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Adam Woomer
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Description
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Black and white photographic portrait of "Great Grandpop Woomer, My Boys Great Grandfather." Judging by the age of the photograph and of the man, this is likely Adam Woomer (1818-1904) of Davenport. Mr. Woomer is dressed in a suit and bow tie.
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Date Created
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1880
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PID
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grinnell:23279
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Edwin Parish
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Description
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Black and white photographic portrait of Edwin Parish, seated, wearing a dark suit. This item is labeled "E. S. Parish." Edwin S. Parish (1875-1966) may not be the man pictured based on the assumed age of the photograph.
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Date Created
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1870
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PID
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grinnell:23246
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Emery S. Bartlett in horse-drawn buggy
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Description
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Black and white photograph showing Emery S. Bartlett (1832-1915) driving a carriage pulled by a black horse. One of the first residents of Grinnell, Emery was a successful meat marketer and horse trainer. Written inscription on back reads as follows: "Emery S Bartlett with farmile driving horse / probably about 1890 / He loved good - and fast - driving horses, and in the early 1900s owned and raced fast harness horses. / This horse was not particularly beautiful - but was very faithful and only reluctantly did Mr. Bartlett consent to the disposal of the enfeebled horse about 1904."
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Date Created
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1890
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PID
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grinnell:23268
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Garrett Polhemus Wyckoff, Sr.
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Description
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Photographic portrait of Garrett Polhemus Wyckoff, Sr. (1829-1909), father of Grinnell College sociology professor and Red Cross organizer Garrett Polhemus Wyckoff, Jr. (1871-1951).
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Date Created
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1880
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PID
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grinnell:23276
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George F. Magoun
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Description
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Portrait of George F. Magoun (1821-1896). His side profile is shown, and he is wearing a suit and sporting a long beard. George Magoun served as President of Iowa College in Grinnell, Iowa from 1865-1884.
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Date Created
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1870
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PID
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grinnell:23223
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Henry W. Spaulding
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Description
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Black and white photograph showing Henry W. Spaulding (1846-1937) dressed in a long coat and holding a hat, standing in front of a painted forest backdrop. Henry was the founder of Spaulding Manufacturing Company, in addition to being an Iowa state senator from 1910 the mayor of Grinnell for a short period of time.
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Date Created
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1880
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PID
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grinnell:23271
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Herman H. Sprague
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Description
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A photograph of Herman H. Sprague (1857-1916). He is shown posing in an armchair wearing a suit. Herman Sprague was a member of the Methodist Church and a local labor union. He married Ella E. Farley in 1884, with whom he had 3 daughters. This photograph was presumably taken for their wedding as there is a matching pose for Mrs. Sprague.
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Date Created
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1880
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PID
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grinnell:23245
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Homer Hamlin
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Black and white photograph showing the face of Rev. Homer Hamlin (1813-1868), a prominent Abolitionist and one of the founders of Grinnell.
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Date Created
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1860
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PID
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grinnell:23253
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James H. Bonesteel and Alice Brent Bonesteel
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Description
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Black and white photograph of a couple, James H. Bonesteel and his wife Alice Brent (according to written inscription). James is dressed in a black suit, and Alice is wearing a dark-colored dress with a lace collar. This photograph was rescued from a donor in Michigan who found it in an antique shop. The photographer was Eckhardt, in Grinnell, but we don't know anything else about the couple.
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Date Created
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1890
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PID
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grinnell:23282
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Lyman A. Longley
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Description
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An adult portrait of Lyman A. Longley (1861-1909). He is shown wearing a suit with his hair slicked back, sporting a mustache. Longley married Alice Howard in 1882 and had 2 children, a daughter, Ethel, and a son, Ralph. He worked as a railroad postal clerk, during which he was exposed to Bright's Disease which later caused his death.
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Date Created
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1880
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PID
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grinnell:23240