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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: Court house, Atlantic, Iowa, Cass County Court House, Cass County Courthouse
Description: Looking northwest at the Cass County Court House. The fourth and final courthouse constructed of Indiana limestone and standing three-stories high cost $119,000. It was dedicated on December 26, 1934. It was one of 10 county courthouses built in Iowa during the New Deal Era as part of the federal Public Works Administration. Located at 5 West Seventh Street, Atlantic, Cass County, Iowa, Listed in the National Register of Historical Places. Number M-424.
Date Created: 1950
PID: grinnell:13440

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: Main Street, Ames, Iowa
Description: Looking east with the power plant in the background. There is a JCPenney store on the right and a hotel on the left. "The stores on Main Street are modern and attractive. Alert, well-maintained enterprises make up the business district of Ames."--t.p. verso. Number 24291N. Series 10.
Date Created: 1950
PID: grinnell:14254

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: Play Production ?
Description: Three women in workshop, possibly working on materials for a play.
Date Created: 1950
PID: grinnell:13259