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A group of tourist view a castle.
Kronberg Castle at Elsinore, Denmark, is framed here by an arch in the ancient wall, still protected by a moat, that stands on The Sound separating Denmark from Sweden by a short two miles. A group of Nonpareil European Holiday visitors clustered…

Tourists strolling brick street with large buildings in the background.
Inside the Kremlin Walls . . . Nonpareil European Holiday travelers leave the world's largest bell and the Armor museum after viewing one of the world's most priceless collections of ancient armor and trappings, jeweled icons, crowns, and garbs of…

A man and four women on an overlook.
Viewing Vienna . . . from St. Leopold Hill are the guide, Miss Karla Kayser of Council Bluffs, Miss Frances Zimmerman of Council Bluffs, Miss Mary Clare Joyce of Omaha and Mrs. Gladys Wilson of Council Bluffs. The view from the famed Vienna Woods…

A group of people on a sidewalk.
(top) In Front Of Belvedere Palace . . . in Vienna, the Nonpareil European Holiday travelers listen to their guide. This is known as the palace of the "beautiful view."

(bottom) Nonpareil European Holiday Travelers . . . see the real meaning of…

A group of people holding up beer steins.
When In Munich . . . do like the Germans, and this is just what a dozen members of The Nonpareil European Holiday travelers did. Here, in Munich's famed Hofbrauhaus, are (left to right): Covert T. Brown, Mrs. Marie Ross, Genevieve Jacobsen, Mrs.…

Three women photographing an altar in a park.
Taking Pictures Of Round Altar . . . at Munich Park are Miss Alice Buffett of Omaha, Mrs. Blanche O'Brien of Council Bluffs and Mrs. Florence Ritchie, formerly of Iowa School For The Deaf. The World Eucharistic Congress will be held at this park,…

A group of people viewing items in a room.
At Nymphenburg Castle . . . at Munich, Germany, are a group of Nonpareil Holiday travelers. The group was impressed by the thousands of new buildings. This city was severely damaged in World War II.

A woman pointing to a nameplate on a door.
Inspecting Name Plate . . . of Pusey House at Oxford University is Mrs. Marie Ross of Council Bluffs.

A clocktower on a city street.
(top) At Bern, Switzerland . . . Nonpareil travelers, on the right, take pictures of the Town Clock - while mechanical men strike the glockenspiel. Tourists from India, Italy, Germany and Turkey are in the crowd with cameras flashing.

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Man and woman viewing mountains.
Admiring The Scenery . . . in Switzerland are Mr. and Mrs. Carl Stephens of Council Bluffs. They are on the Butin Bridge over the Arv River. Geneva and the French Alps are in the background.

A group of women sitting outdoors under an umbrella table.
(top) Watching French Go By . . . from the most famous sidewalk cafe in Paris are members of the Nonpareil Holiday tour. This is the Cafe de la Paix on the Place de l'Opera. Paris is loaded with sidewalk cafes, which do a tremendous business with…

A line of women behind a barrier holding cameras.
Standing On Bridge . . . over the River Siene, members of The Nonpareil European Holiday tour take pictures of Notre Dame.

winter view down downtown street toward a clock tower
Looking south on Main Street. In the background is the Town Clock, the unofficial symbol of Dubuque. Relocated in a plaza in 1971, the clock is the hub of a downtown area undergoing redevelopment partially spurred by the track. Nonpareil photo by…

winter view of long building with many windows and doors, overlooking turn of a reacetrack
A snow-covered Dubuque Greyhound Park, which cost $11 million to construct. Conceived by Durrant Group of Dubuque, the facility was featured in a trade magazine for its design. Capacity if about 6,000, while the Council Bluffs facility will have…

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Woman viewing a formal garden.
Lovely Italian Gardens . . . at Warwick Castle in England are viewed by Miss Frances Simmerman of Council Bluffs.

Two women at a castle.
Inside Warwick Castle . . . with battlements in the background are Mrs. Blanche O'Brien and Mrs. Harry Mauck Jr., both of Council Bluffs.

Two women smiling at a guard.
At London Tower . . . are Mrs. Getty Green of Avoca, a tower guard in his bear skin busby hat, and Miss Genevieve Jacobsen of Avoca.

Five waiting air travelers.
Making First Airplane Flight . . . are these five members of The Nonpareil European Holiday tour. Left to right: Mrs. Betty Green of Avoca, Mrs. Gladys Wilson of Council Bluffs, Mrs. Elizabeth Smiley of Missouri Valley, Fletcher Reel of Missouri…
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