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Title: Full View of Dance at The Limit
Description: A full room view of a dance party at The Limit, the local center for teenagers in Grinnell, Iowa. Drake Community Library (Grinnell, Iowa) Archives. Imagine Grinnell Slides, p.20, slide 15.
Date Created: 1988
PID: grinnell:20402

Title: Gathering of Grinnellians
Description: Gathering of Grinnellians in a park. Drake Community Library (Grinnell, Iowa) Archives. Miscellaneous photographs. Collection #17-6, People.
Date Created: 1890
PID: grinnell:13082

Title: George Hardware, Grinnell Centennial Parade
Description: George Hardware's entry in the Grinnell Centennial parade was a wagon with a cover drawn by a horse. Various pots and pans hang from the roof of the wagon. George Hardware was located at 919-921 Broad Street. Drake Community Library (Grinnell, Iowa) Archives. Miscellaneous Photographs. Collection #17, Box #4.
Date Created: 1954
PID: grinnell:28731

Title: Giant Mattress With Stars and a Person in 1949 Grinnell Day Parade
Description: A float designed to look like a giant mattress, decorated with red and blue stars in the 1949 Grinnell Day Parade in Grinnell, Iowa. There is a person at the headboard wearing a white toga and a gold crown and holding a torch overhead like the Statue of Liberty. Drake Community Library (Grinnell, Iowa) Archives. Chamber of Commerce Slides, p.2, slide 17.
Date Created: 1948
PID: grinnell:19248

Title: Girls Dancing at The Limit
Description: A group of teenage girls dancing at a party at The Limit, the local center for teenagers in Grinnell, Iowa. Drake Community Library (Grinnell, Iowa) Archives. Imagine Grinnell Slides, p.20, slide 8.
Date Created: 1988
PID: grinnell:20396

Title: Girls on a Detasseler in 1948 Grinnell Day Parade
Description: Seven girls standing on a detasseler in the 1948 Grinnell Day Parade in Grinnell, Iowa, with the American flag behind them. Drake Community Library (Grinnell, Iowa) Archives. Chamber of Commerce Slides, p.1, slide 4.
Date Created: 1948
PID: grinnell:19343

Title: Great Grinnell Cyclone
Description: Photograph of destruction from the Great Grinnell Cyclone which occurred at Grinnell, Iowa, on the evening of June 17, 1882. Several men and women are standing among the ruins. Photographed by J. S. Lovell, Davenport, Iowa. Drake Community Library (Grinnell, Iowa) Archives. Miscellaneous photographs. Collection 18, Views of the Grinnell Cyclone.
Date Created: 1882
PID: grinnell:13192

Title: Great Grinnell Fire
Description: Photograph taken after the Great Grinnell (Iowa) Fire of 1889, looking northeast from the railroad tracks on Main Street. Drake Community Library Archives. Oversize photos.
Date Created: 1889
PID: grinnell:6069

Title: Green's Food MKT Horse and Carriage in 1948 Grinnell Day Parade
Description: A horse and carriage in the 1948 Grinnell Day Parade in Grinnell, Iowa. The horse has on a white blanket that says "Green's Food MKT" to advertise for Green's Food Market while the carriage has orange, red, and white streamers around the wheels and a person in the carriage holding a small umbrella that matches the wheels. Drake Community Library (Grinnell, Iowa) Archives. Chamber of Commerce Slides, p.2, slide 5.
Date Created: 1948
PID: grinnell:19252

Title: Grinnell Appreciation Days
Description: Photo is labeled, "Grinnell Appreciation Days, late 1940s." The date is probably 1930s. Man with megaphone on truck is talking to large crowd gathered on the sidewalks and in the street. Store fronts pictured are on the north side of the 800 block of 4th Avenue in downtown Grinnell. Businesses visible include: Sanders (five and dime), Dr. Kinzer, Grinnell Central Market (groceries and meats), and R.E. Brooker (osteopathic physician). Drake Community Library (Grinnell, Iowa) Archives. McNally photographs. Collection #1, Series #1-3.
Date Created: 1930
PID: grinnell:6176