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Title: Aerial view of Banker's Life, Des Moines, Iowa, Principal Financial Group, St. Paul's Episcopal Church, Cathedral Church of Saint Paul
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.
Date Created: 1945
PID: grinnell:16166

Title: Bankers Life Company, home office building, Des Moines, Iowa, Principal Financial Group
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.
Date Created: 1945
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.
Date Created: 1945
PID: grinnell:14042

Title: Business section, Calmar, Iowa, George A. Bucheit Stores, Frana Opera House, Olympic Theatre, Flaskerud & Korbel Hardware Store
Description: Looking southeast at downtown Calmar, Iowa, with a gazebo in the center, George A. Bucheit Stores far left, Frana Opera House, the Olympic Theatre and The Flaskerud & Korbel Hardware Store. Number B477.
Date Created: 1945
PID: grinnell:14156

Title: Charles Theater, Charles City, Iowa, Charles Theatre
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.
Date Created: 1945
PID: grinnell:14097

Title: Colo Cabin Camp at junction of Hi-Ways 30 & 65, Colo, Iowa, Colo Motel, Colo Cabin Camp at junction of Highways 30 & 65, Colo, Iowa
Description: Looking northeast at a one-story motel. Throughout most of the 1920’s, Charlie Reed allowed travelers to pitch tents on open land at this site. Beginning in 1928, however, that camping space was filled by the Colo Cabin Camp, which was also known by the late 1940’s as the Colo Motel, the sole name used after the mid-1950’s. This was an early use in Iowa of the term “motel,” a contraction of “motor hotel.” Connoting “modern,” this new word originated in California and quickly spread across the country after World War II. The motel has been recently remodeled and is now in use for those in need of a night’s stay. Number 5122.
Date Created: 1945
PID: grinnell:16991

Title: Commonwealth Apartment Hotel, Cedar Rapids, Iowa, Commonwealth Senior Apartments
Description: Looking southwest towards the entrance of the interior of the lobby in the Commonwealth Apartment Hotel and the inset is looking northwest into the courtyard. It was built in 1925 as an extended-stay hotel, the building features arched doorways and windows, black marble baseboards and elaborate decorative columns. The building now features 84 newly renovated apartments and is used for senior living. Located at 1400 2nd Avenue, SE, Cedar Rapids, Linn County, Iowa. Number 32077N.
Date Created: 1945
PID: grinnell:14128

Title: Country club, Chariton, Iowa, Lakeview Golf & Country Club, West Lake
Description: Looking northeast at West Lake, the clubhouse and putting green near the lake. The Lakeview Golf & Country Club is a nine-hole course which opened in 1929 and is located at 21897 480th Street, Chariton, Lucas County, Iowa. Number B817.
Date Created: 1945
PID: grinnell:13744

Title: Court house, Decorah, Iowa, Winneshiek Court House, Winneshiek County Courthouse
Description: Looking southwest at the courthouse with the Civil War soldier monument shown on the left. This is the second courthouse in Decorah designed by architects Kinney & Detweiler and constructed by O.H. Olson contractors. The building, located at 201 West Main Street, Decorah, Winneshiek County, Iowa, was completed in 1904 at a cost of $125,000 and is listed in the National Register of Historical Places. Number P208.
Date Created: 1945
PID: grinnell:16182