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Title: Baling Hay
Description: Harry Ryan baling hay in the mid-1950s in Chester Township, Poweshiek County, Iowa. He is driving an orange Allis-Chalmers tractor equipped with an umbrella, and it is pulling a hay baler. Barns, outbuildings and a windmill are visible in the background.
Date Created: 1955
PID: grinnell:29796

Title: Chester Center Store
Description: Photograph of Chester Center Store in Chester Township, Iowa, which was destroyed by fire in 1939. Pictured are H. G. Sutton, Beck Sutton, Mildred Sutton, and Aline Lidtka Petersen. Photograph was taken in the late 1920s
Date Created: 1920
PID: grinnell:3370

Title: Chester Church
Description: Photograph of the Chester Church in its original location in Chester Township, Iowa. Originally a Congregational Church, it was given in 1996 to the congregation of St. Paul's Episcopal Church in Grinnell, Iowa. St. Paul's paid for the structure's relocation to its present site on State Street and 6th Ave. This photograph dates from the early part of the 20th century.
Date Created: 1900
PID: grinnell:3369

Title: Chester School #6 Class Photo
Description: Photograph of the shoolchildren attending Chester School #6in Poweshiek County, Iowa, during the 1938-1939 school year. Back Row: Billy Campbell, Lavern Olson, Ruth Schroeder, Raymond Olso, Gene Campbell. Middle Row: Billy Schroeder, Albert Graff, Arlene Graff, Paul Ahrens, Raymond Ahrens. Front Row: Delores (?) Graff. Photograph was taken in 1938.
Date Created: 1938
PID: grinnell:3392

Title: Dunham Farm Barn
Description: The barn on the Dunham farm, named Elm Grove, in Chester Township near Grinnell, Iowa. Photo shows the silo in front of the end of the barn. An automobile is in the foreground. A water pump is in the foreground.
Date Created: 1920
PID: grinnell:29978

Title: Hallie Ryan and Helen Lamb
Description: Hallie Ryan, left, and Helen Lamb were farm women who worked in the field.
Date Created: 1970
PID: grinnell:29799

Title: Harry Ryan
Description: Harry Ryan stands on the steps of his Minneapolis-Moline tractor with cab, probably in the 1960s.
Date Created: 1960
PID: grinnell:29801

Title: Harvesting Oats
Description: Harry Ryan harvesting oats in Chester Township, Poweshiek County, Iowa, in the late 1960s.
Date Created: 1967
PID: grinnell:29795

Title: Planting Time
Description: Harry Ryan loads seed into his 4-row John Deere corn planter in the late 1960s or early 1970s at his farm in Chester Township, Poweshiek County, Iowa.
Date Created: 1970
PID: grinnell:29798

Title: Reverend George H. White
Description: Postcard portrait of Rev. George H. White. Rev. White was a missionary in Marash, Turkey, from 1857-1864. He was appointed pastor of the Chester Congregational Church in Poweshiek County, Iowa, in 1872, where he served until 1886, whereupon he moved to Grinnell, Iowa, and resided there for the remainder of his life. Drake Community Library (Grinnell, Iowa) Archives. Miscellaneous photographs. Collection #17-6, People.
Date Created: 1910
PID: grinnell:13062