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Title: M.K. Merritt and Eugene Scott Merritt
Description: Lovely picture of Moses Kelsey Merritt holding his grandchild, Eugene Scott, born July 17, 1900, on his lap. Mr. Merritt is wearing a suit, and the child is wearing a white dress and holding a toy. The back of the photograph has the following statement: M.K. Merritt, Grinnell, IA. A fine neighbor at Grinnell. Died at Bellingham Mich. Signed by E.C.D. Mr. Merritt was an early resident of Grinnell.
Date Created: 1901
PID: grinnell:23216

Title: Marian Alice Williams
Description: Black and white photographic print of Marian Alice Williams (1853-1926) wearing a dark dress with a high white collar, mounted to presentational cardboard. Marian Alice Cook was born in Oneida, New York and came to Poweshiek County when she was two years old. She married Civil War veteran William Calvin Williams (1847-1928) on 12/31/1872 and was a member of the WRC, the New Country Club, and the Methodist Church.
Date Created: 1900
PID: grinnell:23251

Title: Marian Ruth Watson
Description: Black and white photograph of Marian Ruth Watson, daughter of Bernetta Aree Williams Watson, as an infant. She is shown sitting down wearing a white dress, stockings, and shoes. She lived to be around 90 years old. Note on back of photograph reads "Ruth Isn't she a darling? I think she was about 18 months old, at Ames Iowa."
Date Created: 1900
PID: grinnell:23257

Title: Mary Maroe Pearson Simpson
Description: A portrait photograph of Mary Maroe Pearson Simpson (1852 - 1926). She is shown wearing round glasses and a white button-up shirt with a black bow at the collar. Mary Simpson was born in Sharon, Wisconsin and died in Clarinda, Iowa after suffering from a long illness. She was a dressmaker with her own shop in Kellogg, Iowa and married William S. Simpson in 1871. The photograph is enclosed in a small brown folding frame.
Date Created: 1900
PID: grinnell:23237

Title: Mason & Abel Buggy
Description: Black and white photograph of a small buggy manufactured by Mason & Abel, a manufacturer operating in Grinnell between 1901 and 1906. An advertising banner susrrounds the buggy box. The firm was founded by L.F. Mason and F.L. Abel, the former having been an employee of the Spaulding Manufacturing Company in prior years. L. F. Mason is supposedly pictured here, but is not identified.
Date Created: 1901
PID: grinnell:26625

Title: Mason Buggy
Description: Black and white photograph of a small two-seat buggy with a collapsible top. The buggy was manufactured by Mason & Abel, a manufacturer operating in Grinnell between 1901 and 1906. The firm was founded by L.F. Mason and F.L. Abel, the former having been an employee of the Spaulding Manufacturing Company in prior years.
Date Created: 1901
PID: grinnell:26627

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