Photograph of the Mack Building on the corner of Broad and Commercial Streets. Built in 1889, it originally housed two storefronts; in 1894, two additions to the south formed the Mack Hotel.
John Nathaniel Norris, a rural mail carrier in Poweshiek County, Iowa, poses next to a horse and buggy driven by his wife, Alsinda. Mr. Norris, who was blind, covered the route from Ewart to Montezuma. Alsinda drove the buggy and read the names and addresses on the mail to him. Mr. Norris is holding a mail bag.