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Title: Poweshiek Mutual Insurance Association Annual Report 1961
Description: Annual report of the Poweshiek Mutual Insurance Association for the year ending December 31, 1961.
Date Created: 1961
PID: grinnell:30051

Title: Rachel M. Newton Traggardh
Description: A photograph of Rachel M. Newton (1839-1906) as a young woman, posing with her high school diploma. She is wearing her graduation dress, which is long and white with lace collar and sleeves. Her hair is pulled back and she is standing next to a chair with a throw pillow, holding her diploma with both hands.
Date Created: 1855
PID: grinnell:23241

Title: Ralph L. Longley (1892-1980)
Description: A portrait of a young Ralph L. Longley (1892-1900). Ralph was born in 1892, and this picture was taken on June 30th, 1894, when he was two years old. Ralph has short blonde hair with bangs and is wearing a long light-colored dress with a ruffled lace color. He is gazing at the camera and is standing on a fur rug. Directly behind him is a long, floral lace curtain, while further back is a table with several potted plants.
Date Created: 1894
PID: grinnell:21720

Title: Ralph Longley (1892-1980)
Description: Photograph of Ralph Longley (1892-1980) holding his book, "Cabin on the Second Ridge", at a book signing. The book, "Cabin on the Second Ridge," is a loose adaptation of the author's grandmother's life in early Grinnell and Poweshiek County, Iowa as she recorded it in her diary. The names in the book are fictional, but the stories of pioneer life are based on history.
Date Created: 1976
PID: grinnell:23214

Title: Ralph Lyman Longley
Description: Black and white photograph showing a young Ralph Lyman Longley (1892-1980) leaning on a chair, dressed in a coat, short pants, and boots. He looks quite debonair for age 7 or 8.
Date Created: 1900
PID: grinnell:23244

Title: Ralph Lyman Longley
Description: Black and white photographic print (or possibly copy of an ambrotype) showing an adult Ralph Lyman Longley (1892-1980), although there is a question mark after his name on the back. This young man has a wonderful pompadour hairstyle. Ralph was a farmer and author of "Cabin on the Second Ridge."
Date Created: 1920
PID: grinnell:23256

Title: Ray Haines at School
Description: One room school class in session probably at Warren Township (Poweshiek County, Iowa) school #3 or #9. Raymond Haines is the student in the plaid shirt third from the back right. Ray Delk is at the blackboard.
Date Created: 1940
PID: grinnell:6187

Title: Raymond Pilgrim Telegram
Description: Western Union telegram addressed to Raymond Pilgrim, Grinnell, Iowa, dated May 11, 1934, informing Mr. Pilgrim, that a green Chevrolet Sport Sedan had been shipped and that he should contact Hagen Bros for delivery upon arrival. Signed for by Mrs. Raymond Pilgrim. Includes image of front and back of envelope.
Date Created: 1934
PID: grinnell:30021

Title: Rural School
Description: View of a rural school, possibly in Poweshiek County, Iowa. School children are posing in the windows. A bell tower with a U.S. flag is flying. The flag looks to be a 45 star flag based on the configuration of the stars.
Date Created: 1900
PID: grinnell:11926

Title: Ruth, Clinton and Donna Stemsrud
Description: Ruth, Clinton, and Donna Stemsrud in the Grinnell area around 1939. Clinton was the son of Mabel and Berger Stemsrud.
Date Created: 1939
PID: grinnell:20680