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Title: Christian Metz House, Amana
Notes: Description: Very clear sepia image of Christian Metz home in Amana. This view was taken from the General Store. The entire west side of the Metz house is visible, including the attached kitchen house wing. In the far left of the photograph one can see the Amana Church. Fences, out buildings, even wash on the line are clearly visible. Back of the picture is marked "Oesterle Home Amana IA Church Background". The Oesterle family lived in the house from around the turn of the century to the present day. Image is 4 1/8 X 3 and is mounted on an embossed card that is 5 1/2 X 4 1/4. Christian Metz (1793-1867) was the leader and Werkzeug (prophet) of the Inspirationists from 1823 until his death in 1867.
Geography: Amana (Iowa), Iowa County (Iowa), Iowa
Identifier: yhm-spe-ama-pho-062
Is part of: Hamilton College Library Digital Collections, Communal Societies Collection, Amana Society Collection

Title: Colony kitchen, Homestead, Iowa
Date: 1905
Notes: Description: Later day copy print of a circa 1905 post card image of a woman in the kitchen of the Homestead Hotel. Legend on the side of the image reads "A Colony Kitchen, Homestead, Iowa." The image is 6 1/4 X 8 1/4. I know from other prints that this was actually the kitchen of the Homestead Hotel, not a kitchen house for the members. This is now Zuber's Hotel in Homestead. For years room was the main dining area of Zuber's restaurant. Lots of nice details in this picture, including a cat perched in the window.
Geography: Homestead (Iowa), Iowa County (Iowa), Iowa
Identifier: yhm-spe-ama-pho-044
Is part of: Hamilton College Library Digital Collections, Communal Societies Collection, Amana Society Collection

Title: Conrad Schadt (died 1915), Amana Pharmacist, portrait, ca. 1900
Author: Shambaugh, Bertha M. H. (Bertha Maude Horack), 1871-1953
Notes: Description: This is a later print of a photograph of Conrad Schadt (died 1915), with mortar and pestle, inside the Amana Pharmacy. The image is attributed to Bertha M. H. Shambaugh. This print is 4 _ X 3 7/8.
Geography: Amana (Iowa), Iowa County (Iowa), Iowa
Identifier: yhm-spe-ama-pho-001
Is part of: Hamilton College Library Digital Collections, Communal Societies Collection, Amana Society Collection

Title: Dickel Kitchen House Fire, 1898
Notes: Description: View of the aftermath of a fire that destroyed the Dickel kitchen house and severely damaged the attached residence. A very clear photograph. Both the kitchen and the residence were rebuilt and restored. House is still standing.
Geography: Amana (Iowa), Iowa County (Iowa), Iowa
Identifier: yhm-spe-ama-pho-009
Is part of: Hamilton College Library Digital Collections, Communal Societies Collection, Amana Society Collection

Title: Dr. Wm Moershel home in Homestead
Date: 1890-1899
Notes: Description: A very sharp picture, likely taken in the 1890s. Shows brick house, trellis, rabbatt (planter around base of foundation and unusual porch and a group of women and children (presumably members of the family). Photograph mounted on a card, 4 _ X 6.5.
Geography: Amana (Iowa), Iowa County (Iowa), Iowa
Identifier: yhm-spe-ama-pho-018
Is part of: Hamilton College Library Digital Collections, Communal Societies Collection, Amana Society Collection

Title: Dredge boat
Notes: Description: Very clear 8 X 10 print of the dredge boat on the mill race at Amana. Taken from upper level of the flour mill elevator building. Focus is sharp on the boat, less distinct on the houses in the background. This is a modern print from the original glass plate. One of a series of experimental prints that I worked with a good friend to make in the 1990s. Not historic but an interesting image none the less.
Geography: Amana (Iowa), Iowa County (Iowa), Iowa
Identifier: yhm-spe-ama-pho-039
Is part of: Hamilton College Library Digital Collections, Communal Societies Collection, Amana Society Collection

