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Title
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Longley farm home
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Description
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Black and white photograph of the Longley family farmhouse two miles west of Grinnell. A note on the back of the photograph tells us that the home was built by Lyman Longley (1861-1909) in 1908.
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Date Created
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1908
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PID
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grinnell:26636
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Title
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Perfect Attendance Certificate
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Description
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Certificate presented to Pearl Steppe [sic] for perfect attendance at school district #9 in Poweshiek County, Iowa, for the first six weeks of the school year 1938/39. Presented on October 14, 1938.
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Date Created
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1938
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PID
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grinnell:12470
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Title
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Peter Perry Doud and Hazel Clarissa Howard
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Description
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Wedding portrait of Peter Perry Doud and Hazel Clarissa Howard who were married in Grinnell, Iowa on June 13, 1912. Peter and Hazel were both born in Grinnell in 1894 and lived in Poweshiek County their entire lives. Peter died in 1958 and Hazel died in 1977.
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Date Created
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1912
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PID
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grinnell:12436
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Title
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Poweshiek County Corn-Hog Control Association Appeal Letter
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Description
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Letter from H.L. Dieterich on behalf of the Poweshiek County Corn-Hog Control Association to Raymond Pilgrim dated July 3, 1934. The letter concerns the allotment of hogs produced in 1932.
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Date Created
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1934
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PID
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grinnell:30050
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Title
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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