Hodgdon Photographs

Series

Hodgdon Photographs

• 1890-1924 (Creation)

Quantity: One 12 x 13 x 2 ½ buff box.

Arrangement: 25 photographs and postcards, with biographical materials (see listing below)

Background Note: Photographs belonging to the family of William Sparks Hodgdon (1884-1965) were donated by Susan K. Hathcock, William’s granddaughter. William’s father was Charles Green. Hodgdon, who came to Grinnell in 1872 and whose biographical history appears in The History of Poweshiek County, Iowa (Des Moines: Union Historical Company, Birdsall, Williams, & Co., 1880) on page 934. William Sparks Hodgdon was born and raised in Grinnell, and a number of photographs attest to his involvement as a young man in football and track. Information about the photographs was provided by Susan K. Hathcock.

Note: Photographs were originally given to the Poweshiek Historical Preservation Project (PHPP) on July 25, 2017 and were digitized for that collection.

Container List:
One sheet of photograph thumbnails scanned for PHPP, with file names

Photographs:

George Ernest Hodgdon (1882-1946), Champion Rt. Guard, GHS 1900-01-02

1902 Champions of Iowa and Neb, 1902; Wm. S. Hodgdon front row, seated 1st on left; George E. Hodgdon 2nd row, seated 1st on right

Three-man team – National High School Track Meet at Amos Alonzo Stagg Field, University of Chicago; Wm. S. Hodgdon on right, George Longshore, Carl Kiesel, June 7, 1902 (see copy of Grinnell Herald article from June 10, 1902 in folder)

Two men running (Wm. S. Hodgdon? & unknown man) 1902-03

2 photographs of 1903 Univ. of Chicago Interscholastic Meet: (1) 440- yard run, and (2) start of race (see copy of Grinnell Herald article from June 16, 1903 in folder)

Men & women standing on haystack (people unknown; 1903 GHS graduating class?)

Women sitting on tree bough (none identified; 1903 graduating class?)

Family portrait (1890) of three brothers: Wm. Sparks Hodgdon (1884-1965)—right
George Ernest Hodgdon (1882-1946) –left
Charles Raymond Hodgdon (1879-1945)—middle

Three brothers rough-housing in bedroom (approx. 1900): Charles (Raymond) –left, George—right, and Will (middle at bottom)

Uniformed man with truck (“Cherokee Monument Co.” on truck door), 1920-22; believed to have been taken near Cherokee, IA

Uniformed man with bi-plane (1920-22), believed to have been taken near Cherokee, IA

Bi-plane with Donaldson Bros. logo, pilot in cockpit (1920-22); believed to have been taken near Cherokee, IA

Washing machine work yard with four unidentified men (possibly tied to Grinnell Washing Machine Company); date unknown

Wm. S. Hodgdon in auto in front of house, location unknown (1910-1920?)

Wm. S. Hodgdon in front of Chevrolet at cemetery, Minnesota license Plate, 1924; Cherokee, IA

Two photographs of Wm. S. Hodgdon in auto in snow, off front side of house, location unknown (1910-1920)

Postcard (see back for location information) of three men in car, Wm. S. Hodgdon at the wheel (approx.. 1909)

Postcard of three men (w/ unknown woman in background) and two cars, Wm. S. Hodgdon—left, Caryl Boynton Holden —middle?, Chester Lyle Holden (right?), 1920-22

Auto in front of storefront—monuments (possibly Cherokee Monument Co., 126 E. Main St, Cherokee, IA), 1920s

Postcard of Locomotive #2461, W. S. Hodgdon in foreground, Cherokee, IA, dated Feb. 1, 1919

Postcard of Great Northern Mountain Engine No. 1907, written on back from George Hodgdon to Wm. S. Hodgdon, Aug. 1, 1909, from Canada R. P.O/R.M.S.

Postcard of Locomotive #2209 Chicago & North Western Railroad

Postcard of Locomotive #322 or 822, Chicago & North Western Railroad, with four unidentified men

One folder containing biographical information via email, newspaper article copies, and a page copied from The History of Poweshiek County, Iowa.

Digitized: Photographs in this collection were first given to the Poweshiek County Historical Preservation Project (July 25, 2017) and will appear in Digital Grinnell under a keyword search of either the donor name “Hathcock” or the family name “Hodgdon.” A printout of the digitized photographs (thumbnails) with their local (internal) file names is included in the box at the front of the collection.

Donated by: Susan K. Hathcock

Name of Preparer: L. Cabelli
Date of Preparation: 26 September 2017