Description: View shows the tinshop, a communal kitchen, the east side of the Homestead Store and both of the Amana Society warehouses. Probably taken by Jacob F. Selzer (1888-1917).
Description: Probably taken by John L. Eichacker (1882-1935), the father of the children and husband of one of the women. Identified on the back of the card as Mrs. Wm Moershel, Mrs. John [Caroline] Eichacker (1886-1946), Mrs. John Marz and Elizabeth [Lipman] (1908-1982) and John Eichacker (1910-1945). John H. Eichacker was later a student of Iowa artist Grant Wood, served as the Homestead post master and was a casualty of World War II.
Description: Printed on post card stock. Shows group of players and the teams two managers: Dr. Henry G. Moershel (1891-1971) and Louis C. Selzer (1889-1960) (in suits) in front of a shed. This photograph was made by John L. Eichacker (1882-1935).
Description: This image was made several months after the station, one of two that the Society built right after the reorganization, had opened. A car and the stations two employees, twins Herbert (1909-1993) and Albert (1909-1979) Fels are in front. The station was built using bricks that were salvaged from a demolished portion of the Amana Calico Mill. Printed on post card stock, photo is dated in pencil, "May 21 - 1933"
Description: Nice early post card image of 20 school children on a wagon and their teacher, Richard Seifert (1858-1927), in the Homestead apple orchard.
Description: Group of 11 men with ice plow, horse and ice saws. Back is marked, in pen, "John Dietrich with horse August Dittrich [1886-1952) with plow." This was a Homestead ice crew. Photograph attributed to John L. Eichacker (1882-1935).
Description: Good condition, no marks, folds or tears. Sleigh in snow scene, probably near Homestead. Photograph attributed to Jacob F. Selzer (1888-1917).
Description: 33) Very dramatic image of the inside of the carding and spinning building of the Amana Woolen Mill following the August 11, 1923 fire that destroyed ten buildings at the complex and seriously handicapped the financial health of the Amana Society. Collapsed drive shaft, collapsed interior frame and other equipment. Printed on post card stock. Photograph by F. William Miller (1876-1952) the Amana pharmacist. $30.
Description: Image showing the inside of the spinning and carding building of the Amana Woolen Mill following the fire of 1923, looking south, towards the mill race. Twisted drive shafts and equipment, a view of total devastation. This building was rebuilt inside the original 1859 stone shell within a year. Photo by F. William Miller (1876-1952), the Amana pharmacist.
Description: Early 1910s portrait of two young women, Johanna Werner (1894-1978) and Lina Seifert (1895-1973), seated on a wooden bench in front of a frame house in Homestead. The women are identified on the reverse by name with the notation "Tautenhan girls". Post card sized image. Early 1910s.
Description: Photograph of an Amana baby in a baby buggy with a chicken yard in the background. Identified as "die kleinen Karl Georg" (little Carl George). Photo is circa 1915.
Description: Photograph printed on post card stock. Photograph is marked "Taken in May 1911 C. Hy. Muesse" on back. Jacob F. Selzer (1888-1917)was the probably photographer. Unusual aspect of this picture is that one of the original log cabins and houses that predated the Amana purchase of Homestead is clearly visible in the background. The cabin and house were demolished not long after - this is one of only two photographs of them that I have seen.
Description: Post card (unsent). Group of seven people on top of logs. The driver is Louis C. Selzer (1889-1960) and the photograph was probably taken by his brother, Jacob F. Selzer (1888-1917).
Description: Portrait on post card stock. Margarethe Schumacher (c.1839-1921), the subject of this portrait, was a resident of the village of Amana and a member of the Amana Society.
Description: This photo was the work of Jacob F. Selzer (1888-1917). His brother, Louis C. Selzer (1889-1960), is the young man standing just behind the ice plow blade at center.
Description: This photo was the work of Jacob F. Selzer (1888-1917). His brother, Louis C. Selzer (1889-1960), is the young man standing just behind the ice plow blade at center.