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Wilford and Annie Williams Family
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Description
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Photograph of the Wilford Williams family. Mr. Williams was an early pioneer of the area moving as a young boy in 1855 to a farm north of Lynnville, Iowa. Front row, left to right: Wilford Williams, Harry, Anna Graham Williams. Back row: Lillie, Charlie, and Eddie. Photo taken by Child Art Rooms in 1885. Drake Community Library (Grinnell, Iowa) Archives. Miscellaneous photographs. Collection #17-6, People.
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Date Created
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1885
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PID
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grinnell:13017
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Title
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William Calvin Williams
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Description
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A black and white portrait photograph of William Calvin Williams (1847-1928) in cardboard frame. He is shown wearing a suit with his hair slicked back. The back of the photograph has the following statement: "Dad - 21 yrs. Your Grandpa Williams awhile before he and Marian were married, after the Civil War." William Calvin Williams traveled with a company of Union soldiers during the Civil War until he was old enough to enlist in the 13th Kentucky Volunteer Cavalry and served for the rest of the war. He married Marian Alice Cook Williams in 1872, with whom he had 4 children. He was also a member of the Masonic order and G.A.R. in Grinnell. The donor included a post-it, which states "William Calvin Williams My grandmothers father."
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Date Created
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1868
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PID
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grinnell:23267
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Title
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William Steele Sanders
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Description
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William Steele Sanders as an infant in 1873. Photo by Child Studios, Grinnell.
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Date Created
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1873
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PID
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grinnell:20613
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Willows Mobile Home Court
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Description
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Probably Willows Mobile Home Court located at 1st Avenue East in Grinnell, Iowa. Drake Community Library (Grinnell, Iowa) Archives. Martzahn City Planning Slides, p.20, slide 11.
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Date Created
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1991
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PID
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grinnell:30333
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Title
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Win a Rabbit Contest
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Description
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Max Breniman, on the right, won a rabbit in a "guess the number of jelly beans in a jar" contest at a Brooklyn, Iowa, grocery store, circa 1945.
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Date Created
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1946
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PID
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grinnell:27222
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Title
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Winter View on North Blood [i.e. Broad] Street, Grinnell, Iowa, Winter View on North Broad Street, Grinnell, Iowa
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Description
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Postcard view of North Broad Street in Grinnell, Iowa, in winter. The view is looking north from the intersection of Broad Street and Ninth Avenue. Postcard is addressed to Mr. Elmer Dawkins, Montrose, Colorado, and postmarked August 18, 1910, in Grinnell. Postcard published by Suhling Co., Chicago, Illinois. Drake Community Library (Grinnell, Iowa) Archives. Miscellaneous photographs. Collection #17-5, Views of Grinnell.
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Date Created
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1910
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PID
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grinnell:12338