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Title: Evergreen Chicken near Montezuma, Iowa
Description: 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.
Date Created: 1911
PID: grinnell:12522

Title: Henry William Wilson
Description: Portrait of Henry William Wilson who was born in Montezuma, Iowa, in 1894. By 1905 he lived in Grinnell, Iowa. He married Mary Lou Booton in Newton, Iowa, on November 14, 1914. By 1925, they had moved to Hancock County, Iowa. Henry was a baker by trade. He died in 1946 in California. This portrait was taken in 1914.
Date Created: 1914
PID: grinnell:12437

Title: High School, Montezuma, Ia.
Description: Colored postcard view of Montezuma High School in Montezuma, Iowa. Postcard is addressed to Mrs. Oral Sparks, Clio, Iowa, and postmarked 1913.
Date Created: 1913
PID: grinnell:6251

Title: Main Street, Montezuma, Iowa
Description: Postcard view looking east on Main Street in Montezuma, Iowa, from the intersection of North 3rd Street and Main. A parade,possibly 4th of July, is in progress with many automobiles and flags. Card is postmarked February 21, 1911, in Montezuma, and is addressed to Miss Helen Shivers, Cadiz, Ohio.
Date Created: 1911
PID: grinnell:12507

Title: Main Street, Montezuma, Iowa
Description: Street scene in Montezuma, Iowa, possibly Armistice Day or a July 4th parade. Probably taken from the intersection of East Liberty and South 3rd Streets, looking east northeast.
Date Created: 1915
PID: grinnell:27243

Title: World War I Soldiers and Steam Locomotive
Description: Newspaper reprint of photograph from forty years ago of five boys who left Montezuma for service in World War I and posed for a photograph on a steam locomotive. Left to right: Ralph Morris, Donald Blakeley, Cliff Benton, Roy McNeal and Charles Zorn. Donald Blakeley was killed in action the the American Legion post in Montezuma was named for him.
Date Created: 1917
PID: grinnell:27217