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Title: Ahrens Family about 1910
Description: Some of the family of Frederick and Henrietta Ahrens taken at their home at Sixth Avenue and Penrose in Grinnell, Iowa, about 1910. Back row: Henry Ahrens, William Ahrens holding Alice Ahrens Edgington, Frank Ahrens, Fred Schmidt (?), Will Geiger. Middle row: Carolyn "Carrie" Schultz Ahrens holding Wesley, Henrietta Ahrens, Ella Zahrt Ahrens holding Sheldon, Annie Kuder holding an unidentified child, Mary Myers Ahrens holding Stanley, Dora Ahrens Geiger, Minnie Ahrens, Ella Ahrens McMillan, Mrs. Fred Schmidt(?). Front row: Inez Ahrens Sanders is one of the children in the front row. All other children are unidentified.
Date Created: 1910
PID: grinnell:12913

Title: Alumni Hall, Grinnell College, Grinnell, IA 36
Description: Postcard view of Alumni Hall, looking north. Alumni Hall (Music Building) was constructed in 1882 and razed in 1958 to make room for construction of Burling Library. No. 36. Postcard is addressed to Geo. Willits, Forest City, Ia., and postmarked September 10, 1912 in Grinnell, Iowa. Kruxo postcard.
Date Created: 1912
PID: grinnell:5878

Title: Blue World War I Luggage Tag
Description: Roy McNeal's World War I luggage tag reads: Troop Space 23; Bunk No. 22; Mess, 2nd sitting; Abandon Ship station, Raft 63.
Date Created: 1917
PID: grinnell:27216

Title: Broad Street South, Grinnell, Ia.
Description: Color postcard view looking north northeast from approximately the intersection of Broad Street and 6th Avenue in Grinnell, Iowa. Postcard addressed to Mr. Lynard Peeper, Dillsboro, Indiana, and postmarked April 29, 1918. Drake Community Library (Grinnell, Iowa) Archives. Miscellaneous photographs. Collection #17-5, Views of Grinnell.
Date Created: 1918
PID: grinnell:12448

Title: Charles Austin Palmer and Nora Belle Brown
Description: Postcard image of Charles Austin Palmer and Nora Belle Brown in a horse and carriage while courting in 1909 or 1910. They were married on September 21, 1910. Charles Austin and his brothers received a horse and carriage at graduation from eighth grade, but they were not allowed to continue their schooling. Azo stamp box on verso of postcard.
Date Created: 1910
PID: grinnell:12216

Title: Clark's Memorial Fountain, Grinnell, Ia., Clark Memorial Fountain, Grinnell, Iowa
Description: Color postcard view of Clark Memorial Fountain in Central Park in Grinnell, Iowa. The fountain, designed by Walter Burley Griffin, was built to memorialize Dr. E.W. Clark, an influential early citizen of Grinnell who made many contributions to the town. Drake Community Library (Grinnell, Iowa) Archives. Miscellaneous photographs. Collection #17-5, Views of Grinnell.
Date Created: 1911
PID: grinnell:12454

Title: Draft Horse Team and Plow on Dunham Farm
Description: Farmer, likely a member of the Dunham family, seated on a wheeled plow behind two draft horses. Photo was taken between 1912-1927 by Egbert Dunham.
Date Created: 1920
PID: grinnell:29977

Title: Edith Renfrow as a Toddler
Description: Edith Renfrow as a toddler in Grinnell, Iowa, at age 2 years, about 1915.
Date Created: 1915
PID: grinnell:12138

Title: Eliza Jane Craig
Description: Eliza Jane Gilbal Craig in Grinnell, Iowa, circa 1910. Eliza Jane was Edith Renfrow Smith's maternal grandmother.
Date Created: 1910
PID: grinnell:12137

Title: Farm Equipment
Description: Postcard view of three men posing in front of a piece of farm equipment, possibly a steam powered traction engine, or a steam tractor. CYKO stamp box.
Date Created: 1907
PID: grinnell:12030