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Title: Lauer Saal
Date: 1900-1925
Notes: Description: Early 1900 view of the Lauer Saal, a portion of the Main Amana Meeting House and some homes, taken from an upper level of the Amana General Store. The focus on this image is not overly sharp. The Lauer Saal, which burned in the 1930s, was the original, 1856 meeting house for the village. After the new meeting house was built in 1864, this building became an evening prayer service location. Image is 3 1/4 X 4 1/8 mounted on an embossed card that is 4 1/4 X 5 1/2.
Geography: Amana (Iowa), Iowa County (Iowa), Iowa
Identifier: yhm-spe-ama-pho-061
Is part of: Hamilton College Library Digital Collections, Communal Societies Collection, Amana Society Collection

Title: Looms of weaving department at the Amana Woolen Mill in motion
Date: 1899
Notes: Description: Interior of the Amana Woolen Mill weaving department with looms in operation. This image likely dates to the turn of the century. Although the shuttles and frames are blurred by motion, the image is otherwise clear. The image is 3 X 4 and mounted on an embossed card.
Geography: Amana (Iowa), Iowa County (Iowa), Iowa
Identifier: yhm-spe-ama-pho-053
Is part of: Hamilton College Library Digital Collections, Communal Societies Collection, Amana Society Collection

Title: Main street, Amana
Date: 1937-1944
Notes: Description: Main street Amana, ca. 1940. This is an original print of a post communal scene of Amana, taken from a roof top, and overlooking the general store, church, barns and several houses. A good general view of the main part of the village. Several cars parked in front of the store are of 1940s vintage. The image is 4 X 6.5.
Geography: Amana (Iowa), Iowa County (Iowa), Iowa
Identifier: yhm-spe-ama-pho-048
Is part of: Hamilton College Library Digital Collections, Communal Societies Collection, Amana Society Collection

Title: Middle Amana Woolen Mill, ca. 1900
Date: 1900
Notes: Description: This image shows the Middle Amana Woolen Mill and is a modern (c 1970s) print from an original glass plate negative, taken circa 1900. The smokestack is the only visible feature still standing today (2012). This location became the site of Amana Refrigeration, and is now the location of Whirlpool - Amana Products Division.
Geography: Amana (Iowa), Iowa County (Iowa), Iowa
Identifier: yhm-spe-ama-pho-050
Is part of: Hamilton College Library Digital Collections, Communal Societies Collection, Amana Society Collection

Title: Mill race dredge boat
Date: 1895-1899
Notes: Description: Small photograph of the mill race dredge boat at Amana. Calico Print Works smokestack and Fels house are visible in background. The railroad spur line leading to the flour mill is in the foreground. Image dates to late 1890s. Image is 2 1/8 X 3 , mounted on embossed card that is 4 X 5. Identified on reverse: "Dredge Boat in Amana." $75.
Geography: Amana (Iowa), Iowa County (Iowa), Iowa
Identifier: yhm-spe-ama-pho-022
Is part of: Hamilton College Library Digital Collections, Communal Societies Collection, Amana Society Collection

Title: Moershel House, Amana
Date: 1902-10
Notes: Description: Somewhat overexposed view of the Moershel residence in Amana with fence, grape trellis and other traditional features. View was taken around 1901 when the brick addition was made to this house. The stone portion of the house (at left) was built in 1858 and was originally the home of Wilhelm Moershel (1794 - 1862) a leading figure in the Ebenezer and Amana Societies.
Geography: Amana (Iowa), Iowa County (Iowa), Iowa
Identifier: yhm-spe-ama-pho-015
Is part of: Hamilton College Library Digital Collections, Communal Societies Collection, Amana Society Collection

