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Title: Civil War Veterans on the Courthouse Lawn
Description: Postcard photo of three Grand Army of the Republic members from Brooklyn, Iowa, relaxing on the grounds of the Poweshiek County Courthouse in Montezuma, Iowa, possibly at some sort of celebration. Left to right: Joe Karr, who drove the veterans to Montezuma; Hiram Frease, standing and holding the flag; Frank Dayton and Capt. George Phillips, both seated. Joe Karr was a dry goods merchant in Brooklyn, Iowa. The benches in front of the Karr store were favored places for Civil War veterans to sit and talk. Joe Karr, born in 1865, was not a Civil War veteran himself, although he may have been a GAR member through a relative.
Date Created: 1920
PID: grinnell:11767

Title: Cleland School
Description: Students at the Cleland school in rural Poweshiek County, Iowa, about 1920. The Cleland School was probably the rural school located on the northeast corner of Section 19, in Pleasant Township, about a half mile west of Ewart. The school was adjacent to the William Cleland farm Front row, from left to right: Don Cleland, Waunita Johnson, Helen Cleland, Pauline Johnson. Back row: Unidentified teacher, Lela Farley, Genevieve Johnson, Lora Cleland, Eugene McCormick, Louise Cox.
Date Created: 1920
PID: grinnell:20657

Title: Community Welfare Workers, Brooklyn
Description: Members of the Brooklyn CWW Club (Community Welfare Workers). The group often put on plays and entertainments and are dressed in costume here. From left to right: Clara Johnson, Elizabeth Torrance, Abby Carmichael, Mabel Brannian, Mildred Torrance, Blanche Otto, Betty Gritsch.
Date Created: 1920
PID: grinnell:27257

Title: Cottage Moar
Description: Cottage Moar, the house in England which housed the United States Army 335th Signal Company during World War II.
Date Created: 1944
PID: grinnell:6517

Title: Customer at the Hartwick State Bank
Description: Taken in 1952 at the time of the 25th anniversary of the Hartwick State Bank, Vertner Gabriel is the customer and Ken Benda and Lucille Shellenbarger are behind the counter.
Date Created: 1952
PID: grinnell:20628

Title: David Yandell and Dorothy Palmer
Description: David Yandell (center) stands with his mother, Dorothy Palmer, and an unidentified man in front of a home at 15147 Newcomer Avenue in Newburg, Iowa. The house is believed to have been built by Charles Austin Palmer.
Date Created: 2008
PID: grinnell:12020

Title: Dinner Celebrating 35th Anniversary of Hartwick State Bank
Description: At the time of the 35th anniversary of the Hartwick State Bank (Hartwick, Iowa) there was a dinner for customers held in the basement of the Hartwick Congregational Church.
Date Created: 1962
PID: grinnell:20631

Title: Dinner in the Malcom Methodist Church Basement
Description: Parishioners eating dinner in the basement of the Malcom Methodist Church, Malcom, Iowa, in the 1950s.
Date Created: 1950
PID: grinnell:5705

Title: Doris Durey and Ray George Wedding Party
Description: Photograph of Doris Durey and Ray George's wedding party on July 20, 1926. They were married on the farm where Doris grew up which was called Bide-A-Wee Farm near Manchester, Iowa. The man to the right of the groom was Herb Palmer, who was Ray's college roommate. Flower bouquets are hand-colored.
Date Created: 1926
PID: grinnell:11750

Title: Dorothy Palmer in Front of the Newburg School
Description: Closeup view of the Newburg School in Newburg, Iowa, in 2008, with Dorothy Palmer at the door.
Date Created: 2008
PID: grinnell:12026