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Title: Business section, Clear Lake, Iowa, Lake Gift Shop, Lake Café, Ray Sandry Real Estate, Gambles, Ward Furniture Store
Description: Looking northeast on Main Avenue in Clear Lake, Iowa, with various store signs such as Lake Gift Shop and Lake Café on the left and Ray Sandry Real Estate, Gambles, and Ward Furniture on the right. Number 2-A252.
Date Created: 1950
PID: grinnell:13723

Title: Don & Irene's Motel, Danville, Iowa
Description: On verso: Don & Irene's Motel was located on Highway 34, 1/2 mile west of Danville, Iowa. Close to restaurant, air conditioned, kitchenettes, open year round, plenty of space. Phone: 4212.
Date Created: 1950
PID: grinnell:16208

Title: High school, Grinnell, Iowa
Description: Looking northeast from Fourth Avenue. The first Grinnell high school was built in 1904. An addition that expanded the building to include junior high students was completed in 1921. Number 21160. Series 1. It now houses the Grinnell Community Center.
Date Created: 1950
PID: grinnell:13812

Title: Karigan's Restaurant, Fourth and Central, Dubuque, Iowa
Description: Looking northwest at a two-story stone building. Brothers Constantine and Theodore and their cousin Andrew Karigan opened Karigan's restaurant in downtown Dubuque in 1940. The exterior and especially the interior of the restaurant featured the popular Art Deco style of the day. Verso says: Karigan's Restaurant, Fourth and Central, One of Dubuque's most popular places to eat. "Good Food is the Secret of our Success". Number 6539.
Date Created: 1950
PID: grinnell:16035

Title: Passenger boat, Clear Lake, Iowa, Miss Clear Lake passenger boat
Description: Looking at the Miss Clear Lake boating tour. From about 1935 to 1955, speedboat rides were a major part of Clear Lake's everyday business during the busy tourist seasons. Number M-515.
Date Created: 1950
PID: grinnell:14048

Title: Passenger boat, Clear Lake, Iowa, Princess passenger boat
Description: The Touristville Boat Livery's Princess passenger boat #90 had daily boat tours and on Sunday. Number D-423.
Date Created: 1950
PID: grinnell:14047

Title: Princess excursion boat, Clear Lake, Iowa
Description: The Touristville Boat Livery's Princess passenger boat #90 had daily boat tours and on Sunday. Number D-418.
Date Created: 1950
PID: grinnell:14049

Title: Quaker Oats Company, Cedar Rapids, Iowa, American Cereal Company, North Star Mill, Pepsico, Cedar River, Red Cedar River
Description: Looking southeast from the Cedar River at the Quarker Oats Plant. In 1873, the Stuart family from Canada and the Higley and especially the Douglas family from Cedar Rapids established an oatmeal mill (initially known as the North Star Mill). The company later adopted the name American Cereal Company and by the 1890s began to produce a product line known as "Quaker Oats". The Cedar Rapids Quaker Oats plant established its own skyline of manufacturing buildings and became one of the largest in the nation. 1950 postmark. Number 4B-H1575. Series P5.
Date Created: 1950
PID: grinnell:13420

Title: Scene from north shore, Clear Lake, Iowa
Description: Looking at several boat docks on Clear Lake's north shore. Number P-404.
Date Created: 1950
PID: grinnell:14046

Title: St. Ambrose College, Davenport, Iwoa, Ambrose Hall
Description: Ambrose Hall was built in 1885 as the first structure on the St. Ambrose campus. 1950 postmark. Number 30010. Series D-9.
Date Created: 1950
PID: grinnell:16193