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Title: Carrie Grinnell
Description: Studio portrait of Carrie Holmes Grinnell, daughter of Josiah Bushnell Grinnell and Julia Chapin Grinnell. She later married Richard D. Jones.
Date Created: 1890
PID: grinnell:11902

Title: Four People on a Rock, 4 People on a Rock
Description: Four people standing on a rock probably in the late 1800s in Grinnell, Iowa. The verso reads: "Anna, we had these kodac pictures taken while Minnie was here. Lou says he's sorry he hadn't shaved. I tried to get him too but he put it off so now he says he didn't know he did look so ugly. I guess you will know us." Drake Community Library (Grinnell, Iowa) Archives. Miscellaneous photographs. Collection #54, Doris Losey (Krumm).
Date Created: 1890
PID: grinnell:18876

Title: Frederick Ahrens
Description: Portrait of Frederick Ahrens, possibly taken just before his accidental death at age 52 in 1895.
Date Created: 1895
PID: grinnell:12916

Title: George and Eliza Craig and Family
Description: 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.
Date Created: 1902
PID: grinnell:12143

Title: Letter from Alvin Robert Rickard, January 5, 1891
Description: Letter from Alvin Robert Rickard to his brother, dated January 5, 1891. Tells about Christmas gifts, going to school, the weather, a wedding, riding the train, and encouraging his brother to write his parents more often.
Date Created: 1891
PID: grinnell:3345

Title: Palmer Homestead, Newburg, Iowa
Description: The Palmer family homestead built on the Iowa prairie in 1857 near where Newburg, Iowa, is today. This picture was taken in 1897 with Edith Palmer standing in the yard.
Date Created: 1897
PID: grinnell:11999

Title: Robert D. Steele family
Description: Photograph of the Robert D. Steele family, taken by Geist Photography in Montezuma, Iowa. Pictured are Robert D. Steele holding daughter, Elsie, and Laura Wilson Steele holding daughter, Blanche.
Date Created: 1889
PID: grinnell:6056

Title: Senior Citizens of Brooklyn
Description: Elderly men of Brooklyn, Iowa, dressed in suits and most with beards around 1900. Seated from left to right: Gavin Lang, Rev. Benson, Mr. Calderwood, Mr. Coon. Standing, from left to right: Wm. Morrison, unidentified, Mr. Cummings.
Date Created: 1900
PID: grinnell:27260

Title: Lucas Triplets
Description: 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.
Date Created: 1896
PID: grinnell:12142