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Title: $25.00 Reward
Description: Postcard sent by the Montezuma, Iowa, Chief of Police and the Northwestern National Insurance Company to the Sheriff's Office in Leon, Iowa, offering a $25.00 reward for information leading to the recovery of a 1932 Nash Sedan which was stolen in Montezuma on February 17, 1934. The postcard is postmarked February 21, 1934, Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
Date Created: 1934
PID: grinnell:12530

Title: Boy Scout Troop No. 330 Flag
Description: Ben Purdum (left) and Keith Steffey display a Boy Scouts of America Troop No. 330 flag. The flag reads: Troop 330; Montezuma Lion's Club; Montezuma, Iowa; Tall Corn Area.
Date Created: 1950
PID: grinnell:27235

Title: Boy Scouts Receiving Second Degree Scout Awards
Description: Members of Boy Scout Troop No. 330, Montezuma, Iowa, receive Second Degree Scout awards. Front row, left to right: Ben Purdum (scoutmaster), James Bear, Jerry Tarvin, Bill Tarvin, Jerry Davis, Keith Walsh. Back row, left to right: Frank Brownell, Terry Miller.
Date Created: 1950
PID: grinnell:27236

Title: Church of Christ Bible School
Description: Teachers and students of the Church of Christ Bible School in Montezuma, Iowa, July 1952. Front row, left to right: Ethel McKee, Kenny Peterson, Donna Thomasen, Kay Anderson, Gloria Vandeventer, Delores Purdum, Linda Vandeventer, Steve Rabenold, JoEllen Rabenold, Judy Baird, Susan Wheeler, Bill Taylor. Second row, left to right: Ronnie Hart, Susan VanDuyn, Mike Thurber, Susan Hicks, Susan VanCleave, Marilyn McFarlin, Barbara Hill, Judy Kirstein, Linda Gass, Sharon Hicks. Row three, left to right: Rev. Hart, Ronnie Richman, Linda Hicks, Leon Rowell, Linda Sams, unidentified, Sharon Bryan, Duane VanCleave, Melody Pitka, Ann Byers, Kristin Hill, Miriam Ammann, Kristin Johnson, Linda Taylor, Donald Hicks, Laure Arvidson, Dennis Hamilton, Marvin Ehret, Vincent Johnson, Jack Taylor, Chuck Simpson, Marion Johnson. Row four, left to right: unknown, Richard Hicks, Richard Miller, Richard Snook, Kenny Gray, Dennis VanCleave, Howard McKee, Larry Richman, Charles Taylor, Bobby Tarvin, Jon Swanson, Karen Hubbard, Lana Sharer, Bob Johannes, Ann Bowers, Bob Thompson, Leslie Hicks, Marilyn Pugh, Billy Pitka. Row five, left to right: Helen Peterson, Mrs. Dwight Purdum, Mrs. Raymond Ehret, Wilma Sharer, Diane Fisher, Ceatta Pitka, Kristine Swanson, Nancy Gray, Jane Busby, Harriet Hicks, Shirley VanCleave, Shirley Arvidson, Phyllis Hicks. Row six, left to right: Shirley Arendt, Alice Vanderwal, Mrs. Basil Hicks, Mrs. Roy Peterson, Zelda Heitman, Sharon Richman, Mrs. Gus Peterson, Mrs. Maude Dieterich, Mrs. Don Hart, Mrs. Maude Kercheval, Mrs. Harold Hunter, Mrs. Bob Brownell, Lynn Brownell.
Date Created: 1952
PID: grinnell:27244

Title: East Main Street, Montezuma, Iowa
Description: Looking east toward the north side of East Main Street in Montezuma, Iowa, in approximately 1920. The photo was taken from approximately the intersection of East Main Street and 5th Street. Visible are the Ford garage and H & M Auto Co.
Date Created: 1920
PID: grinnell:27196

Title: Eighth Grade Rural Commencement
Description: Program for the eighth grade commencement exercises for the Poweshiek County, Iowa, rural schools held on Sunday, May 27, 1934, at the Montezuma High School auditorium. The program includes a list of names of graduates arranged by township. Emma P. Denham was the county superintendent of schools.
Date Created: 1934
PID: grinnell:12459

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: G.A.R. and Masonic Hall, Montezuma, Ia., G.A.R. and Masonic Hall, Montezuma, Iowa
Description: Postcard view of the G.A.R. (Grand Army of the Republic) and Masonic Hall in Montezuma, Iowa. Postcard is postmarked March 5, 1909, in Montezuma, Iowa, and is addressed to Mrs. Ellis Winters, Sherwood, Oregon. Card is signed by Edna Thorn.
Date Created: 1909
PID: grinnell:12506

Title: Garfield School, Montezuma, Ia., Garfield School, Montezuma, Iowa
Description: Postcard view of Garfield School in Montezuma, Iowa. A handwritten note on the back of the card reads, "where the old mill used to be." The building, which stood near the location of current (2016) day Brownell's was demolished sometime after 1993. Postcard was published by L.L. Cook, Lake Mills, Wisconsin.
Date Created: 1920
PID: grinnell:12513

Title: Hauser Hotel, Montezuma, Iowa No. 331
Description: Postcard view of the Hauser Hotel in Montezuma, Iowa, which is located on the southwest corner of the intersection of Main Street and 5th Street. Card is postmarked October 4, 1909, in Montezuma, Iowa, is addressed to Mrs. R.M. Anderson, Newell, Iowa, and is signed by her sister, Jane.
Date Created: 1909
PID: grinnell:12514