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Title: Main Avenue, Clear Lake, Iowa, Rogers Hotel, Ritz Cafe, Knutson, F.L., Kenyon Real Estate
Description: Looking north down Main Avenue with Rogers Hotel sign, Ritz Café on right along with Dr. Knutson, optometrist, a drug store, and a bakery across the street. Number E-281. Title supplied by cataloger.
Date Created: 1945
PID: grinnell:13545

Title: Iowa Veterans Home, Main building, soldier's home, Marshalltown, Iowa
Description: Entrance with new drive to the main building of the Iowa Veterans Home in Marshalltown, Iowa. 1945 postmark. Number 24407N.
Date Created: 1945
PID: grinnell:13758

Title: Marietta Bonnett to Lucille Ley - February 20, 1945
Description: Marietta writes about her mother's sudden heart attack and her trouble taking care of Bonnie, her daughter. She asks Lucille if she has recieved any more information about Jimmy. Marietta tells Lucille that hearing news from other soldiers about her husband always makes her happy.
Date Created: 1945
PID: grinnell:26505

Title: Mary Grothouse to Lucille Ley - August 26, 1945
Description: Mary asks if Lucille has heard from Jimmy and mentions she has not yet heard from her own son. She wonders whether or not Lucille's letter to the governement was ever answered. Mary feels happy now that the war is over and her other sons can return home.
Date Created: 1945
PID: grinnell:26516

Title: Mary Grothouse to Lucille Ley - June 28, 1945
Description: Mary writes that she hopes Lucille will get an answer to her letter to the Com. Gen. of the Air Force. She confides that sometimes she thinks that the government knows the fate of the boys, but isn't telling the families. Then she talks about her other son in the military who is unharmed despite an attack on his boat. Finally, Mary tells Lucille she has moved into a smaller house.
Date Created: 1945
PID: grinnell:26515

Title: Masonic Library and museum, Cedar Rapids, Iowa
Description: The original building was built in 1884 and was reported to be the first Masonic library in the world to have its own building. It was replaced in 1955 with a building constructed of Vermont Marble at a cost of over $1 million and is reputed to be the largest Masonic library in the world. The Library currently includes three museum collections and is open to the public. Located at 813 1st Avenue SE, Cedar Rapids, Linn County, Iowa. 1945 postmark.
Date Created: 1945
PID: grinnell:14124

Title: Masonic Temple, Algona, Iowa, Rutherford House, Kossuth County Hotel, Algona Hospital
Description: Looking northeast at a building that housed lodgers as the Rutherford House around 1881, then was remodeled and used as the Algona Hospital from 1907 to 1931 and then the Masonic Temple in 1931. In 1973 the building was torn down to make room for a drive-up bank. Number S-109.
Date Created: 1945
PID: grinnell:14278

Title: north campus loggia, men's dormitories, Mens dormitories, Grinnell College, Grinnell, Iowa, Men's dormitories, Grinnell College, Grinnell, Iowa
Description: Looking northeast. 1945 is handwritten in correspondence. Number F-32.
Date Created: 1945
PID: grinnell:13516

Title: Norwegian American Historical Museum, Decorah, Iowa, Vesterheim: The National Norwegian-American Museum and Heritage Center
Description: Looking northeast at a 3-story brick and stone building located at 520 West Water Street, Decorah, Winneshiek County, Iowa. In 1877, Norwegian Americans began collecting and preserving objects at Luther College in Decorah, Iowa, documenting their chapter of the immigrant story, making them pioneers in the preservation of cultural diversity in America. Number C241.
Date Created: 1945
PID: grinnell:16178

Title: Public Library, Davenport, Iowa, Davenport Public Library, Carnegie Library
Description: This 1904 Carnegie Library, the largest west of the Mississippi River, was built at the cost of $75,000 donated by Andrew Carnegie. The building was designed by Boston architect Calvin Kiessling. Due to structural damage, the Carnegie building was demolished in 1968. The building was located at 399 North Main Street, Davenport, Scott County, Iowa. 1916 postmark. Number 221147.
Date Created: 1945
PID: grinnell:16198