Title: Dredge boat at Amana Canal
Date: 1910
Notes: Description: The vantage point for this photograph was probably the Amana Flour Mill. The scene is looking to the west and shows the main channel of the mill race, as well as the side channel (since filled in) that led to the Calico Mill. Photograph dates from circa 1910.
Geography: Amana (Iowa), Iowa County (Iowa), Iowa
Identifier: yhm-spe-ama-pho-032
Is part of: Hamilton College Library Digital Collections, Communal Societies Collection, Amana Society Collection

Title: Dredge boat on side channel of millrace
Date: 1910
Notes: Description: Probably taken from the Amana flour mill. The boat is in the foreground, at the point in the side channel where it was usually stored for the winter. This is a modern 8 X 10 print. Picture dates from circa 1910.
Geography: Amana (Iowa), Iowa County (Iowa), Iowa
Identifier: yhm-spe-ama-pho-030
Is part of: Hamilton College Library Digital Collections, Communal Societies Collection, Amana Society Collection

Title: Drug store, Amana
Date: 1895-1899
Notes: Description: Photograph of Amana Pharmacy before 1900 (Dentist Office, built that year, is not present in photograph). I would date this to the late 1890s, because the windmill behind the pharmacy is not visible, and we believe that it was removed in the early 1890s. Image is 3 X 4 and mounted on a gilt edged piece of card stock 4 1/8 X 5 1/8. $100.
Geography: Amana (Iowa), Iowa County (Iowa), Iowa
Identifier: yhm-spe-ama-pho-021
Is part of: Hamilton College Library Digital Collections, Communal Societies Collection, Amana Society Collection

Title: Four young Amana women, original photograph
Author: Siegrist, Adolph
Date: 1984-07
Notes: Description: The women pictured are Lina Trautman (died 1946), Louise Trautmann Zimmermann (died 1926), Louisa Fritsche and Louise Schadt and the photograph was taken in July 1894. The image is extremely clear, in sepia tones, and mounted on card stock. Image is 4 5/8 X 7. Photograph taken by Adolph Siegrist.
Geography: Amana (Iowa), Iowa County (Iowa), Iowa
Identifier: yhm-spe-ama-pho-040
Is part of: Hamilton College Library Digital Collections, Communal Societies Collection, Amana Society Collection

Title: Frame house, possibly in the village of Amana, ca. 1900
Date: 1900
Notes: Description: Gable end view of a small Amana house in the process of being shingled. A barn and some other residences are visible in the background. Picture dates to around 1900. No original markings on the reverse. I have been unable to identify the location. Image is 3 1/4 X 4 and is mounted on an embossed card that is 4 1/4 X 5 1/4.
Geography: Amana (Iowa), Iowa County (Iowa), Iowa
Identifier: yhm-spe-ama-pho-060
Is part of: Hamilton College Library Digital Collections, Communal Societies Collection, Amana Society Collection

Title: Graf (later Moser) Kitchen house, Amana, Iowa
Notes: Description: Photograph of the Graf Kitchen House- Amana, Iowa. This building was constructed in 1872 as a kitchen house serving residents of the village of Amana. It is unusual in that two walls of the structure are built of dressed stone bought from an Iowa City quarry. This kitchen was under the management of the Graf family for some time. It stands opposite the Amana Woolen Mill.
Geography: Amana (Iowa), Iowa County (Iowa), Iowa
Identifier: yhm-spe-ama-pho-066
Is part of: Hamilton College Library Digital Collections, Communal Societies Collection, Amana Society Collection

Title: Group at an Amana kitchen house preparing cabbage, ca. 1900
Notes: Description: Interesting view of 7 people (6 women and one man) with baskets and a pile of very large cabbage heads in front of a frame building.
Geography: Amana (Iowa), Iowa County (Iowa), Iowa
Identifier: yhm-spe-ama-pho-008
Is part of: Hamilton College Library Digital Collections, Communal Societies Collection, Amana Society Collection

