: Ben's Tire Shop in Grinnell, Iowa, in the 1950s. The shop, a Goodyear dealer, was run by Benjamin P. Tarleton.
Date Created: 1950
PID: grinnell:12032

Title: Ben's Tire Shop Truck Decorated for a Parade
Description: Gladys Tarleton poses next to a decorated truck, probably for a Fourth of July parade, at Ben's Tire Shop in Grinnell, Iowa, in 1921 or 1922. Ben's Tire Shop, located at 717 Fourth Avenue, was run by Benjamin Pliny Tarleton in Grinnell beginning in the early 1920s.
Date Created: 1921
PID: grinnell:12029

Title: Betty Haines at the Switchboard
Description: Betty Haines at the switchboard in Grinnell, Iowa, in the early 1950s.
Date Created: 1950
PID: grinnell:17368