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| Title | Date | Description | Subjects |
|---|---|---|---|
| Graduation from Cornell College | Graduation from Cornell College, Mt. Vernon, Iowa, 1888. The three women dressed in white dresses are the sisters of Descartes Pascal. From left to right:Lucy, Arcana Celestia (Lettie), and Laura. | ||
| School group at Allison School | School group at Allison School in Orange Township, Clinton County, Iowa. | ||
| Professor Carter | Professor Carter was a traveling entertainer. In this photograph he is balancing a wooden chair on his chin. | Entertainers | |
| Field with hay stacks | 1880/1920 | This image depicts a field with several hay stacks. Two men are shown; one is at work stacking the wild prairie grass hay. | Stacks (Hay, grain, etc.) |
| Farm workers | 1880/1920 | Farm workers threshing oats and stacking straw. A steam engine is on the left and a separator is on the right. Ten with pitchforks are on top of the straw pile. | Oats;Threshing |
| Unity School | 1880/1920 | Unity School, west of DeWitt, Iowa. Teacher and students posed outside the one-room schoolhouse. | Rural schools;School children |
| Pascal family | 1880/1920 | Pascal family photo. Back row, left to right: Arcana Celestia (Lettie), John, Laura, Descartes (Dan), George, Lucy. Front row, left to right: (Sarah) Celia, Aylett, Lee, George Wourms (father), Talitha Cumi [Cotton] (mother). Celia was Aylett's wife. Lee was their son. The dog's name was Pedro. | |
| Ice skaters | 1880/1920 | Men and boys on ice skates, possibly on the Mississippi River. | Skaters |
| Pascal house | 1880/1920 | Back view of the Pascal house, Grand Mound, Iowa in winter. Men are cutting wood. Between the two men on the left is a circular saw. On the right are two horses. | Homes |
| Boys on horse-drawn sleds | 1880/1920 | Boys on horse-drawn sleds in winter. Lee Pascal and Jasper Babcock are on the front sled. Percy Pascal and Jim Townsen are on the rear sled. The horse's name is Daisy. The photo is taken in front of the corn crib on the Pascal farm. | Sleds;Corncribs |
| Bussen farm | 1880/1920 | The Bussen farm house and outbuildings in winter. The house and yard are enclosed by a picket fence. The lawn is covered with snow. There is cupola on one of the outbuildings. | Homes |
| Pascal house | 1880/1920 | Pascal house, east of Grand Mound, Iowa. George W. Pascal and Talitha Cumi Pascal are on the front porch. Daughters Laura and Arcana (Lettie) are in the front yard. | Homes |
| West side of the Main Street in Pocahontas, Iowa | 1880/1920 | West side of the main street in Pocahontas, Iowa. There are many men, women, children, wagons, and horses in this street scene. | |
| Two women seated | 1880/1920 | Two women seated beside the back door of their house in DeWitt, Iowa. On the left is Della M. Cotton and on the right is Bertha M. Cotton. They are the daughters of Salem Cotton and his wife Mercy Brown. | Homes |
| Children playing outside | 1880/1920 | A boy pours something from a bucket into a cauldron steaming over a fire. The girls are dressed in coats and bonnets. | Children |
| Mixing cement for an ice house | 1880/1920 | Two men mixing cement to build an ice house behind the Pascal house east of Grand Mound, Iowa. | Homes;Icehouses |
| George and Descartes (Dan) Pascal | 1880/1920 | George and Descartes (Dan) Pascal at the John Pascal farm in Pocahontas, Iowa. The man on the right holds a rifle. | Homes |
| Bussen farm | 1880/1920 | The Bussen farm, east of Grand Mound, Iowa. A man is at a pump near the fence at the front of the yard. | Homes |
| Barber and customer | 1880/1920 | A barber in his shop stands beside a customer seated in a chair. | Barbers |
| Railroad tracks | 1880/1920 | Railroad tracks at cliffs near DeWitt, Iowa. | Railroad tracks;Railroad trains |
| Arcana Celestia (Lettie) Pascal | 1880/1920 | A woman, Arcana Celestia (Lettie) Pascal, holds the reins of a horse. A colt stands beside the horse. Arcana is the sister of Descartes Pascal. | |
| Home of George Wourms Pascal | 1880/1920 | Home of George Wourms Pascal and his wife Talitha Cumi Cotton Pascal, parents of Descartes Pascal. Pascal's boyhood home was located near Grand Mound, Iowa. A man in the foreground of the picture is photographing a young standing child. | |
| Boysen family | 1880/1920 | Family group posed in front of the Boysen home located between Grand Mound and DeWitt in Clinton County, Iowa. | Homes |
| Hunter with boy and dog | 1880/1920 | Hunter with boy and dog standing outside a thicket. On the left is Wickliffe Cotton, holding a rifle and wearing an ammunition belt. Wickliffe was the cousin of Descartes Pascal and the son of Salem and Mercy Cotton. On the right is Lee Pascal, nephew of Descartes Pascal. A dog named Pedro sits on a handmade sled beside three dead rabbits. Snow covers the ground. | |
| Lucy Pascal | 1890/1899 | A woman, Lucy Pascal, holding a sketch pad. Lucy is the sister of Descartes Pascal. She is sitting on a boulder under a tree. |