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First house built in South, South Amana, Iowa, 1900s

First house built in South, South Amana, Iowa, 1900s

Note appears on back on photograph.
Farm manager home, Homestead, Iowa, 1900s

Farm manager home, Homestead, Iowa, 1900s

Identified as the farm manager's home on a different photograph. This building also served as a church building.
Exterior of Church Archive, Middle Amana, Iowa, 1900s

Exterior of Church Archive, Middle Amana, Iowa, 1900s

Emil Schaufuss, carpet weaver

Emil Schaufuss, carpet weaver

Preparing for carpet weaving using a shuttle stuffer to stuff rags into a shuttle for a semi-automatic loom. He winds the wheel with one hand, which brings the cloth through the two wheels and into the shuttle, while tamping the cloth down with the…
Emil Schaufuss at his loom

Emil Schaufuss at his loom

Emil Schaufuss weaving carpet with a semi-automatic loom. Shuttles stuffed with colored rag strips line the window sill behind him, with the shuttle stuffing machine, used to prepare the shuttles, in front of the loom.
Elders at Unterredung Time, Amana, Iowa, March 12, 1928

Elders at Unterredung Time, Amana, Iowa, March 12, 1928

Elders crossing street in front of bakery.
Early gas station, Homestead, Iowa, ca.1920s

Early gas station, Homestead, Iowa, ca.1920s

Dr. Henry G. Moershel residence - Homestead, Homestead, Iowa, post 1932

Dr. Henry G. Moershel residence - Homestead, Homestead, Iowa, post 1932

Family members sitting on homes front porch, post communal era.
Dorothy Trumpold weaving

Dorothy Trumpold weaving

Dorothy Trumpold weaving carpet strips on her hand loom.
Demolition of flour mill chimney, West Amana, Iowa, July 1939

Demolition of flour mill chimney, West Amana, Iowa, July 1939

Third image in a series showing the demolition of the flour mill's chimney using dynamite.
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