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Title: Ford's Cafe
Description: Unidentified man standing outside of Ford's Cafe on Jackson Street in Brooklyn, Iowa, circa 1940.
Date Created: 1940
PID: grinnell:20682

Title: Maytag Park, Fred Maytag Bowl in Maytag Park, Newton, Iowa
Description: View of the Fred Maytag Bowl amphitheater at Maytag Park. Number 5001.
Date Created: 1940
PID: grinnell:13714

Title: Fred Spaulding Walking down the Street in Des Moines
Description: Fred Spaulding going to sell IOS (interest-only securities) funds in Des Moines in the early 1940s. He lived on Forest Avenue in Des Moines at the time.
Date Created: 1940
PID: grinnell:5714

Title: Friends on Jackson Street
Description: Friends pose on Jackson Street in Brooklyn, Iowa, circa 1940. From left to right: Bob McWilliams, Hildega Heistman, Virgil "Bud" Sherwood.
Date Created: 1940
PID: grinnell:20684

Title: Front and Jackson Street
Description: Unidentified man standing on the corner of Front and Jackson Street in Brooklyn, Iowa. The angled building behind him was the meat locker run by the Tony family.
Date Created: 1940
PID: grinnell:20685

Title: Goodnow Hall, Grinnell College, Grinnell, Iowa
Description: Looking northeast with Steiner Hall in background. Goodnow Hall was constructed in 1885, costing $15,700 excluding telescope ($2,125) and book stacks. Originally served as college library and astronomical observatory. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Number 20897. Series 26.
Date Created: 1940
PID: grinnell:14540

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

Title: Grinnell Fire Department Engine in Parade
Description: Grinnell Fire Department Engine No. 1 in a parade in Grinnell, Iowa. The photo was taken in the 900 block of Main Street downtown. McGregor's store is in the background with a restaurant visible to the left of it.
Date Created: 1940
PID: grinnell:11908