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Title: World War I Soldiers and Steam Locomotive
Description: Newspaper reprint of photograph from forty years ago of five boys who left Montezuma for service in World War I and posed for a photograph on a steam locomotive. Left to right: Ralph Morris, Donald Blakeley, Cliff Benton, Roy McNeal and Charles Zorn. Donald Blakeley was killed in action the the American Legion post in Montezuma was named for him.
Date Created: 1917
PID: grinnell:27217

Title: World War II Monument in Montezuma
Description: Charles and Leon Rowell pose in front of the World War II monument on the lawn of the Montezuma courthouse in Montezuma, Iowa. The monument, dedicated on January 20, 1945, was designed and built by C.J. Zirbel and Harold Swanson. It stood 27 feet high on an eight foot base with a peak at the top to emulate the Washington Monument. All four sides listed the names of servicemen and women in the vicinity. At some point in time the monument was torn down as it was built of wood and had deteriorated over the years. The panels with the soldiers names may be at the Poweshiek County Historical and Genealogical Society. The scaffold in the background is because they were putting a new roof on the courthouse.
Date Created: 1945
PID: grinnell:27238

Title: You Always Get the Glad Hand from Montezuma, Ia.
Description: Post card with yellow felt hand appliqued to the surface. Hand is imprinted with the words, "You Always Get the Glad Hand from Montezuma, Ia." Postcard is addressed to Vera Anderson in Grinnell, Ia., but there is no postmark.
Date Created: 1920
PID: grinnell:6249