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- 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
- Men cutting ice near Homestead about 1913
- Author
- Selzer, Jacob F.
- Notes
- 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.
- Geography
- Homestead (Iowa), Iowa County (Iowa), Iowa
- Identifier
- yhm-spe-ama-pos005
- Is part of
- Hamilton College Library Digital Collections, Communal Societies Collection, Amana Society Collection
- Title
- Men cutting ice near Homestead about 1913
- Author
- Selzer, Jacob F.
- Notes
- 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.
- Geography
- Homestead (Iowa), Iowa County (Iowa), Iowa
- Identifier
- yhm-spe-ama-pos006
- Is part of
- Hamilton College Library Digital Collections, Communal Societies Collection, Amana Society Collection
- Title
- Middle Amana Village Scape, ca. 1910
- Date
- 1900-1913
- Notes
- Description: Post card view, early 1900s, of Middle Amana. This view is from the watch tower at the woolen mill, looking west and shows the terraces on the steep hillside below the village.
- Geography
- Middle Amana (Iowa), Iowa County (Iowa), Iowa
- Identifier
- yhm-spe-ama-pos043
- 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
- Ox team and ox cart in front of the Selzer Kitchen House in Homestead, ca 1912
- Author
- Selzer, Jacob F.
- Notes
- Description: Almost certainly the work of Jacob F. Selzer (1888-1917). The individual in the photo are members of the George Selzer family of Carroll, Iowa. A former member of the Amana Society, Selzer and his family were visiting relatives in Homestead. Wonderful picture of oxen and cart.
- Geography
- Homestead (Iowa), Iowa County (Iowa), Iowa
- Identifier
- yhm-spe-ama-pos021
- 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
- Portrait of Emma Beck, Homestead, Iowa
- Date
- 1915-1919
- Notes
- Description: Portrait of Emma Beck standing inside a grape vine covered arbor near her family home in the village of Homestead. Fence in background is wire on wooden frame and Beck is dressed in a dress that, while dark and somewhat plain, clearly shows the outside influences creeping into the community around the late 1910s when this image was taken, probably by Jacob F. Selzer (1888-1917).
- Geography
- Homestead (Iowa), Iowa County (Iowa), Iowa
- Identifier
- yhm-spe-ama-pos045
- Is part of
- Hamilton College Library Digital Collections, Communal Societies Collection, Amana Society Collection
- Title
- Private residence at Homestead, Iowa
- Date
- 1895-1913
- Notes
- Description: Shows north facade of Dr. William Moershel house in Homestead. Postcard, ca. 1906, never mailed. Back of card has a penciled notation identifying the house (made by Peter Hoehnle). Photo dates from circa 1910.
- Geography
- Homestead (Iowa), Iowa County (Iowa), Iowa
- Identifier
- yhm-spe-ama-pos002
- Is part of
- Hamilton College Library Digital Collections, Communal Societies Collection, Amana Society Collection
- Title
- Public school, Homestead, Iowa
- Date
- 1900
- Notes
- Description: Printed on post card stock, ca. 1900. Teacher, Richard Siefert, Sr. (1858-1927) stands at left.
- Geography
- Homestead (Iowa), Iowa County (Iowa), Iowa
- Identifier
- yhm-spe-ama-pos023
- Is part of
- Hamilton College Library Digital Collections, Communal Societies Collection, Amana Society Collection
- Title
- Public school, Homestead, Iowa
- Date
- 1900
- Notes
- Description: Printed on post card stock, ca. 1900. Teacher, Richard Siefert, Sr. (1858-1927) stands at left.
- Geography
- Homestead (Iowa), Iowa County (Iowa), Iowa
- Identifier
- yhm-spe-ama-pos022
- 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
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