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Title: Decorah Lutheran Church, Decorah, Iowa
Description: Looking southwest at a 3-story brick building built in 1961. The parish hall was completed and dedicated in 1952. The church is located at 309 Winnebago Street, Decorah, Winneshiek County, Iowa. Number 27-M.
Date Created: 1945
PID: grinnell:16946

Title: Diving at Lake Okoboji, Arnold's Park, Iowa
Description: Children diving off of wooden diving board in Lake Okoboji. Boat in the background. Number 26.
Date Created: 1945
PID: grinnell:14241

Title: Dock for speed boats, Clear Lake, Iowa, Touristville Boat Livery, Princess boat
Description: Boat dock for rocket boat rides and Princess sailboat excursions. Chris Craft speedboat rides were very popular at Clear Lake, Iowa as well as The Touristville Boat Livery's Princess scenic boat tours which had boat tours daily and on Sundays. Number E-294.
Date Created: 1945
PID: grinnell:14045

Title: Dr. Chappell's Clinic, Clear Lake, Iowa, Chappell, E.E.
Description: Dr. E.E. Chappell founded the Chappell Osteopathic Clinic in 1936 and maintained his practice at this clinic until his death in 1947. The clinic was housed at 23 South Fourth Street, Clear Lake, Cerro Gordo County, Iowa. Number 3-A.
Date Created: 1945
PID: grinnell:14057

Title: Elm Street South, Cresco, Iowa, Polashek's Meat Market, Texaco Northern Iowa Service Station, Elms Café, Morris Variety Store
Description: Looking south on a busy street with the Northern Iowa Texaco Service Station, Chevrolet dealership and Polashek's Meat Market on the left and Elm's Café and the Morris Variety Store on the right. Number C220.
Date Created: 1945
PID: grinnell:16975

Title: Hotel Savery Rocket Room, Des Moines, Iowa, Savery Hotel, Savery III, Renaissance Des Moines Savery Hotel
Description: The Rocket Room was originally a coffee room remodeled into a restaurant. Looking northwest at an eleven-story limestone and brick building that rises 140 feet (43 m) above the ground. H.L. Stevens & Co. designed the current 233-room hotel in the Colonial Revival style and it was the third Savery Hotel to be built in Des Moines, opening in 1919. It was later rebuilt in 1930 and renovated extensively in 1999 and in 2016-2017. Verso says: "A Tangney-McGinn Hotel, Home of Famous Food, 'Rocket Room', Bring Your Convention to Des Moines". Located at 400 Locust Street, Des Moines, Polk County, Iowa and listed in the National Register of Historic Places. Number 32484N.
Date Created: 1945
PID: grinnell:16938

Title: Hotel Savery, A Boss Hotel, Des Moines, Iowa, Savery Hotel, Savery III, Renaissance Des Moines Savery Hotel
Description: Looking northwest at an eleven-story limestone and brick building that rises 140 feet (43 m) above the ground. H.L. Stevens & Co. designed the current 233-room hotel in the Colonial Revival style and it was the third Savery Hotel to be built in Des Moines, opening in 1919. It was later rebuilt in 1930 and renovated extensively in 1999 and in 2016-2017. Verso says: "Hotel Savery, A Boss Hotel, 350 Attractive Fireproof Rooms with Both 3 Air-Conditioned Restaurants, omplete Air-Conditioned Convention Facilities". Located at 400 Locust Street, Des Moines, Polk County, Iowa and listed in the National Register of Historic Places.
Date Created: 1945
PID: grinnell:16855

Title: Iowa State Capitol and Governor of Iowa, Des Moines, Iowa, Wilson, George A.
Description: Photo of George A. Wilson, 1906 Grinnell College graduate and 28th Governer of Iowa, from 1939-1943. On verso: "The Iowa State Capitol was completed in 1886 at a cost of $3,296,256; in its construction, stone quarried in seven foreign countries and several different states was used. The world-famous 'golden dome' on the capitol building is real 22-carat gold." The building is located at 1007 East Grand Avenue, Des Moines, Polk County, Iowa, and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Series 11.
Date Created: 1945
PID: grinnell:16077

Title: Just before sunset, Clear Lake, Iowa
Description: Two docks on Clear Lake with a sailboat in the background. Number H-292.
Date Created: 1945
PID: grinnell:14054

Title: Lazy H Motel, Denver, Iowa
Description: Front says: Lazy H Motel, 8 miles north of Waterloo or 2 miles south of Denver, Iowa, Hiway No. 63. Verso says: Lazy H Motel, new, modern, hot water heat. 8 miles North of Waterloo, Iowa on Hiway #63. Phone through Denver, Iowa. Number 13,787F.
Date Created: 1945
PID: grinnell:16941