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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: Lumber wagon with the Selzer Kitchen House in background, ca. 1906
Author: Selzer, Jacob F.
Date: 1889-1960, 1889
Notes: 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).
Geography: Amana (Iowa), Iowa County (Iowa), Iowa
Identifier: yhm-spe-ama-pos041
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: Maragrethe Schuhmacher
Notes: 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.
Geography: Amana (Iowa), Iowa County (Iowa), Iowa
Identifier: yhm-spe-ama-pos033
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: Old Mill Race flowing North to Print Works
Author: Moerschel, Henriette F.
Date: 1906-09-03
Notes: Description: Post card black and white photograph; Postmarked Amana, September 3, 1906. Sent from W.F. Moershel (1867-1939) of Amana to Henrietta F. Moershel in Homestead. Back of card has written notation "Old Mill Race flowing north to print works." This branch of the mill race was abandoned and filled in during the 1940s.
Geography: Amana (Iowa), Iowa County (Iowa), Iowa
Identifier: yhm-spe-ama-pos039
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: Planting onions at Amana
Notes: Provenance: Purchased from Peter Hoehnle.
Geography: Amana (Iowa), Iowa County (Iowa), Iowa
Identifier: yhm-spe-ama-pos044
Is part of: Hamilton College Library Digital Collections, Communal Societies Collection, Amana Society Collection

Title: Planting onions at Amana
Date: 1915
Notes: Description: Postcard of children working in an onion field by Main Amana with the school pine grove (Schulwald) in the background. Circa 1915, possibly photographed by F. William Miller (1876-1952).
Geography: Amana (Iowa), Iowa County (Iowa), Iowa
Identifier: yhm-spe-ama-pos058
Is part of: Hamilton College Library Digital Collections, Communal Societies Collection, Amana Society Collection

Title: Ruins of Amana Woolen Mill after fire
Author: Miller, F. William
Date: 1923-08
Notes: Description: One of a series of photographs taken by F. William Miller (1876-1952) in August 1923.
Geography: Amana (Iowa), Iowa County (Iowa), Iowa
Identifier: yhm-spe-ama-pos009
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: School children planting onion field at Amana, 1917
Date: 1917
Notes: Description: Two post card images (identical); $20.
Geography: Amana (Iowa), Iowa County (Iowa), Iowa
Identifier: yhm-spe-ama-pos016
Is part of: Hamilton College Library Digital Collections, Communal Societies Collection, Amana Society Collection

Title: School children planting onions at village of Amana, ca. 1915
Notes: Description: Post card images of school children planting onions in the field in front of the Amana pine grove about 1915.
Geography: Amana (Iowa), Iowa County (Iowa), Iowa
Identifier: yhm-spe-ama-pos028
Is part of: Hamilton College Library Digital Collections, Communal Societies Collection, Amana Society Collection

Title: School children planting onions in Amana
Notes: Description: Never sent. Back of card has inscription "School children planting onions in Amana" made in pen, by Marie Selzer (1916-1999). Amana pine grove (Schulwald) visible in the background.
Geography: Amana (Iowa), Iowa County (Iowa), Iowa
Identifier: yhm-spe-ama-pos029
Is part of: Hamilton College Library Digital Collections, Communal Societies Collection, Amana Society Collection

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