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Brooklyn Football Team
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Description
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Brooklyn High School (Brooklyn, Iowa) football team, circa 1919-1923. One of the men in the picture is Andrew E. Coon (1904-1926) who died in an automobile accident.
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Date Created
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1920
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PID
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grinnell:6195
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Brooklyn High School Students
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Description
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Brooklyn High School (Brooklyn, Iowa) students in the early 1920s. One of the young women in the front row is believed to be Florence (Peg) Coon Masteller (1908-2002).
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Date Created
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1920
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PID
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grinnell:6196
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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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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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Clark Hall dedication speech
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Description
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Consecration and dedication speech for Clark Hall by J.H.T. Main on June 15, 1920.
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Date Created
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1920
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PID
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grinnell:326
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Title
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Cleland School
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Description
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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.
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Date Created
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1920
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PID
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grinnell:20657
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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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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