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Annie Williams Woomer
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Description
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A black and white portrait of Annie Williams Woomer in a dark dress with a lace collar. Her hair is pulled back and she is wearing a pin on her left shoulder. Note on back of photo reads "Me - on 4th Ave. Grinnell Iowa." Photo was found in a collection of photos titled Williams-Cook Collection.
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Date Created
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1890
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PID
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grinnell:23270
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Annie Williams Woomer Turner
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Description
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A black and white photograph of Annie Williams Woomer Turner. She is shown posing in a fur coat and large, round hat with a lace fringe and flowers. The back of the photograph has the following statement: "Me in the lovely fur coat Carl sent me at Grinnell Iowa. Everyone admired it, -- was so glad forme [sic]." The photograph is printed on a postcard. Carl was one of her three sons.
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Date Created
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1910
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PID
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grinnell:23254
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Title
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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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Title
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Broad Street N. from Fourth, Grinnell, Iowa, Broad Street North from Fourth, Grinnell, Iowa
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Description
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Postcard view of the west side of Broad Street, looking north from Fourth Avenue, in Grinnell, Iowa. Talbott's Drug Store on the corner of 4th and Broad. Early automobiles on the street. Before 1914. Postcard is addressed to Mrs. M.C. Holloway, Grinnell, Iowa and is signed, "From, Maude." No postmark. Drake Community Library (Grinnell, Iowa) Archives. McNally photographs. Collection #1, Series #1-1.
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Date Created
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1910
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PID
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grinnell:6275
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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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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