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08/09/08
Photos & other memorabilia from
New Albin, Iowa twp.Page
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Photo taken in the
original New Albin Savings Bank lobby. Pictured
from left to right are Frank Weymiller, Sr., Albert
Fruechte and Earl Welsh. Albert and Earl were
both active in the bank for over 60 years.
~1998 New Albin Savings Bank
100 Year Anniversary Calendar
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Turn-of-the-century photo of original
bank building and list of original bank officers, H.
Martin, W.O. Bock, L.H. Gaardner and A.H. Freiberg.
~1998 New Albin Savings Bank 100 Year
Anniversary Calendar
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Farmers Savings Bank, New
Albin
Letters signed by A.H. Freiberg, cashier
Farmers Savings Bank, New Albin
undated
~original bank brochure, personal collection of
Erin Wilker
Passenger train at the New Albin
depot prepares to head south.
~1998 New Albin Savings Bank 100 Year
Anniversary Calendar
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Meyer's Market, now known as City
Meat Market. F.C. Meyer moved the market to
this location in 1906. Known for its homemade
meats, the City Meat Market is currently (as of
2006) operated by the fifth generation of the
Meyer family.
~1998 New Albin Savings Bank 100 Year
Anniversary Calendar
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View of Highway 26 looking south with
Stone Quarry Hill in the background.
~1998 New Albin Savings Bank 100 Year
Anniversary Calendar
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View of Highway 26 looking north.
~1998 New Albin Savings Bank 100 Year
Anniversary Calendar
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The yards and Farmer's
Elevator. A freight train heads north from the
New Albin depot.
~1998 New Albin Savings Bank 100 Year
Anniversary Calendar
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The current (as of 2006) New Albin
Savings Bank taken in 1998. (The car must have
been a 'prop', note the digital clock.)
~1998 New Albin Savings Bank 100 Year
Anniversary Calendar
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Main Street as seen from the railroad
track. Circa about 1910.
~1998 New Albin Savings Bank 100 Year
Anniversary Calendar
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Minnesota Bluff just north of New
Albin. Note the Indian burial grave on the top
right of the bluff.
~1998 New Albin Savings Bank 100 Year
Anniversary Calendar
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Early Catch and Release
Program. George May, center, instructs his
fellow workers to "give this one a little
libation and release it to grow up."
~1998 New Albin Savings Bank 100 Year
Anniversary Calendar
Iowa welcome sign near the
Iowa-Minnesota state line on the old road entering
New Albin. The historical iron post state line
marker is at right.
~1998 New Albin Savings Bank 100 Year
Anniversary Calendar
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View of New Albin from the top of
Stone Quarry Hill. Circa about 1910.
~1998 New Albin Savings Bank 100 Year
Anniversary Calendar
View of New Albin from the top of
Stone Quarry Hill in April 2007. The photographer was
Erin Wilker.
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Welper's
Tavern, New Albin
front L-R: Leo Crowley, Gerhard
"George" Middendorf (with cane), Nick
Thimmesch (hand on bar), Jim Woods (leaning on
bar) & Gustave "Gus" Welper
(bartender/owner)
rear L-R: Simon Medicus & John Schultz
~photo from the personal collection of
Erin Wilker
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Hopperstod Tavern, New Albin, 1948
H. Martin, Dry Goods, Groceries
Advertising postcard, ca1870's/1880's *
~original postcard, personal collection of
Erin Wilker |
New Albin Savings
Bank folder, early 1900's
~personal collection of
Erin Wilker |
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1939 New Albin Day Flier
~original flier, personal
collection of Erin Wilker |
Wild Hardware
Advertising postcard, undated
The name Earl Riser is written on the back
~original postcard, personal collection of
Erin Wilker |
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~unless otherwise indicated, the photos on this
page were all contributed by Errin Wilker from the source
included with the photo. Not all are dated. Erin writes:
"Although the Welper's Tavern photo is undated, Gerhard
"George" Middendorf died in 1941. He was my 2nd
great-grandfather." The New Albin Savings Bank is a scan of
an original early 1900s bank folder.
*note from Sharyl, the Allamakee co. IAGenWeb coordinator: The H.
Martin advertising card is likely Herman Martin, a merchant
living in New Albin. H. Martin is enumerated on the 1870 U.S.
census, living in New Albin. The census indicates he is age 24,
born in Prussia, a newly-wed in September 1869, and occupation
Grocer. His wife is Ellen, age 19, born in PA. Herman Martin is
enumerated on the 1880 U.S. census, living in New Albin, age 35
and born in Prussia. His wife and children: Elmira (age 29, b.
PA), Hulda (age 9), Lewis H. (age 7), Charlie E. (age 5), Edward
(age 3) and Elenora (age 9 mo.). All of the children were born in
Iowa. The Merrick Thread Co. dates from about 1865.
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