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Title: Farm Equipment Show
Description: A man in a tall farm hat is showing off a piece of farming equipment. Other men stand in small groups around the equipment. There is a large white tent in the background. The reverse of the photo reads "Art Newton." Mr. Newton (c1878-1957) was a blacksmith in Grinnell for many years. He worked for Armentrout Blacksmith Shop and then the Spaulding Manufacturing Company (1900 City Directory). The photographer, Stonestreet, was active in Grinnell in 1894, but not in 1900.
Date Created: 1895
PID: grinnell:26611

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: James H. Bonesteel and Alice Brent Bonesteel
Description: Black and white photograph of a couple, James H. Bonesteel and his wife Alice Brent (according to written inscription). James is dressed in a black suit, and Alice is wearing a dark-colored dress with a lace collar. This photograph was rescued from a donor in Michigan who found it in an antique shop. The photographer was Eckhardt, in Grinnell, but we don't know anything else about the couple.
Date Created: 1890
PID: grinnell:23282

Title: Longley farm home
Description: Black and white photograph of the Longley family farmhouse two miles west of Grinnell. A note on the back of the photograph tells us that the home was built by Lyman Longley (1861-1909) in 1908.
Date Created: 1908
PID: grinnell:26636

Title: Montezuma North Side Square
Description: A postcard with a black and white photograph of the North Side Square in Montezuma, IA. A grocery store can be seen on the right, while cars can be seen on the left of the photograph. The postcard, mailed with a one cent stamp, is addressed to Miss Martha Eames in Gilman, Iowa, and was sent on January 31, 1922. The back of the photograph has the following letter: "Dear Dolly / Jan 31 / Just read your letter / am alright glad to hear from you / am going to Club with the Clerk tonight / was all [...] / [...] thinks this case will last the rest of this work / how is Grandma and mama / did she get pretty tried (tired?) Mon / must go to Court now / your father ?"
Date Created: 1922
PID: grinnell:26613

Title: Mud Puddle on Main Street
Description: Black and white print mounted on cardboard showing a mud puddle on Main Street. Six men and one child line the sidewalk in the background while one in the middle to the far right shoots a rifle at a decoy duck. A sign in the foreground reads "No Swimming Here." A shop window in the background reads "John Lee and Sons, Handy Market." A written inscription on the front reads "Mud Puddle on Main Street - 1898 / Dawson Brande Shooting at a decoy duck." Since Dawson Brande was born in 1890, it is fair to assume that either the date is incorrect or the man in the photo is not Dawson.
Date Created: 1898
PID: grinnell:23227

Title: Newburg Church
Description: Black and white photograph of the Newburg Church in Newburg, Jasper County, Iowa in 1908.
Date Created: 1908
PID: grinnell:26618

Title: Newburg Congregational Church
Description: Faded photograph showing oblique view of Newburg Congregational Church, built in 1896, mounted to cardboard.
Date Created: 1896
PID: grinnell:23262

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: Original Chancel of Newburg Congregational Church
Description: Sepia photograph showing the original chancel of the UCC Church of Newburg, Iowa. Light is pouring in through a pair of stained glass windows. Written inscription on back reads "Original Chancel of the Newburg Congregational Church / Built in 1896." The ambrotype is faded.
Date Created: 1896
PID: grinnell:23221