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Title: Addie R. Morrison
Description: Photograph showing a young Addie R. Morrison (1880-1963) wearing a dark dress and holding a wide-brimmed hat, standing in front of a backdrop with palm fronds. A note on the back of the photograph reads "Photo of Addie R. Morrison, 11 years, taken June '91. She married Charles F. Chase in 1907. Back of the photo shows the photographer as Gardner, Successor to Child, but the front of the photograph shows Child as the photographer.
Date Created: 1891
PID: grinnell:23274

Title: Alex Manson
Description: Black and white photographic portrait of Alexander Manson (1875-1966) in police uniform with a badge reading "CHIEF" on his cap. Manson served as chief of police in Grinnell from 1921 through 1939. Judging by his appearance, this photograph was most likely taken in the 1920s. During World War I he joined the YMCA and served as secretary with overseas duty in Paris for 2 1/2 years.
Date Created: 1921
PID: grinnell:23239

Title: Anna Marie Stewart
Description: A portrait of Anna Marie Bush Stewart (1826-1908), wife of Joel Stewart. She is shown wearing a hairband, a white scarf, a chained necklace, and earrings.
Date Created: 1880
PID: grinnell:23220

Title: Annie Williams Woomer Turner
Description: A black and white photograph of Annie Williams Woomer Turner. She is shown posing in a fur coat and large, round hat with a lace fringe and flowers. The back of the photograph has the following statement: "Me in the lovely fur coat Carl sent me at Grinnell Iowa. Everyone admired it, -- was so glad forme [sic]." The photograph is printed on a postcard. Carl was one of her three sons.
Date Created: 1910
PID: grinnell:23254

Title: Anson Hayden Palmer
Description: Studio portrait of Anson Hayden Palmer, who founded Newburg, Iowa, on land purchased by his father, Horace Palmer. Portrait by Brown, Marshalltown, Iowa.
Date Created: 1900
PID: grinnell:11942

Title: Bell Tower and Steeple of Old Stone Church
Description: Black and white photograph showing head-on view of bellhouse and steeple of the Old Stone Church (First Congregational Church). The portion of the church adjacent to the tower is in ruins, with rubble strewn across the ground. Two people stand atop the tower. Several figures and a car (possibly a Hudson Hornet) are visible in the foreground.
Date Created: 1952
PID: grinnell:23238

Title: Berger and Mabel Stemsrud Wedding Portrait
Description: Berger Stemsrud and his bride, Olia Mable Christianson, on their wedding day, January 15, 1904. They were married in Poweshiek County, Iowa.
Date Created: 1904
PID: grinnell:20645

Title: Broad and Fourth Looking West
Description: Copy of a black and white photograph of the corner of 4th Avenue and Broad Street, Grinnell, Iowa taken circa 1880 showing the Johnson and Co. drug store and a number of carriages. This corner is now occupied by the former Merchants National Bank - the Louis Sullivan Jewel Box Bank. The photograph was reproduced for the 1954 Grinnell Centennial.
Date Created: 1875
PID: grinnell:23285

Title: Buildings along Rock Island railroad line
Description: Buildings along RI (Rock Island) line before Grinnell Fire, possibly Central Park West. Several two-story brick buildings are visible in the background along with telephone poles. There is a wheeled cart in the middle at the right edge.
Date Created: 1880
PID: grinnell:23226

Title: Congregational Church before 1952
Description: A black and white photograph of the Old Stone Church in Grinnell, Iowa before 1952.
Date Created: 1930
PID: grinnell:26614