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Title: Anna Marie Stewart
Description: A portrait of Anna Marie Bush Stewart (1826-1908), wife of Joel Stewart. She is shown wearing a hairband, a white scarf, a chained necklace, and earrings.
Date Created: 1880
PID: grinnell:23220

Title: Annie Williams Woomer Turner
Description: A black and white photograph of Annie Williams Woomer Turner. She is shown posing in a fur coat and large, round hat with a lace fringe and flowers. The back of the photograph has the following statement: "Me in the lovely fur coat Carl sent me at Grinnell Iowa. Everyone admired it, -- was so glad forme [sic]." The photograph is printed on a postcard. Carl was one of her three sons.
Date Created: 1910
PID: grinnell:23254

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

Title: Anson Hayden Palmer
Description: Studio portrait of Anson Hayden Palmer, who founded Newburg, Iowa, on land purchased by his father, Horace Palmer. Portrait by Brown, Marshalltown, Iowa.
Date Created: 1900
PID: grinnell:11942

Title: Arbor Lake in Winter
Description: View of Arbor Lake in Grinnell, Iowa, in the winter with ice skaters. The boat house is visible to the left and a warming house is on the right. Photo by Cornelia Clarke.
Date Created: 1920
PID: grinnell:11900

Title: Arbor Lake, Grinnell, Ia., Arbor Lake, Grinnell, Iowa
Description: Color postcard view of Arbor Lake, Grinnell, Iowa. There is a rowboat on the lake and a two-story boathouse. Young trees are growing in the park and there is a flagpole. The image appears to be a painting of some type, not a photograph. The postcard is addressed to Mrs. Lena Schneider, Minden, Nebraska, and postmarked September 27, 1909. The card was made in Germany and imported by Brown & Harrington, Grinnell. Drake Community Library (Grinnell, Iowa) Archives. Miscellaneous photographs. Collection #17-5, Views of Grinnell.
Date Created: 1909
PID: grinnell:12337

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: Assembly of God Congregation
Description: The congregation of the Assembly of God church in Grinnell, Iowa, in 1931-32. The church building was originally the post office in Gilman, Iowa, and was moved to 619 Broad Street in the early 1930s. The following list of names does not include all of the people and they are not necessarily in the correct order. At doors, left to right: Anna Figland (in dark hat), Theodore Olson, Elizabeth Olson, [unidentified], Ray Holland (holding child), [unidentified]. Standing, back row: Mrs. Belcher, Clara Davenport, [unidentified], Mrs. Graham. Middle row: Mary Wright, Viola Schooley, Bessie McGrew, Mrs. Holland, Della Woods, Fred Taylor, [unidentified], [unidentified], Austin Olson, Henry Olson, Edward Wright. Front row: Holland boys, Arelna Fleener, [unidentified children], Mrs. Harper (center shorter woman), Mrs. Harper, Raymond Davenport, Buela Spules, Mrs. Klowyk (sp?), Helen Bordiard, Herb Wyss, Beulah Wyss, T.W. Stark, Florence (Flossie) Bell, Carmen Wyss, Jessie Holland, George Driscoll. Children in front: Bobby Wyss, Olan Teterman, Ross Wyss, Beverly Lunn.
Date Created: 1932
PID: grinnell:6381

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