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Title: 1127 Broad Street
Description: Winter postcard view of 1127 Broad Street in Grinnell, Iowa. This was the home of Walter Hammond and Hattie Child Hammond. The house was built in 1900 from George F. Barber's design #128, published in The Cottage Souvenir #2, revised and enlarged, 1892. A fire destroyed the house on January 18, 2013. Azo stamp box on verso with four triangles pointing up.
Date Created: 1904
PID: grinnell:20421

Title: 1407 Sixth Avenue, Under the Elms
Description: View of 1407 Sixth Avenue in Grinnell, Iowa. Verso of photo reads: "Under the elms -- March 15, 1901 -- 1407 Sixth Ave., Grinnell." Additional notes on verso read: "Hobart carload lumber from Chicago. 1882 first coat of paint night before cyclone. Chicken feathers driven into wood. House had to be scraped. Used as hospital for injured. Dead bodies taken to house." The Grinnell Cyclone was on June 17, 1882. Drake Community Library (Grinnell, Iowa) Archives. Miscellaneous photographs. Collection #17-5, Views of Grinnell.
Date Created: 1901
PID: grinnell:12274

Title: Ahrens Family
Description: Photograph of the Frederick and Henrietta Ahrens family on the front steps of their home at Sixth Avenue and Penrose in Grinnell, Iowa. The photo was probably taken about 1900, a few years after Frederick Ahrens lost his life in a farm accident involving runaway horses. Bottom row: Lizzie Myers, William Ahrens, Wilhelmina "Minnie" Ahrens, Frank Ahrens. Top row: Edward Ahrens, Annie Kuder, Henrietta H?cke Ahrens, Dora Ahrens Geiger, Ella Ahrens McMillan, Henry Ahrens.
Date Created: 1900
PID: grinnell:12912

Title: Anna Catherine Craig and Will Goode
Description: Anna Catherine Craig and her son Will Goode. Anna was Edith Renfrow Smith's aunt on her mother's side. Portrait by Brooks Art Studio, Grinnell, Iowa.
Date Created: 1900
PID: grinnell:12141

Title: Eva Craig Renfrow Wedding Portrait
Description: Wedding portrait of Eva Pearl Craig Renfrow. Eva married Lee Augustus Renfrow on July 31, 1901, in Grinnell, Iowa. Eva and Lee Renfrow were the parents of Edith Renfrow Smith. Portrait by John W. Kester, Grinnell photographer.
Date Created: 1901
PID: grinnell:12140

Title: Hammond Children
Description: Walter and Hattie Child Hammond's children taken by Child Studio in Grinnell, Iowa. Mae Hammond and her brothers: Bruce, Pat, Arthur, and Walt.
Date Created: 1905
PID: grinnell:20428

Title: Hattie Child Hammond and Mae
Description: Portrait of Hattie Child Hammond and her daughter, Mae, taken on Mae's tenth birthday, May 5, 1906. Photo taken by Child Studio in Grinnell, Iowa.
Date Created: 1905
PID: grinnell:20437

Title: Hodgdon Sons Pillow Fight
Description: The three Hodgdon brothers having a pillow fight and rough-housing in their bedroom. Charles on the left, George on the right and William on the bottom. Drake Community Library (Grinnell, Iowa) Archives. Hodgdon Photographs Collection #259.
Date Created: 1900
PID: grinnell:27290

Title: House at 6th and Ann Streets, Grinnell, Iowa
Description: House at 6th and Ann Streets, Grinnell, Iowa. Drake Community Library (Grinnell, Iowa) Archives. McNally photographs. Collection #1, Series #1-3.
Date Created: 1900
PID: grinnell:6170

Title: Letter from Mary Sulser Pilgrim to Her Sister
Description: Letter from Mary Sulser Pilgrim to her sister, Mrs. J.H. Parratt, congratulating her on her marriage. The letter is dated January 12, 1902, Grinnell, Iowa.
Date Created: 1902
PID: grinnell:17768