Title: Moershel House, Amana
Date: 1902-10
Notes: Description: View of front faade of house showing stone and brick wings. Slightly overexposed. Image is 4.5 X 3.5 and mounted on card. The stone portion of the house was built in 1858 as the resident of prominent elder Wilhelm Moershel (1794-1862). The brick addition was made in 1900. Marked on reverse "Oct 1902."
Geography: Amana (Iowa), Iowa County (Iowa), Iowa
Identifier: yhm-spe-ama-pho-016
Is part of: Hamilton College Library Digital Collections, Communal Societies Collection, Amana Society Collection

Title: Moershel Kitchen House, view from Trautmann
Date: 1895-1902
Notes: Description: Snow scene, looking north east from the Trautmann Kitchen House (now Amana Heritage Museum). Visible in this photo is the Amana main street, arbors and fencing and several residences. The Moershel Kitchen House is in the center of the photo. Image dates from late 1890s and has some damage to the surface. Three areas (largest is a across, smallest is 1/16 across) where surface of photograph is missing. Image is 3 X 4 mounted on embossed card that is 4 X 5 . $25.
Geography: Amana (Iowa), Iowa County (Iowa), Iowa
Identifier: yhm-spe-ama-pho-023
Is part of: Hamilton College Library Digital Collections, Communal Societies Collection, Amana Society Collection

Title: Pitz House in Middle Amana, c. 1890
Author: Specht, Jacob Frederick
Notes: Description: A very early photograph of a house in Middle Amana. Possibly the work of J.F. Specht, a photographer from Marengo who did some work in the Amanas and was a former member of the Amana Society. Photograph mounted on card; the image is 4 X 7 1/2.
Geography: Amana (Iowa), Iowa County (Iowa), Iowa
Identifier: yhm-spe-ama-pho-020
Is part of: Hamilton College Library Digital Collections, Communal Societies Collection, Amana Society Collection

Title: School House A
Date: 1890-1899
Notes: Description: Small sepia image of the Amana school buildings, ca. 1890s. This view is of the east elevations of the buildings, and is taken from the street. A board sidewalk, wood board fence, and other features are visible. The image is 3 1/4 X 2 and mounted on an embossed cream card that is 4 X 5. The image is dark. Back of the card is marked "School House A".
Geography: Amana (Iowa), Iowa County (Iowa), Iowa
Identifier: yhm-spe-ama-pho-058
Is part of: Hamilton College Library Digital Collections, Communal Societies Collection, Amana Society Collection

Title: School boys walking down Main Street in Amana
Date: 1910-1929
Notes: Description: Group of school boys headed down Main Street in Amana, presumably from the school to a church service or outing. About twenty boys, most of them wearing straw hats, are seen on the main street in Amana, between the Moershel Kitchen House and the general store. View was taken from approximately in front of what is today the Ox Yoke Inn. In the distance, farther up the street, a group of girls is following the boys at a distance. Also visible in the background is the Noe House Building of the Amana Heritage Museum. I have the original glass plate for this image. This print is probably from the 1910s or 1920s. The dimensions are 3 1/4 X 5. I printed an 8 X 10 enlargement from the plate some years ago.
Geography: Amana (Iowa), Iowa County (Iowa), Iowa
Identifier: yhm-spe-ama-pho-057
Is part of: Hamilton College Library Digital Collections, Communal Societies Collection, Amana Society Collection

Title: School children on way to church in Amana
Date: 1900
Notes: Description: School children shown walking from Amana school buildings (not visible) on way to church. Shows the Moershel and Dietrich residences and the General Store annex. Taken c. 1900.
Geography: Amana (Iowa), Iowa County (Iowa), Iowa
Identifier: yhm-spe-ama-pho-033
Is part of: Hamilton College Library Digital Collections, Communal Societies Collection, Amana Society Collection

Title: Soap Factory, Amana, IA
Notes: Description: Copy of historic image, rather grainy. 4 X 5.
Geography: Amana (Iowa), Iowa County (Iowa), Iowa
Identifier: yhm-spe-ama-pho-035
Is part of: Hamilton College Library Digital Collections, Communal Societies Collection, Amana Society Collection

