Letter to the Editor: In search of an old photograph

To the Editor:
I am writing and co-producing a documentary in conjunction with Iowa Public Television titled “West by Orphan Train.” It’s based on my book, Emily’s Story:  The Brave Journey of an Orphan Train Rider. It’s the true life story of my paternal grandmother, who rode an orphan train to Iowa in 1906. I’m on a search for a school photo of my grandmother that would have been taken at Jefferson School #2, (which was also known as “Oak Grove School” and stood in the northeast corner of Section 8 and is now the Freddie Miller farm) between about 1907 and 1909. She was taken in by the Edwin and Mary Kellogg family who were renting a farm in Jefferson Township. Some last names of farm neighbors that lived around them on the 1910 census were Walter, Pettit, Baldwin, and Woodmansee.
The earliest photo we have of my grandmother was taken when she turned eighteen (in 1910) and we would love to be able to show a younger photo of her in the documentary. Any help your readers could give me on this would be so appreciated. They may contact either my friend Elaine Eadie of Waukon at 563-568-4278 (Elaine’s father, Gilbert Eadie, rode an orphan train to Waukon), or myself at 608-931-6004.

Clark Kidder
Janesville, WI