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Civil War Veterans on the Courthouse Lawn
Title
Civil War Veterans on the Courthouse Lawn
Description
Postcard photo of three Grand Army of the Republic members from Brooklyn, Iowa, relaxing on the grounds of the Poweshiek County Courthouse in Montezuma, Iowa, possibly at some sort of celebration. Left to right: Joe Karr, who drove the veterans to Montezuma; Hiram Frease, standing and holding the flag; Frank Dayton and Capt. George Phillips, both seated. Joe Karr was a dry goods merchant in Brooklyn, Iowa. The benches in front of the Karr store were favored places for Civil War veterans to sit and talk. Joe Karr, born in 1865, was not a Civil War veteran himself, although he may have been a GAR member through a relative.
Date Created
1920
PID
grinnell:11767
Community Welfare Workers, Brooklyn
Title
Community Welfare Workers, Brooklyn
Description
Members of the Brooklyn CWW Club (Community Welfare Workers). The group often put on plays and entertainments and are dressed in costume here. From left to right: Clara Johnson, Elizabeth Torrance, Abby Carmichael, Mabel Brannian, Mildred Torrance, Blanche Otto, Betty Gritsch.
Date Created
1920
PID
grinnell:27257
Grace United Methodist Church
Title
Grace United Methodist Church
Description
Images of Grace United Methodist Church, Brooklyn, Iowa, and its predecessors. The first church was a simple frame church built in 1862. The next church was built in 1877, and the current church was built in 1914.
PID
grinnell:12861
Scout Circus at Brooklyn
Title
Scout Circus at Brooklyn
Description
Boy Scout Troop 330 at Scout Circus in Brooklyn about 1953. From left to right: Bill Tarvin, Denny VanCleave, Merle Davis, Ben Purdum (scoutmaster), Johny Jordan (standing), Leon Rowell (seated).
Date Created
1953
PID
grinnell:27247