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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

Title: Warren Township #3 Students May 1924
Description: Students and visitors at Warren Township #3 School posed on the last day of school in May 1924. Warren Township #3 was 3.5 miles northeast of Brooklyn, Iowa. Front row, left to right: Claude Wheeler, Victor Landuyt, Bruno Van Ersvelde, Donald Crider, Edward Haines. Second row, left to right: Teacher "Miss Margie" Brotherson Mannatt, Anna Otto, Mary Landuyt, Pearson Hall, Philomina Van Ersvelde, Frank Van Ersvelde, Arlene Crider, Alphonso Landuyt. Back row, left to right: Eugene Otto, Wayne Heishman, Kenneth Carmichael, Ferdinand Landuyt, Kenneth Haines, Rose Van Ersvelde, Jennie Otto, Earl Wheeler, Harry Otto, Glen Wheeler, Clara Van Ersvelde.
Date Created: 1924
PID: grinnell:27224

Title: Washing Machine Workyard
Description: Four men working on washing machines, possibly at the Grinnell Washing Machine Company which was in business in Grinnell from 1909-1937. Drake Community Library (Grinnell, Iowa) Archives. Hodgdon Photographs Collection #259.
Date Created: 1920
PID: grinnell:27288

Title: Washing kits after noon mess, Camp Dodge, Iowa
Description: Looking at several military trainees washing their kits after noon mess. Original construction of Camp Dodge began in 1907, to provide a place for the National Guard units to train. In 1917, the installation was handed over to national authorities and greatly expanded to become a regional training center for forces to participate in the First World War. The name Camp Dodge comes from Brigadier General Grenville M. Dodge, who organized Iowa's first National Guard unit in 1856. 1918 postmark. Number 52974.
Date Created: 1918
PID: grinnell:16866

Title: Washington #1 December 1953
Description: Washington #1 rural school students in Washington Township, Poweshiek County, Iowa, in December 1953. Front row, left to right: Sandy Hamor, Charlotte Tone, Sandi Benson. Second row, left to right: Rick Benson, Carol Bangham, Ron Edgington, Barbara Tone. Third row, left to right: Dennis Hull, Linda Edgington, Steve Koger, Roger Close, Roger Edgington, Mary Bangham. Back row, left to right: Bob Kline, Terry Beeler.
Date Created: 1953
PID: grinnell:27185