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Title
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Horse-drawn Wagon with Corn
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Description
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Photograph of two men, Tracy Lidtka and Afton Lidtka, sitting on top of a horse-drawn wagon full of corn. Photograph was probably taken in the 1930s
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Date Created
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1930
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PID
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grinnell:3364
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Title
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Planting Time
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Description
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Harry Ryan loads seed into his 4-row John Deere corn planter in the late 1960s or early 1970s at his farm in Chester Township, Poweshiek County, Iowa.
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Date Created
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1970
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PID
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grinnell:29798
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Title
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Ross Ave House, Ross Avenue House
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Description
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The Ross Avenue House was a wine and beer saloon owned by Fred Ahrens in Cincinnati, Ohio. Fred's wife, Henrietta Hücke Ahrens is seated with their seven children in front of the saloon. Fred is standing at the right side of the family group sporting a goatee. Customers and bystanders surround them. In 1893 Fred Ahrens bought a farm in Chester Township, Poweshiek County, Iowa, and moved to Iowa with his family. In 1895, Fred Ahrens died in a farm accident.
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Date Created
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1880
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PID
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grinnell:12910
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Title
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Rural Mail Carrier
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Description
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Photograph of Baker Chambers (rural mail carrier driving the cart) delivering mail in a horse-drawn cart to Ed Lidtka (standing) in the winter in the 1920s.
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Date Created
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1920
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PID
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grinnell:3362
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Title
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Sammy Petersen
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Description
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Photograph of Sammy Peterson holding a box next to the trunk of a car. Photo is labeled: "Sammy - 23 years old and newly married". Taken in 1939.
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Date Created
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1939
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PID
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grinnell:3376
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Title
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Sowing Oats
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Description
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Helen Lamb, left, and Hallie Ryan prepare to sow oats in Chester Township, Poweshiek County, Iowa, in the early 1970s.
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Date Created
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1970
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PID
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grinnell:29800
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Title
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Spring Planting
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Description
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Harry Ryan on his Allis-Chalmers tractor at spring planting time in the late 1960s or early 1970s in Chester Township, Poweshiek County, Iowa. The field is plowed and a farmstead is visible in the background.
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Date Created
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1970
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PID
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grinnell:29797
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Title
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Woman Sitting on Car
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Description
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Photograph of a woman sitting on a car in front of a farm house near Grinnell, Iowa. The photo is identified as "Aline Lidtka at Charles Deedrich home".
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Date Created
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1939
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PID
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grinnell:3375