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Birds Eye View, Brooklyn, Iowa -- 30
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Description
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Postcard birds-eye view of Brooklyn, Iowa. Postcard is addressed to Miss Elizabeth Schaefer, Cedar Rapids, Iowa, and is postmarked October 4, 1912, in Brooklyn. Drake Community Library (Grinnell, Iowa) Archives. Miscellaneous photographs.Collection 17-7, Poweshiek County -- Other towns.
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Date Created
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1912
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PID
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grinnell:13176
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Brown Family
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Description
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Postcard view of the Brown family inside their Hickory Grove home in Jasper County, Iowa. Middle row on the left are Izora and Emory Brown. Nora Belle Brown is in the back row on the right. Velox stamp box on verso.
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Date Created
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1910
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PID
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grinnell:12017
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Title
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Characteristics of the Times and Seasons
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Description
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Journal kept by Richard Spire from 1894-1918 in which he recorded his observations on weather, crop yields and prices, land values, and a few comments on presidential elections and World War I. Richard Spire farmed in Sheridan Township, Poweshiek County, Iowa, from 1872-1910. He and his wife, Isadora Hatfield, had eight children. He was engaged in several livestock buying partnerships and was a large feeder of cattle. In 1899 he was elected assessor. Drake Community Library (Grinnell, Iowa) Archives. Collection #56.
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Date Created
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1894
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PID
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grinnell:12351
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Chester Church
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Description
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Photograph of the Chester Church in its original location in Chester Township, Iowa. Originally a Congregational Church, it was given in 1996 to the congregation of St. Paul's Episcopal Church in Grinnell, Iowa. St. Paul's paid for the structure's relocation to its present site on State Street and 6th Ave. This photograph dates from the early part of the 20th century.
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Date Created
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1900
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PID
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grinnell:3369
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City Hall, Montezuma, Iowa
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Description
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Postcard view of City Hall in Montezuma, Iowa. Postcard published by J.M. Hamilton, Monmouth, Illinois. 9867.
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Date Created
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1910
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PID
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grinnell:12505
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Draft Horse Team and Plow on Dunham Farm
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Description
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Farmer, likely a member of the Dunham family, seated on a wheeled plow behind two draft horses. Photo was taken between 1912-1927 by Egbert Dunham.
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Date Created
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1920
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PID
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grinnell:29977
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Dunham Farm Barn
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Description
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The barn on the Dunham farm, named Elm Grove, in Chester Township near Grinnell, Iowa. Photo shows the silo in front of the end of the barn. An automobile is in the foreground. A water pump is in the foreground.
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Date Created
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1920
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PID
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grinnell:29978
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Early Automobiles
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Description
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Postcard view of three early (1910s) automobiles, one a Ford and one an Oakland. The postcard was sent on June 12, 1911 from Mort(?) Powers of New Sharon, Iowa, to John Mincer of Grinnell, Iowa. The X under the automobile on the right probably identifies Mr. Powers. Photo was possibly taken in New Sharon. Drake Community Library (Grinnell, Iowa) Archives. McNally photographs. Collection #1, Series #1-1.
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Date Created
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1911
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PID
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grinnell:6213
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Title
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Evergreen Chicken near Montezuma, Iowa
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Description
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Postcard view of a farmhouse and barn with an evergreen bush that has been sculpted to have a chicken at the top. Postcard is postmarked October 7, 1911, in Montezuma, Iowa, and is addressed to Mrs. Hettie Hege, Columbus, Indiana. The card is signed by Mrs. Clevenger.
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Date Created
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1911
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PID
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grinnell:12522