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: "A thoroughbred" 1907

: "A happy New Year to you," 1913

: Aerial view of Independent Order of Odd Fellows home and orphans' home, Mason City, Iowa, 1920s

: Alice Riedesel and students of Jefferson 2 on parade float, Waverly, Iowa, 1910

: Baby in a christening gown, Corydon, Iowa 1900s

: Baby sitting in a chair, Corydon, Iowa, 1900s

: Bertha and Irene Thomas, Cedar Rapids, Iowa, 1900s

: Boy and girl, Corydon, Iowa, 1900s

: Boy and girl wearing confirmation dress, Iowa City, Iowa, 1900s

: Briggs Day Light Store, Burr Oak, Iowa, 1910s?

: Carriage outside St. Elizabeth Hospital, Fort Madison, Iowa, 1900s

: Carriages in front of St. Nicholas Hotel, Mason City, Ill., 1900s

: Children posed outside Home of the Friendless, Dubuque, Iowa, 1907

: Collage of various buildings at Girls' Industrial School, Mitchellville, Iowa, October 7, 1915

: "Dreaming of him," March 23, 1911

: Eva King Crosby, Corydon, Iowa, 1900s

: Five on five women's basketball at Consolidated Schools, Roland, Iowa, 1910s

: George and Inez Wright, Mt. Pleasant, Iowa, 1900s

: Girls in feathered hats, Sioux Rapids, Iowa, 1920s

: "Greetings from Rippey Business Firms," March 4, 1911

: "I send you my love and a pansy smile," January 27, 1921

: Iowa Oddfellows orphans' home, Mason City, Iowa, 1910s

: Josa Smola with lacy collar, Maquoketa, Iowa, 1900s

: Kitten playing with spool of thread, 1910s

: Man, woman, and bird in cage, Dubuque?, Iowa, 1900s

: "Miss Kangaroo," 1904

: Mother and daughter by farm buildings, Iowa?, 1910s

: Nurses on balcony of Le Mars Hospital, Le Mars, Iowa, 1910s

: Opera House fire, Fort Madison, Iowa, 1900s

: People at Masonic Women's Auxiliary picnic, Clarion, Iowa, 1900s

: People in front of Clayton County Home, Iowa, 1910s

: Postville Hospital, Postville, Iowa, August 6, 1917

: Ruth Grimes and daughters, Emerson, Iowa, October 8, 1908

: Ruth Smith and class on parade float at Waverly Fair, Waverly, Iowa, 1910

: "Study hour," 1909

: "Telltale lines," 1906.

: "The shortest day in the year," November 10, 1908

: Twin children seated in horse-drawn carriage at the Bremer County Fair, Waverly, Iowa, October 7, 1913

: "We've got a lovely couch," July 8, 1909

: Woman dressed in hoop skirt next to museum artifacts from 19th-century America, Nashua, Iowa, 1920s

: Woman posed standing next to wicker chair, Sumner, Iowa, 1900s

: Woman standing by chair, La Porte City, Iowa, 1900s

: Woman wearing glasses and boy sitting on porch, Belle Plaine, Iowa, 1910s

: Woman with ruffled collar and earrings, Postville, Iowa, 1900s

: Woman with ruffled collar, Lyons, Iowa, 1900s

: Young girl standing, Corydon, Iowa, 1900s

: Young men practicing carpentry in manual training room at Consolidated Schools, Roland, Iowa, 1910s

: Young woman wearing a necklace with a cross and posing against a column, Postville, Iowa, 1900s

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Title: Noble Photographs
Creator: Noble, Mary E. (Mary Elizabeth), 1945-
Description: Over 400 historic postcards with a focus on images of women, depicting life in Iowa during the early 20th century.
Subjects: Library of Congress Thesaurus for Graphic Materials: Girls
Women
Subject: Time: 1900-1910
1910-1920
1920-1930
Subject: Place: United States -- Iowa
Archival Collection: Noble Photographs
Noble Photograph collection
Collection Identifier: IWA0031
Collection Guide: http://aspace.lib.uiowa.edu/repositories/4/resources/2282
Host institution: University of Iowa. Libraries. Iowa Women's Archives
Digitization Specifications: Scanned with Ricoh Aficio 2335 Scanner at 600 ppi, 24-bit color. Archival tiff image available.
Date Digital: 2007
Rights Management: No known copyright restrictions.
Contact Information: Contact the Iowa Women's Archives at the University of Iowa Libraries: http://www.lib.uiowa.edu/forms/iwa/
Item Type (DCMI): Collection
Item Type (AAT): photographs
postcards
Item Type (IMT): jpeg