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Title: Gateway Bridge crossing the Mississippi River, Clinton, Iowa, South Bridge
Description: Carrying U.S. Highway 30 connecting Illinois and Iowa, the beautiful bridge was opened to traffic on June 30, 1956. Built at a cost of $6,800,000, the main steel bridge is 4,150 ft long, overall length including approaches is 9,600 ft. The roadway is 72 ft. above normal river level and the steel towers are 175 ft. above water level. --verso. Number 6C-K1473. Series K-10.
Date Created: 1956
PID: grinnell:14429

Title: High school, Brooklyn, Iowa
Description: Looking southwest at the original public school building built in 1914 at a cost of $50,000. A newer addition is to the south of the public building. 1956 postmark. Number 383-14.
Date Created: 1956
PID: grinnell:14447

Title: Students Sledding, 1956
Description: Four students tobogganing at "Lake Acre" in 1956. Left to right: Kathy Holman '57, Joyce Kanfmann '57, Lyn Ayres '57, and Rosemary Hamm '57.
Date Created: 1956
PID: grinnell:17776

Title: Students with horse
Description: Polly Gardner '59 grooms a horse while Tom Gillan '58 sits on a rail.
Date Created: 1956
PID: grinnell:26813

Title: Warnecke's De Witt Cafe, De Witt, Iowa
Description: Looking at the inside of a 1950s cafe with tables and chairs, booths and a bar with stools. Verso says: Warnecke's De Witt Cafe, 903 Sixth Ave., Highway 61, De Witt, Iowa 'Air Conditioned', 'Just Good Food' Prime beef center of the world. Open every day except Monday. Bee and Harold Warneck, proprietors. 1956 postmark. Number 21624.
Date Created: 1956
PID: grinnell:16071