Title: Sophie Mertz
Date: 1839-10-18, 1929-07-05
Notes: Description: 19) Portrait of Sophie Mertz (1839-1929). Extraordinarily clear image of an elderly seated Amana woman with calico apron, shawl and dress and cap. Identified on back by Peter Stuck, print likely dates from 1920s or 1930s. 3 X 4 7/8. $50.
Geography: Amana (Iowa), Iowa County (Iowa), Iowa
Identifier: yhm-spe-ama-pho-025
Is part of: Hamilton College Library Digital Collections, Communal Societies Collection, Amana Society Collection

Title: Street Scene, Village of Amana
Date: 1910
Notes: Description: Circa 1910 photograph of the back street of Main Amana, looking from east to west. Visible are fences, arbors, typical architecture, the back of a kitchen house, several residences, the harness shop. Print is on paper, not mounted on a card. The top corner of the print has been folded down, but is still attached. Size is 5 X 3 7/8.
Geography: Amana (Iowa), Iowa County (Iowa), Iowa
Identifier: yhm-spe-ama-pho-063
Is part of: Hamilton College Library Digital Collections, Communal Societies Collection, Amana Society Collection

Title: Street Scenic in Amana, ca. 1900
Notes: Description: Large photograph of street leading down to Amana Woolen Mill.Image is 6 1/8 X 8. Unknown photographer. Image is faded. Shows fire watch tower on left Approximately the same view as an engraving in Nordhoff's Communistic Societies (1875).
Geography: Amana (Iowa), Iowa County (Iowa), Iowa
Identifier: yhm-spe-ama-pho-065
Is part of: Hamilton College Library Digital Collections, Communal Societies Collection, Amana Society Collection

Title: Trautmann Kitchen House, as viewed from the Amana School
Date: 1898
Notes: Description: 15) Trautmann (later Noe) Kitchen House, taken from the Amana School upstairs. Image is 3 X4 mounted on a card that is 4 X 5 . Photograph was made around 1898 and is similar to other views in my collection. This building is currently the main building of the Amana Heritage Museum. $75.
Geography: Amana (Iowa), Iowa County (Iowa), Iowa
Identifier: yhm-spe-ama-pho-026
Is part of: Hamilton College Library Digital Collections, Communal Societies Collection, Amana Society Collection

Title: View from Trautmann Kitchen in Amana, looking east
Date: 1890-1901
Notes: Description: A very early (1890s) image of the Amana School buildings, taken looking east. This photograph was made from an upstairs window of the Trautmann/Noe House, present Amana Heritage Museum. Visible in the photograph is a brick ash house that served the Trautmann kitchen house.
Geography: Amana (Iowa), Iowa County (Iowa), Iowa
Identifier: yhm-spe-ama-pho-028
Is part of: Hamilton College Library Digital Collections, Communal Societies Collection, Amana Society Collection

Title: View of the Amana mill race as it reaches the turbines of the Amana Woolen Mill and the Flour Mill
Date: 1900
Notes: Description: Photograph was taken around 1900. Shows original mill buildings prior to fire and reconstruction. Rare view of the turbine head from the west.
Geography: Amana (Iowa), Iowa County (Iowa), Iowa
Identifier: yhm-spe-ama-pho-004
Is part of: Hamilton College Library Digital Collections, Communal Societies Collection, Amana Society Collection

Title: View of the Trautmann Kitchen House garden
Date: 1900
Notes: Description: This is an unusual view looking west from the village of Amana. It was likely made around 1900. Visible is the low hedge of evergreens around the cemetery, the enormous kitchen garden, and in almost the center of the image, the last remaining conifer tree marking the location of Joseph Prestele's (1797-1867) botanical specimen garden.
Geography: Amana (Iowa), Iowa County (Iowa), Iowa
Identifier: yhm-spe-ama-pho-010
Is part of: Hamilton College Library Digital Collections, Communal Societies Collection, Amana Society Collection

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