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Title: Grinnell Center School Grade Eight, 1905
Description: A black and white photograph of 8th grade students at Center School in Grinnell, Iowa in 1905. The photograph seems to be taken at the front of a classroom, with students dressed formally and sitting at a desk or standing in a row at the back of the room. A chalkboard is on the right and the blinds are drawn for all but one window. The back of the photograph states: "Center School / Grinnell, Iowa / Grade 8 / 1905"
Date Created: 1905
PID: grinnell:26612

Title: Ledger of the Julia Chapin Grinnell Maternal Association, Julia Chapin Grinnell Maternal Association Ledger
Description: The Julia Chapin Grinnell Maternal Association was established in 1902 with membership open to anyone interested in the training of children or in "preparation for motherhood." Meetings and lectures were sponsored with local school teachers and lists of children's names compiled so that the membership might pray for them in their birth months. The Ledger contains the constitution, list of members, and minutes from September 1902 - January 1910. A list of names with years in the back may be the list of children's names described above. Drake Community Library (Grinnell, Iowa) Archives. Collection #76.
Date Created: 1902
PID: grinnell:5212

Title: Montezuma, Iowa. High School
Description: Color postcard view of Montezuma High School, Montezuma, Iowa. Card is postmarked September 25, 1909, Montezuma, Iowa, and is addressed to Miss Hazel Watson, Searsboro, Iowa. Postcard published by J.M. Hamilton Pub., Monmouth, Illinois.
Date Created: 1909
PID: grinnell:12512

Title: Old South School and Seventh Day Adventist Church
Description: Black and white postcard showing the Old South School and the Seventh Day Adventist Church on Hamilton Avenue, Grinnell, Iowa. The school was demolished in 1917, and the church was moved to Spring Street in 1916.
Date Created: 1900
PID: grinnell:23258

Title: Parker School, Grinnell, Grade One, 1900
Description: Black and white print on cardboard depicting 39 schoolchildren and one teacher outdoors. Written inscription on back reads "1st Grade Parker School / June 1, 1900 / Teacher - Nina Wilson / Ralph Longley second from right back row."
Date Created: 1900
PID: grinnell:23218

Title: Rural School Locations in Poweshiek County, Iowa
Description: 1906 map of Poweshiek County, Iowa, showing locations of township schools, towns, creeks, rivers and railroads.
Date Created: 1906
PID: grinnell:6103

Title: Second Grade, Parker School, Grinnell, Iowa circa 1901
Description: Black and white photograph on cardboard of Bessie Ricker (1879 - 1977) and her class of 2nd grade schoolchildren c. 1901 in front of Parker School in Grinnell, Iowa. Bessie Ricker married Edwin S. Parish in 1903 and was a member of the Grinnell United Methodist Church, teaching Sunday school for many years. The children in the picture are unidentified.
Date Created: 1901
PID: grinnell:23283

Title: Students from unknown Poweshiek rural school
Description: Black and white photograph showing twenty schoolchildren of various ages (younger students at the front; older at the back) and their teacher. The boys wear suits, while the girls wear dresses with high-top shoes. The school is not identified but is likely part of the Poweshiek County (Iowa) Rural School system.
Date Created: 1900
PID: grinnell:23287