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Title: 1006-1008 Pearl Street, Grinnell, Iowa
Description: Black and white photograph of 1006 and 1008 Pearl Street with seven individuals in period dress outside.
Date Created: 1880
PID: grinnell:26639

Title: Addie R. Morrison
Description: Photograph showing a young Addie R. Morrison (1880-1963) wearing a dark dress and holding a wide-brimmed hat, standing in front of a backdrop with palm fronds. A note on the back of the photograph reads "Photo of Addie R. Morrison, 11 years, taken June '91. She married Charles F. Chase in 1907. Back of the photo shows the photographer as Gardner, Successor to Child, but the front of the photograph shows Child as the photographer.
Date Created: 1891
PID: grinnell:23274

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: Emery S. Bartlett in horse-drawn buggy
Description: Black and white photograph showing Emery S. Bartlett (1832-1915) driving a carriage pulled by a black horse. One of the first residents of Grinnell, Emery was a successful meat marketer and horse trainer. Written inscription on back reads as follows: "Emery S Bartlett with farmile driving horse / probably about 1890 / He loved good - and fast - driving horses, and in the early 1900s owned and raced fast harness horses. / This horse was not particularly beautiful - but was very faithful and only reluctantly did Mr. Bartlett consent to the disposal of the enfeebled horse about 1904."
Date Created: 1890
PID: grinnell:23268

Title: George Hamlin Home, 619 Sixth Avenue
Description: George Hamlin home at 619 Sixth Avenue, Grinnell, Iowa in 1892. Niece Emma Beebe, about age 12 is shown with her bicycle in front of the house. This house was rebuilt after the cyclone of 1882, where the Hamlin family had lived on the northwest corner of 6th. Avenue and West Street since 1854.
Date Created: 1892
PID: grinnell:21717

Title: Henry W. Spaulding
Description: Sepia photograph showing Henry W. Spaulding (1846-1937) seated in a relaxed pose and wearing a suit with a fine watch fob.
Date Created: 1880
PID: grinnell:23242

Title: Horses and wagon in Grinnell
Description: Sepia cabinet card photograph of a wagon drawn by two horses in downtown Grinnell, Iowa. Two unidentified men sit in the wagon and the road is not paved. The picture was taken looking north into 4th Avenue from Main Street. The building on the right is advertising Organs & Sewing Machines.
Date Created: 1885
PID: grinnell:26629

Title: J. P. Lyman home
Description: Black and white photograph of the J.P. Lyman home at 1206 Broad Street in Grinnell.
Date Created: 1890
PID: grinnell:26637

Title: James H. Bonesteel and Alice Brent Bonesteel
Description: Black and white photograph of a couple, James H. Bonesteel and his wife Alice Brent (according to written inscription). James is dressed in a black suit, and Alice is wearing a dark-colored dress with a lace collar. This photograph was rescued from a donor in Michigan who found it in an antique shop. The photographer was Eckhardt, in Grinnell, but we don't know anything else about the couple.
Date Created: 1890
PID: grinnell:23282

Title: Leila Mabel Williams
Description: Black and white photograph of Leila Mabel Williams (1880-1909) at age 18 wearing a dark-colored dress with a high collar and ruffles on the left side. "Sister Babe 18 yrs" is written on the back of the photograph.
Date Created: 1898
PID: grinnell:23280