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Title: Campus Radio (KGRW)
Description: This 1950 photograph features four Grinnell College students in the midst of recording a radio program in one of KGRW's broadcasting studios in ARH (Alumni Recitation Hall). Left-Right: Mary Ann Hursk, Maxine Hay, Scott Crom, Jim Carrahan.
Date Created: 1950
PID: grinnell:5957

Title: Campus Radio (KGRW)
Description: This 1950 photograph features student using a telephone in one of KGRW's broadcasting studios.
Date Created: 1950
PID: grinnell:5955

Title: Carlson's Cabins, Blencoe, Iowa, Carlson's Cottages
Description: "On Highway 75, 45 miles south of Sioux City, Iowa. 60 miles north of Omaha, Nebraska. Located out in the open, away from the city; where you may rest or play on large lawn areas and enjoy the quiet and fresh air of the country with every city convenience for your comfort. Cottages are heated in winter and cooled in summer with many large open windows. Friendly service and every comfort is assured our guests." --t.p. verso. 1950 postmark. Number 79163.
Date Created: 1950
PID: grinnell:13949

Title: Grinnell House, 1011 Park Street, Grinnell, Iowa, Carnegie Library, Grinnell College, Grinnell, Iowa
Description: Completed in 1905, the structure was one of the few college libraries funded by Andrew Carnegie, who was principally interested in supporting community libraries. Carnegie was considered outgrown by the 1950s, and in 1959 the books were moved to the new Burling Library. Number 32305. Series 12.
Date Created: 1950
PID: grinnell:14388

Title: Catherine Haines at the Switchboard
Description: Catherine Haines (on the left) at the switchboard in Grinnell, Iowa, in the early 1950s.
Date Created: 1950
PID: grinnell:17370

Title: St. Mary's Catholic Church, Catholic Church, Grinnell, Iowa
Description: Looking southeast. St. Mary's Catholic Church was built in the mid-twenties and dedicated in February 1927. Built in the Romanesque style. Cost was $59,000. Number 11460. Series 18.
Date Created: 1950
PID: grinnell:13644

Title: Cattle in Winter
Description: Cattle and pigs on the Harry Ryan farm in Sheridan Township in the early 1950s. Snow-covered fields are in the background as is a windmill.
Date Created: 1950
PID: grinnell:29803

Title: Children Selecting Books at Stewart Library
Description: Children selecting books in the children's room at Stewart Library in Grinnell, Iowa. From left to right: John Brink, Nancy Russell, Candace Pederson, Kirsten Pederson, Tania Loveridge. Photo from Wallace's Farmer and Iowa Homestead, Des Moines, Iowa. Drake Community Library (Grinnell, Iowa) Archives. Miscellaneous photographs. Collection #17-1, Stewart Library.
Date Created: 1950
PID: grinnell:6461