The Lutheran Children's Home was established by Norwegian Lutherans in 1890. The farm consisted of 617 acres of land. The home was closed in 1945 and the children's home was moved to Ames, Iowa.
Title
Orphans home, Beloit, Iowa
Alternative Title
Lutheran Children's Home
Index Date
1905
Date Captured
3/7/06
Publisher
KRUXO
Type of Resource
still image
Genre
postcard
Physical Extent
1 postcard : b&w ; 9 x 14 cm.
Medium
Real photo, divided back.
Digital Origin
digitized other analog
Digital Extent
1 file
Media Type
image/jpeg
Provenance
Purchase or donation
reproduction
Scanned with HP Scanjet 4670 at 600 ppi. Archival master image available in tiff format.
Date Issued
1900-1910
citation/reference
Lyon County IAGenWeb Project, "Places and History" (http://iagenweb.org/)
Language
English
Topic
Lyon County (Iowa)
Topic
Beloit (Iowa)
Topic
Welfare facilities
Topic
Orphanages
Cartographic
43.283775, -96.572859
Classification
MS 108, Box 1, ihpc_beloit0001
Related Item
Iowa Historical Postcard Collection (IHPC)
Related Item
Grinnell College. Special Collections and Archives
Related Item
Digital Grinnell
Identifier (local)
ihpc_beloit0001
Identifier (local)
grinnell:13735
Access Condition
Grinnell College Libraries does not own the copyright in these images and therefore cannot give or deny permission to publish or distribute any of them. It is the researcher's responsibility to determine and satisfy copyright or other use restrictions when publishing or distributing material from this collection. Any materials used must carry a credit line: Historic Iowa Postcard Collection, Special Collections and Archives, Grinnell College Libraries.
