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Title: Campanile, Iowa State College, Ames, Iowa
Description: Construction of the Campanile was completed in 1898 in memoriam of Margaret MacDonald Stanton, first dean of women, and the first bells were placed in the Campanile in 1899. Later in 1920, when Mrs. Stanton's husband, Edgar W. Stanton, 4-time acting president of Iowa State University, died, the university installed a musical instrument in the structure known as the Edgar W. and Margaret MacDonald Stanton Memorial Carillon.
Date Created: 1940
PID: grinnell:14450

Title: Campus drive at Iowa State College, Ames, Iowa, Union Drive, Iowa State University
Description: View of the Iowa State College campus. Number 105.
Date Created: 1940
PID: grinnell:13767

Title: City park, Montezuma, Iowa
Description: View of small log cabin with a sign "Tourists Please Register" posted on the side. Number B-289.
Date Created: 1940
PID: grinnell:18244

Title: Colony Inn, Amana, Iowa, Amana Hotel, Colony Inn Restaurant
Description: Established as the Amana Hotel in 1860, the Colony Inn is still running today as a hotel and restaurant. Listed in the National Register of Historic Places under Amana Villages.
Date Created: 1940
PID: grinnell:13455

Title: Donohoe Building, State Hospital, Cherokee, Iowa, Cherokee State Hospital, Cherokee Mental Health Institute
Description: Looking south at the Donohoe Building construction in 1931 as an example of the Neo-Classical institutional design. The Cherokee Mental Health Institute is a state-run psychiatric facility in Cherokee, Iowa. The hospital was opened for patients on August 15, 1902, and is located at 1251 W. Cedar Loop, Cherokee, Cherokee County, Iowa. The Donohoe Building is listed on Preservation Iowa's Most Endangered Properties. Number C540.
Date Created: 1940
PID: grinnell:13445

Title: East side square, Centerville, Iowa, Ritz Theater, Continental Hotel, Owl Drugs, The Fashion Shop, Montgomery Ward order office, Allen's, Bowling alley
Description: Looking northeast at the Continental Hotel with a drug store, shoe store, Montgomery Ward store and a bowling alley in the front. A Schlitz sign is also in front of a bar. The courthouse square historic district is listed on the National Register of Historical Places. Number N307.
Date Created: 1940
PID: grinnell:14574

Title: Government Bridge and Roller Dam, Davenport, Iowa, Arsenal Bridge, Lock and Dam No. 15
Description: An aerial view of the Government Bridge and the Lock and Dam No. 15 with the city of Davenport, Iowa, in the background. The Lock and Dam No. 15, completed in 1933, spans the Mississippi River between Rock Island, Illinois and Davenport, Iowa. It is the largest roller dam in the world, its dam is 1,203 feet (366.7 m) long and consists of nine 109 feet (33.2 m) non-submersible, non-overflow roller gates and two 109 feet (33.2 m) non-submersible overflow roller gates. It was designed solely to form pools to make commercial river traffic possible and is not situated perpendicular to the flow of the river. It is also one of the few roller dams that features an auxiliary lock. It is listed in the National Register of Historic Places. 1940 postmark. Number 66735.
Date Created: 1940
PID: grinnell:16954

Title: Greetings from Clear Lake, Iowa
Description: Hand-colored card of a fisherman on Clear Lake with a sunset in the background. Clear Lake was once called the “Saratoga of the West,” boasting good fishing, swimming, and boating. Number 66208.
Date Created: 1940
PID: grinnell:14040