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September 1939. "Main street (G Avenue), Grundy Center, Iowa." Photo by Arthur Rothstein for the Farm Security Administration. View full size.
IAGenWeb reports:
Anna and James [Cech] made their home in Clutier, where they owned and operated a general store. In 1931, they moved to Grundy Center and opened Cech's Grocery Store. In the mid-1950's, the store changed location and name to Jim's Supermarket until the family business was sold in April of 1979.
I was surprised that at the funeral services at the death of Anna, the Engelkes-Abels Funeral Home in Grundy Center was in charge of the arrangements. It is surprising for me since my last name is ... "Abels".
And I am not from Grundy, Iowa, but from the Netherlands.
They have a Penney's, a Rexall and a surgeon dentist. What more could you possibly need? I miss downtowns that look like this.
is visible at the extreme right side of this view. The license plate on that car (86-499) is not from Iowa, but rather the District of Columbia (expires 2/29/40). Who else but a visitor from the Federal Government would have been in Grundy Center with DC tags?
... though its fun pointy roof seems to have been removed sometime in the last 75+ years. Street View from September 2008:
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