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Title: Civil War Veterans on the Courthouse Lawn
Description: 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.
Date Created: 1920
PID: grinnell:11767

Title: Community Welfare Workers, Brooklyn
Description: 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.
Date Created: 1920
PID: grinnell:27257

Title: Congregational Church, Grinnell, Ia. 292
Description: Postcard of the Congregational Church, Grinnell, Iowa, which was located on the northeast corner of Broad Street and Fourth Avenue. Stewart Library building is visible in the background.
Date Created: 1920
PID: grinnell:5939

Title: Congregational Church, Grinnell, Iowa
Description: Postcard of the Congregational Church, Grinnell, Iowa, which was located on the northeast corner of Fourth Avenue and Broad Street. View from Broad Street.
Date Created: 1920
PID: grinnell:5940

Title: Grinnell Country Club Interior
Description: Interior shot of the Grinnell Country Club at Halloween. Photo by Child Art Rooms. The Country Club was built in 1915.
Date Created: 1920
PID: grinnell:5890

Title: Newburg Street Scenes
Description: Three views of Newburg, Iowa, showing the general store and the church with automobiles parked along the street.
Date Created: 1920
PID: grinnell:12004

Title: Pella Historisch Museum, Pella Historical Museum
Description: View of the Pella Historical Museum in Pella, Iowa, with a man and woman in traditional Dutch costume posing in front.
Date Created: 1920
PID: grinnell:3337

Title: Reverend and Mrs. Horn and Son
Description: 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.
Date Created: 1920
PID: grinnell:20694