Old Photos from Adams County, Iowa

Roger Cox - Spring Lake, MI

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Grist Mill at Mt. Etna

photo taken in 1910 by Delia Gossard - mill was built in 1853 and was moved to Creston in 1929

(contributed by Pat O'Dell)


Farris School

Feb 27, 1897. Effie Fees Simpson, teacher (marked by X), was 97 years old in 1972.

(photo taken by C.B. Strawn, Mt. Etna - contributed by Pat O'Dell)


Cromwell School

1910


English farm near Corning


School photo in Carbon about 1915. The girl witha X on her dress with the teacher behind her is Lucille Boham, the other girl with the X on her dress is Grace Cozad. The boy with the X above his head is Charlie Boham.

(photo contributed by Marcy Rose)


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