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Title: First Methodist Church in 1868
Description: Sepia photograph showing the First Methodist Church at the corner of 5th Avenue and Park Street in Grinnell. The road in front is extremely muddy. The photograph was donated to the museum by Maude Bortell Davis.
Date Created: 1868
PID: grinnell:26620

Title: Garrett Polhemus Wyckoff, Sr.
Description: Photographic portrait of Garrett Polhemus Wyckoff, Sr. (1829-1909), father of Grinnell College sociology professor and Red Cross organizer Garrett Polhemus Wyckoff, Jr. (1871-1951).
Date Created: 1880
PID: grinnell:23276

Title: George F. Magoun
Description: Portrait of George F. Magoun (1821-1896). His side profile is shown, and he is wearing a suit and sporting a long beard. George Magoun served as President of Iowa College in Grinnell, Iowa from 1865-1884.
Date Created: 1870
PID: grinnell:23223

Title: George Hamlin Home, 619 Sixth Avenue
Description: George Hamlin home at 619 Sixth Avenue, Grinnell, Iowa in 1892. Niece Emma Beebe, about age 12 is shown with her bicycle in front of the house. This house was rebuilt after the cyclone of 1882, where the Hamlin family had lived on the northwest corner of 6th. Avenue and West Street since 1854.
Date Created: 1892
PID: grinnell:21717

Title: George Richard Ross's Cycle Whirl
Description: Cyanotype showing George Richard Ross riding a bicycle on the wall of his "Cycle Whirl," built in the back yard of 817 7th Avenue, Grinnell. An original note on the back of the photograph reads: "GEORGE RICHARD ROSS and his "Cycle Whirl" -- 1900 / In Back Yard of Lot at Rear of Mrs. Valley's where he later erected his home 817 -7th Avenue Grinnell, Iowa." Another note added by J. Kleinschmidt dated 1/22/88 reads: "Mrs. "Valley" is Angie Valleau, widow, who lived in the old "Phelps" house at 1203 Broad at least from 1905 to 1910. House at right is 1203-05 Broad, at left is 1209 Broad; part of wall showing between is at 1206 Broad."
Date Created: 1905
PID: grinnell:26631

Title: Gertrude Ruff
Description: A portrait photograph of Gertrude Ruff (1875-1963). She is shown as a young woman with her hair pulled back, wearing pince-nez and a ruffled dress with a lace collar. She poses by looking down to her right. Gertrude Ruff graduated from Grinnell High School with honors in 1893, attended Grinnell College, and became a teacher. She later married Henry D. Hockenbury in 1898, with whom she had 3 children (one of which died in infancy).
Date Created: 1895
PID: grinnell:23250

Title: Gertrude Ruff
Description: A portrait photograph of Gertrude Ruff (1875-1963). She is shown as a young woman with her hair pulled back, wearing glasses and a puffed sleeve dress with a large lace collar. Gertrude Ruff graduated from Grinnell High School with honors in 1893, attended Grinnell College, and became a teacher. She later married Henry D. Hockenbury in 1898, with whom she had 3 children (one of which died in infancy).
Date Created: 1895
PID: grinnell:23249

Title: Glen C. Woomer
Description: A black and white photograph of Glen C. Woomer (1893-1945) wearing a frilly white dress standing next to a fancy wicker chair. The photo is mounted on a studio cabinet card. The back of the card has the following statement: "Glen C. Woomer 1-year old."
Date Created: 1893
PID: grinnell:23273

Title: Glen Robison
Description: A black and white photo of Glen Robison (1900-1921) as an infant mounted on studio cardboard. He is shown sitting down and wearing a white dress. The back of the photograph has the following statement: "Glen Robison - Julia Woomer's oldest boy."
Date Created: 1900
PID: grinnell:23261

Title: Grandma Turner
Description: Black and white photograph showing a woman standing outdoors in front of a house wearing a fur coat. There is snow on the ground. Judging by the woman's facial structure, her fur coat, and the approximate date of this photograph, the woman is likely Annie Williams Woomer Turner. An earlier picture shows a young Annie Williams Woomer wearing what appears to be the same coat.
Date Created: 1940
PID: grinnell:23277