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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: Davis School Teachers, circa 1920
Description: A black and white photograph of what we assume are Davis School teachers. The photograph includes seven women, who are identified on the back of the photograph, one of whom includes Lizzie Davis, the namesake of the school. From the left: Ethel Trotter, Ina Sprague, Bertha Smith, Vesta Atkinson, unknown, Ms. Daggett, Lizzie Davis.
Date Created: 1915
PID: grinnell:26624

Title: Ella Farley Sprague
Description: Photograph of Ella Farley Sprague (1858 - 1923). She is shown wearing a dark dress with the collar and sleeve ends made of lace. Her hair is pulled back, and she is posing on an armchair. Ella Sprague was a member of the Methodist Church in Grinnell and married Herman H. Sprague in 1884, with whom she had 3 daughters. This photograph was presumably taken for their wedding as there is a matching pose for Mr. Sprague.
Date Created: 1884
PID: grinnell:23243

Title: Emeline Allen Cook
Description: A black and white photo of Emeline Allen Cook (1813 - 1898) mounted on a studio memorial card. She is shown wearing a dark dress with a black lace collar.
Date Created: 1890
PID: grinnell:23272

Title: Ethel M. Stewart home
Description: Black and white photograph of the Ethel M. Treat Stewart home at 1007 Spring Street in Grinnell. Ethel and her two daughters, Mildred and Ellen, are visible out front.
Date Created: 1910
PID: grinnell:26642

Title: Fannie R. Buchanan
Description: Black and white photographic portrait of a smiling Fannie R. Buchanan (1875-1957), an active member of 4H and composer (along with Miss Lena Parish) of several nationally recognized 4H songs. In 1942 she received a citation from the USDA for outstanding contribution to rural culture. She was a 1984 Iowa Women's Hall of Fame Honoree for the music projects she conducted for the Iowa State College Extension Service which touched Iowans in nearly every county in the state.
Date Created: 1910
PID: grinnell:23263

Title: Gertrude Ruff
Description: A portrait photograph of Gertrude Ruff (1875-1963). She is shown as a young woman with her hair pulled back, wearing pince-nez and a ruffled dress with a lace collar. She poses by looking down to her right. Gertrude Ruff graduated from Grinnell High School with honors in 1893, attended Grinnell College, and became a teacher. She later married Henry D. Hockenbury in 1898, with whom she had 3 children (one of which died in infancy).
Date Created: 1895
PID: grinnell:23250

Title: Gertrude Ruff
Description: A portrait photograph of Gertrude Ruff (1875-1963). She is shown as a young woman with her hair pulled back, wearing glasses and a puffed sleeve dress with a large lace collar. Gertrude Ruff graduated from Grinnell High School with honors in 1893, attended Grinnell College, and became a teacher. She later married Henry D. Hockenbury in 1898, with whom she had 3 children (one of which died in infancy).
Date Created: 1895
PID: grinnell:23249

Title: Grandma Turner
Description: Black and white photograph showing a woman standing outdoors in front of a house wearing a fur coat. There is snow on the ground. Judging by the woman's facial structure, her fur coat, and the approximate date of this photograph, the woman is likely Annie Williams Woomer Turner. An earlier picture shows a young Annie Williams Woomer wearing what appears to be the same coat.
Date Created: 1940
PID: grinnell:23277