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Title: Aerial view of Banker's Life, Des Moines, Iowa
Description: Looking northwest. Verso says: Aerial view of Banker's Life, 4 of Des Moines, Iowa's 193 churches, the Telephone Building and Television towers looming in the background. St. Paul's Episcopal Church is circled in red. Number 65696.
PID: grinnell:16166

Title: Anna Lee Freeman to Lucille Ley - April 17, 1945
Description: Anna Lee writes to Lucille about visiting her parents. She says she continues to pray for the missing crew members and that she hopes they have escaped. She tells Lucille to keep busy her and her husband have bought some chicks.
PID: grinnell:26512

Title: Anna Lee Freeman to Lucille Ley - February 13, 1945
Description: Anna Lee writes to ask Lucille if she has had any news about Jimmy. She talks about how she recieved her son's personal items the other day and how hard it was for her to read his letters. She mentions it has now been almost a year since the crew's mission failed.
PID: grinnell:26511

Title: Anna Lee Freeman to Lucille Ley - July 16, 1945
Description: Anna Lee writes about missing the presentation of her son's awards due to bad weather conditions. Then, she talks specifically about their son's personal items they recieved. Anna Lee tells Lucille about her two contacts in Germany and France looking for more information on the crew by looking in prison camps and checking graves. She continues to pray for good news.
PID: grinnell:26513

Title: Anna Lee Freeman to Lucille Ley - November 3, 1945
Description: Anna Lee asks Lucille again what she has heard or read in regards to their sons. She tells Lucille about her contacts that she has that are actively looking for information.
PID: grinnell:26508

Title: Bankers Life Company, home office building, Des Moines, Iowa
Description: Looking northeast from High Street. Verso says: The Bankers Life Company, established in 1879 by Edward Temple, a pioneer Iowa banker in the best life insurance company west of the Mississippi River. Located at 711 High Street, Des Moines, Polk County, Iowa. 1947 postmark. Number 0B-H565.
PID: grinnell:14680

Title: Beach at Methodist Camp, Clear Lake, Iowa
Description: People swimming with a sign that reads "This Beach Closed to All Swimmers After Dark". The area is now the Bell Harbor Homeowners Association, but it once consisted only of cabins owned by various Methodist churches in Iowa. Number H-233.
PID: grinnell:14042

Title: Beauty spot, Clear Lake, Iowa
Description: Serene spot on the Clear Lake viewed from a boat dock. Number M-511.
PID: grinnell:14043

Title: Charles Theater, Charles City, Iowa
Description: Constructed in 1935, the ART DECO design included real gold leaf and is considered to be the best example of the few remaining ART DECO theaters in the United States.--t.p. verso. Located at 409 N. Main Street, Charles City, Floyd County, Iowa. Number 39130885.
PID: grinnell:14097