Text on the front of the postcard reads, "Plum Grove, Historic Home of Robert Lucas/First Governor, Territory of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa." The caption on the back repeats the text of the front.
Creator
Genuine Curteich Chicago "C.T. American Art" Post Card (Reg. U.S. Pat. Off.)
Rights
Educational use only.
Coverage
Iowa City, Iowa
Title
Plum Grove postcard
Publisher
"Distributed by Voss News Company, Iowa City, Iowa"
Hotel reservations for workers to install the new organ at First United Methodist Church.
Rights
Educational use only.
Coverage
Iowa City, Iowa
Coralville, Iowa
Title
Hotel reservations
Subject
Organ (Musical instrument)
Source
First United Methodist Church
Format
jpg
Type
document
Identifier
fumc_nd_001.jpg
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Description
Cartoon drawing of the controversy over the Rev. Michael Hummer and the Bell. The attached PDF contains the transcribed text of the cartoon's panels. The text document is likely from the 1940s, while the cartoon may have been contemporary to the bell controversy pf 1848.
George Yewell went on to become an artist, studying in New York and Paris. He was a member of the National Academy of Art.
Front row left to right: Billie Blaka, Gwen Potter, Bonnie Blaka. Second row: Helen Blaka, Betty Conklin. Third row: Betty Potter, Glen Cakes, Aleda Potter. Fourth row: Maxine Conklin, Ray Cakes, Joe Blaka, Ray Smith.
Rena Sporleder (in plaid dress--3rd row up, second from right), daughter of Henry Sporleder, 1/3 owner of the steamship the "Iowa City" and later a grocer.
Near Joetown, Iowa, 1950s. This school was moved to Ivan Wagner's farm, but after their house burned in the 1980s, somebody else acquired the school. Ivan Wagner also sold the bell on the top of the school.