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Title
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Edith R. Smith Luminary Award
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Description
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Edith Renfrow Smith received the Luminary Award in 2009 from the Chicago Senior Citizen Hall of Fame. This flier contains her photograph and biographical information.
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Date Created
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2009
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PID
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grinnell:12203
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Title
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George Lucas
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Description
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Photograph of George Lucas taken in Ewart, Iowa, probably in the 1930s. George was John Lucas' nephew.
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Date Created
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1930
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PID
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grinnell:12156
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Title
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George and Eliza Craig and Family
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Description
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The George and Eliza Craig family of Grinnell, Iowa, about 1902 with their children and some of their grandchildren. Top row, from left to right: Violet Lucas, Annie Craig, Eva Pearl Craig, Theodora Craig Lucas, Bruce Lucas. Front row, from left to right: Aaron Lucas, George Craig, Martha Lucas (one of the triplets), Eliza Jane Craig holding unidentified child in her lap, Will Goode, Henry Lucas. Annie, Theodora and Eva were the daughters of George and Eliza. Will Goode was Annie's son. Violet, Bruce, Aaron, Martha, and Henry were Theodora's children.
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Date Created
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1902
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PID
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grinnell:12143
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Title
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Mays Family
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Description
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Portrait of the Mays family who lived in Newton, Iowa, Christmas 1927. Front row, left to right: Marion Mays, Jonnie (Marion's second wife) holding Virginia in her lap, Evelyn. Back row, left to right: Everett and Mercedes. Everett and Evelyn were twins. The children's mother was Violet Lucas Mays who died of tuberculosis in 1922. Violet's mother was Dora Craig Lucas, and her grandmother was Eliza Gilbal Craig.
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Date Created
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1927
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PID
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grinnell:12182
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Title
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Mumpford Holland Driving a Wagon
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Description
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Two images of Mumpford Holland. In the top image he is driving his wagon; the bottom image is a portrait. Drake Community Library (Grinnell, Iowa) Archives. Miscellaneous photographs. Collection #17-6, People.
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Date Created
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1890
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PID
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grinnell:12975
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Title
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Mumpford Holland Portrait
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Description
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Portrait of Mumpford Holland. Drake Community Library (Grinnell, Iowa) Archives. Miscellaneous photographs. Collection #17-6, People.
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Date Created
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1890
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PID
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grinnell:12976
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Title
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Lucas Triplets
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Description
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The Lucas triplets were born in 1896 in Grinnell, Iowa, and were possibly the first set of triplets born in the state. Their mother was Theodora Craig Lucas, the sister of Edith Renfrow Smith's mother, Eva Craig Renfrow. From left to right: Martha, Rebecca, Mary. Mary died at age 8, Rebecca at about 20, and Martha married Percy Smith in 1917, and died in Stockton, California, on December 1, 1970.
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Date Created
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1896
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PID
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grinnell:12142
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Title
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Lucas Triplets and the Lucas Family
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Description
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Typescript containing information on the Lucas triplets and the Lucas family of Grinnell, Iowa. Includes many anecdotes on the life of Henry Lucas who was born into slavery in Virginia which was written by his son John Brown Lucas. The typescript contains part of an article that appeared in the Grinnell Herald on May 20, 1932, and additional information.
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Date Created
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1950
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PID
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grinnell:12202