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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

Title: Reverend and Mrs. Horn and Son
Description: Reverend W. P. and Mrs. Horn and son pose in the snow. Reverend Horn was a pastor at a church in Montezuma, Iowa, in the late 1920s.
Date Created: 1920
PID: grinnell:20694

Title: You Always Get the Glad Hand from Montezuma, Ia.
Description: Post card with yellow felt hand appliqued to the surface. Hand is imprinted with the words, "You Always Get the Glad Hand from Montezuma, Ia." Postcard is addressed to Vera Anderson in Grinnell, Ia., but there is no postmark.
Date Created: 1920
PID: grinnell:6249