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Title
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Chester Center Store
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Description
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Photograph of Chester Center Store in Chester Township, Iowa, which was destroyed by fire in 1939. Pictured are H. G. Sutton, Beck Sutton, Mildred Sutton, and Aline Lidtka Petersen. Photograph was taken in the late 1920s
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Date Created
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1920
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PID
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grinnell:3370
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Title
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Civil War Veterans on the Courthouse Lawn
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Description
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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.
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Date Created
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1920
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PID
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grinnell:11767
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Title
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Community Welfare Workers, Brooklyn
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Description
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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.
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Date Created
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1920
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PID
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grinnell:27257
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Title
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East Main Street, Montezuma, Iowa
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Description
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Looking east toward the north side of East Main Street in Montezuma, Iowa, in approximately 1920. The photo was taken from approximately the intersection of East Main Street and 5th Street. Visible are the Ford garage and H & M Auto Co.
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Date Created
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1920
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PID
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grinnell:27196
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Title
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Jennie, Anna and Edna Mae
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Description
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Edna Mae Meldrem and Jennie and Anna Otto pose at a family gathering sitting on the running board of an automobile.
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Date Created
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1920
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PID
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grinnell:27256
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Title
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Newburg Street Scenes
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Description
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Three views of Newburg, Iowa, showing the general store and the church with automobiles parked along the street.
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Date Created
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1920
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PID
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grinnell:12004
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Title
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Palmer Children
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Description
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Postcard image of what is believed to be the Palmer children. Postcard was sent to Mrs. C.A. Palmer (Nora Belle) and is signed, "With love, Mother" and "Emory Brown."
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Date Created
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1920
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PID
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grinnell:12016
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Title
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Reverend and Mrs. Horn and Son
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Description
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Reverend W. P. and Mrs. Horn and son pose in the snow. Reverend Horn was a pastor at a church in Montezuma, Iowa, in the late 1920s.
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Date Created
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1920
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PID
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grinnell:20694
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Title
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Rural Mail Carrier
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Description
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Photograph of Baker Chambers (rural mail carrier driving the cart) delivering mail in a horse-drawn cart to Ed Lidtka (standing) in the winter in the 1920s.
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Date Created
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1920
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PID
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grinnell:3362
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Title
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You Always Get the Glad Hand from Montezuma, Ia.
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Description
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Post card with yellow felt hand appliqued to the surface. Hand is imprinted with the words, "You Always Get the Glad Hand from Montezuma, Ia." Postcard is addressed to Vera Anderson in Grinnell, Ia., but there is no postmark.
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Date Created
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1920
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PID
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grinnell:6249