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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: East Main Street, Montezuma, Iowa
Description: 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.
Date Created: 1920
PID: grinnell:27196

Title: Garfield School, Montezuma, Ia., Garfield School, Montezuma, Iowa
Description: Postcard view of Garfield School in Montezuma, Iowa. A handwritten note on the back of the card reads, "where the old mill used to be." The building, which stood near the location of current (2016) day Brownell's was demolished sometime after 1993. Postcard was published by L.L. Cook, Lake Mills, Wisconsin.
Date Created: 1920
PID: grinnell:12513

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

Title: You Always Get the Glad Hand from Montezuma, Ia.
Description: 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.
Date Created: 1920
PID: grinnell:6249