Title: Group of school boys in the apple orchard
Author: Shambaugh, Bertha M. H. (Bertha Maude Horack), 1871-1953
Date: 1895
Notes: Description: Group of school boys in the apple orchard, around 1895. This is a modern 8 X 10 print from an original image made by Bertha M.H. Shambaugh around 1895. Shambaugh mainly photographed in Amana between about 1892 and her marriage in 1897. This print was probably made in the 1970s and is of good quality. About 10 school age youths are in the picture, along with two older adults, one of whom (with white chin beard) is likely Engelhardt Hecker, one of the school teachers at the time. Included are several of the distinctive Amana willow baskets.
Geography: Amana (Iowa), Iowa County (Iowa), Iowa
Identifier: yhm-spe-ama-pho-042
Is part of: Hamilton College Library Digital Collections, Communal Societies Collection, Amana Society Collection

Title: Group photograph of women from Amana
Date: 1900-1906
Notes: Description: 16) Group photograph, ca. 1903 of women in front of the Trautmann (later Noe) kitchen house (not completely sure of location) Woman seated, center, is Lina Trautmann, girl seated on ground is Louise Wilhelmine Moershel Stuck (1894-1916) Four other Amana women are seated, or standing, with three visitors, all women in white, are also in the group. Image is 4 X 3 mounted on a gray card board which is 7 X 6. $75.
Geography: Amana (Iowa), Iowa County (Iowa), Iowa
Identifier: yhm-spe-ama-pho-029
Is part of: Hamilton College Library Digital Collections, Communal Societies Collection, Amana Society Collection

Title: Henry Zimmermann Residence, Amana, late 1920s
Author: Stuck, Peter
Notes: Description: Original photograph by Peter Stuck (1890-1979). This image is 2 1/2 by 4 and shows a circa 1860 sandstone house in Amana (now part of the Guest Haus Motel)
Geography: Amana (Iowa), Iowa County (Iowa), Iowa
Identifier: yhm-spe-ama-pho-031
Is part of: Hamilton College Library Digital Collections, Communal Societies Collection, Amana Society Collection

Title: Homestead Schoolroom with 20 students and teacher, Richard Seifert, ca. 1910
Author: Eichacker, John L.
Notes: Description: This is a 1970s 8 X 10 copy of an original photograph by John L. Eichacker (1882-1935). Print has a crease in it. Teacher, Richard Seifert, Sr. (1858-1927) stands at right.
Geography: Homestead (Iowa), Iowa County (Iowa), Iowa
Identifier: yhm-spe-ama-pho-038
Is part of: Hamilton College Library Digital Collections, Communal Societies Collection, Amana Society Collection

Title: Horse-drawn wagon
Date: 1900
Notes: Description: Small image, not mounted, of a horse drawn wagon in front of the Amana General Store. The Lauer Saal (original 1856 meeting house, no longer extant) is visible in the background. The dozen women, men and children seated on the wagon are clearly excursionists who have arrived by train. A row of picnic baskets is visible on the wagon, and one of the women is shading herself with a large umbrella. Charming, ca. 1900 view of early Amana visitors. 3 3/4 X 3.
Geography: Amana (Iowa), Iowa County (Iowa), Iowa
Identifier: yhm-spe-ama-pho-056
Is part of: Hamilton College Library Digital Collections, Communal Societies Collection, Amana Society Collection

Title: Interior of weaving building at the Amana Woolen Mill
Date: 1899
Notes: Description: Interior of the weaving building at the Amana Woolen Mill marked "Factory 1899" on reverse. Image is 3.5 X 4 3/4 mounted on an embossed card that is 5.5 X 6.5. Two young men are seen standing to the left of four power looms. The drive shafts are visible on the ceiling in this very unusual early interior view of the woolen mill.
Geography: Amana (Iowa), Iowa County (Iowa), Iowa
Identifier: yhm-spe-ama-pho-049
Is part of: Hamilton College Library Digital Collections, Communal Societies Collection, Amana Society Collection

Title: Jacob Frey
Notes: Description: 21) Portrait of Jacob Frey. Early copy of an oval photograph of Jacob Frey of Main Amana. Image is 5 X 4, unmounted. Not the best print. $20.
Geography: Amana (Iowa), Iowa County (Iowa), Iowa
Identifier: yhm-spe-ama-pho-024
Is part of: Hamilton College Library Digital Collections, Communal Societies Collection, Amana Society Collection

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