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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

Title: Swans on Lake LaVerne, Iowa State College, Ames, Iowa, Iowa State University
Description: Lake Laverne is a man-made lake near Iowa State University originally built in 1914-1915 and re-built in 1933. There have been white swans on the lake since 1935. Number 16.
Date Created: 1950
PID: grinnell:13770

Title: Quad Dining Hall, Main Hall, Womens quadrangle and dining room, Grinnell College, Grinnell, Iowa
Description: Looking northwest from Sixth Avenue. The Women's Quadrangle was built in 1915, with a combined cost of about $1 million for the quadrangle, and the men's halls in 1916-17. Number B-86.
Date Created: 1950
PID: grinnell:13514

Title: Quadrangle Dining Room, Quad Dining Hall, Main Hall, Womens quadrangle, Grinnell College, Grinnell, Iowa
Description: Looking southeast. Building from left to right: Loose Hall, Read Hall, Haines Hall. Number B-84.
Date Created: 1950
PID: grinnell:13334