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Title: First Schoolhouse in Sugar Creek Township
Description: First schoolhouse and the first scholars of the first term of Sugar Creek Township, Poweshiek County, Iowa. From left to right: Levi McDowell, James Stanley, John English, Mrs. John Baker, Mrs. Sam Stewart, and Mrs. John English. The school was built in 1851 and the first teacher was Mr. Jack McDowell. Photo by Dr. John Souter; taken about 1898. Drake Community Library Archives. Oversize photos.
Date Created: 1898
PID: grinnell:6062

Title: Horse-drawn wagon, Fourth Avenue
Description: Photograph of a horse-drawn wagon carrying two men south of Fourth Avenue. The Eagle Block building (1879), recognizable by the eagle sculpture atop its pediment, is visible in the background.
Date Created: 1880
PID: grinnell:3303

Title: Longley farm home
Description: Black and white photograph of the Longley family farmhouse two miles west of Grinnell. A note on the back of the photograph tells us that the home was built by Lyman Longley (1861-1909) in 1908.
Date Created: 1908
PID: grinnell:26636

Title: Peter Perry Doud and Hazel Clarissa Howard
Description: Wedding portrait of Peter Perry Doud and Hazel Clarissa Howard who were married in Grinnell, Iowa on June 13, 1912. Peter and Hazel were both born in Grinnell in 1894 and lived in Poweshiek County their entire lives. Peter died in 1958 and Hazel died in 1977.
Date Created: 1912
PID: grinnell:12436

Title: Rural Mail Carrier
Description: John Nathaniel Norris, a rural mail carrier in Poweshiek County, Iowa, poses next to a horse and buggy driven by his wife, Alsinda. Mr. Norris, who was blind, covered the route from Ewart to Montezuma. Alsinda drove the buggy and read the names and addresses on the mail to him. Mr. Norris is holding a mail bag.
Date Created: 1890
PID: grinnell:12430

Title: Rural School
Description: View of a rural school, possibly in Poweshiek County, Iowa. School children are posing in the windows. A bell tower with a U.S. flag is flying. The flag looks to be a 45 star flag based on the configuration of the stars.
Date Created: 1900
PID: grinnell:11926

Title: Three Images of a Class at School No. 2
Description: Three images of a class from School House No. 2 in Poweshiek County, Iowa, lined up outside the school house and swinging on a swing set in August of 1960. Drake Community Library (Grinnell, Iowa) Archives. Miscellaneous photographs. Collection #24, Rural Schools (including snowstorm).
Date Created: 1960
PID: grinnell:18838