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Title: Homestead Gas Station
Date: 1933-05-21
Notes: 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"
Geography: Homestead (Iowa), Iowa County (Iowa), Iowa
Identifier: yhm-spe-ama-pos011
Is part of: Hamilton College Library Digital Collections, Communal Societies Collection, Amana Society Collection

Title: Homestead School Children in Apple Orchard, ca. 1905
Notes: 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.
Geography: Homestead (Iowa), Iowa County (Iowa), Iowa
Identifier: yhm-spe-ama-pos031
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: Homestead ice cutting scene - post card stock.
Author: Eichacker, John L.
Notes: 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).
Geography: Homestead (Iowa), Iowa County (Iowa), Iowa
Identifier: yhm-spe-ama-pos018
Is part of: Hamilton College Library Digital Collections, Communal Societies Collection, Amana Society Collection

Title: Horse and sleigh in winter scene, printed on post card stock
Author: Selzer, Jacob F.
Notes: Description: Good condition, no marks, folds or tears. Sleigh in snow scene, probably near Homestead. Photograph attributed to Jacob F. Selzer (1888-1917).
Geography: Homestead (Iowa), Iowa County (Iowa), Iowa
Identifier: yhm-spe-ama-pos019
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: Horsebarn fire at Homestead
Author: Selzer, Jacob F.
Notes: Description: Photograph of aftermath of a horsebarn fire. Likely taken by Jacob F. Selzer (1888-1917).
Geography: Homestead (Iowa), Iowa County (Iowa), Iowa
Identifier: yhm-spe-ama-pos001
Is part of: Hamilton College Library Digital Collections, Communal Societies Collection, Amana Society Collection

Title: Inside carding and spinning building after 1923 Amana Woolen Mill fire
Author: Miller, F. William
Date: 1923
Notes: 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.
Geography: Amana (Iowa), Iowa County (Iowa), Iowa
Identifier: yhm-spe-ama-pos048
Is part of: Hamilton College Library Digital Collections, Communal Societies Collection, Amana Society Collection

Title: Interior of main building looking south
Author: Miller, F. William
Notes: 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.
Geography: Amana (Iowa), Iowa County (Iowa), Iowa
Identifier: yhm-spe-ama-pos047
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: Interior view, C. G. W. Machine Shop, Oelwein, Ia
Geography: Benton Harbor (Mich.), Berrien County (Mich.), Michigan, Oelwein (Iowa), Fayette County (Iowa), Iowa
Subjects: House of David (Religious society) -- Pictorial works, Postcards -- Michigan -- Niles
Identifier: yhm-spe-hod-pos-var082
Is part of: Hamilton College Library Digital Collections, Communal Societies Collection, House of David 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

Title: Johanna Nemer, Lina Seifert (Tautenhahn girls)
Author: Kaiser, Louisa, Seifert, Lina
Date: 1910-1914
Notes: 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.
Geography: Homestead (Iowa), Iowa County (Iowa), Iowa
Identifier: yhm-spe-ama-pos059
Is part of: Hamilton College Library Digital Collections, Communal Societies Collection, Amana Society Collection

Title: John and Emma Beck
Date: 1900, 1996
Notes: Description: Marked in pencil and ink on reverse John (died 1990) and Emma (died 1996) Beck.
Geography: Homestead (Iowa), Iowa County (Iowa), Iowa
Identifier: yhm-spe-ama-pos003
Is part of: Hamilton College Library Digital Collections, Communal Societies Collection, Amana Society Collection

Title: Kleinen Karl Georg
Date: 1915
Notes: 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.
Geography: Amana (Iowa), Iowa County (Iowa), Iowa
Identifier: yhm-spe-ama-pos054
Is part of: Hamilton College Library Digital Collections, Communal Societies Collection, Amana Society Collection

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: Little boy (Henry Muesse) feeding a donkey colt from a milk bottle
Author: Selzer, Jacob F.
Date: 1911-05
Notes: 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.
Geography: Homestead (Iowa), Iowa County (Iowa), Iowa
Identifier: yhm-spe-ama-pos025
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: Louisa Berger Morz
Author: Selzer, Jacob F.
Notes: Description: This unidentified portrait was probably taken by Jacob F. Selzer (1888 - 1917) in Homestead, Iowa.
Geography: Homestead (Iowa), Iowa County (Iowa), Iowa
Identifier: yhm-spe-ama-pos057
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

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