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Title: Darby Gymnasium, Grinnell College, Grinnell, Iowa
Description: Darby was constructed in 1942 and razed in 2004. Cost was $125,000. Number 0C357.
Date Created: 1950
PID: grinnell:14554

Title: Darby Gymnasium, Darby Gym, Darby fieldhouse and mens gymnasium, Grinnell College, Grinnell, Iowa
Description: Looking northeast. Darby Gym was constructed in 1942 and razed in 2004. Cost was $125,000. Number 22415N. Series 13.
Date Created: 1950
PID: grinnell:13457

Title: Quad Dining Hall, Dining room and women's dormitory, [Grinnell College], Grinnell, Iowa
Description: Looking south. Quad Dining Hall was built in 1915.N Number 642.
Date Created: 1950
PID: grinnell:13671

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: Dormitories, Grinnell College, Grinnell, Iowa
Description: Looking northwest from central campus. Buildings from left to right: Smith Hall, Langan Hall, Rawson Hall, Gates Hall, Clark Hall, Dibble Hall, Cowles Hall. Number 35103.
Date Created: 1950
PID: grinnell:14383

Title: Darby Gymnasium, Field house, Grinnell College, Grinnell, Iowa
Description: Looking north from Eighth Avenue. Darby was constructed in 1942 and razed in 2004. Cost was $125,000. Major renovations 1976-77, 1980. Number F-31.
Date Created: 1950
PID: grinnell:13871

Title: Goodnow Hall, Grinnell College
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 B-146.
Date Created: 1950
PID: grinnell:14559

Title: Greetings from Cedar Rapids, Iowa, 1st Avenue, First Avenue, Quaker Oats Plant, Municipal Island, May's Island, Cedar River, Red Cedar River
Description: Montage of 3 Cedar Rapids landmarks from left to right. "Cedar Rapids, Iowa located on Hwy. 30-218 showing First Ave, Municipal Island, Quaker Oats Plant, Aerial photo showing Cedar River and Business District." -- t.p. verso. "May's Island (Municipal Island) is an example of creative urban planning. A natural feature--the island in the river which bisects the city--was developed to create a link, both physical and pscychological, between the two parts of the city of Cedar Rapids. This concentration of government activity contributes to a local sense of civic and commercial unity seldom found in cities bisected by rivers." The Quaker Oats Company was founded in 1901 by the merger of four oat mills: The Quaker Mill Company of Ravenna, Ohio, a cereal mill in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, owned by George Douglas and Robert Stuart, The German Mills American Oatmeal Company in Akron, Ohio, and the Rob Lewis & Co. American Oats and Barley Oatmeal Corporation. Number 17484-B.
Date Created: 1950
PID: grinnell:13309