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When the sun set west of this farm near Quick, cold rays bold-trimmed the clouds that cry of winter as they cross the Iowa sky. And the feed-stocked silo raised a stiff, silent finger in defense.

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Stretching toward a lost horizon, ice locked Lake Manawa reflects a dying December sunset in this view from the northeast shore. Half shrouded by the cold gloom, deserted Campbell's boat dock waits in vain for fair weather fishermen to come and…

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Hundreds of persons daily find the receded shoreline at Lake Manawa a good place to relax and enjoy the beauties of nature. Especially during the evening hours, many fishermen drive right down to the water's edge. Here a lone fisherman holds down a…

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Hundreds of person daily find the receded shoreline at Lake Manawa a good place to relax and enjoy the beauties of nature. Especially during the evening hours, many fishermen drive right down to the water's edge. Here a lone fisherman holds down a…

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These Artifacts...have attracted nearly 500,000 people since the Bertrand was discovered about four years ago.

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At The Site...where the steamship Bertrand rests in the gloomy deep, Public Use Specialist Steve Frick surveys ropes marking the outline of the hull. Frick said officials are worried that the Bertrand is deteriorating after being resubmerged for…

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Photograph of a Sunday School parade with the Fire Station in the background.

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Faith In Christ . . . is symbolized throughout the new Faith Lutheran Church at Twenty-first Avenue and South Eleventh Street.

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Likely choice...as this site for a new eastside high school is the Sunbeam Home property shown here from Bennett Ave. It is the only ground on which the Board of Education has been able to obtain a purchase option.

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Three Tracts Of Land...still being considered for the proposed school are pinpointed by starts on the map above.

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The New Iowa Clothes Shop should open early in June. Pete Lee, owner-manager, said that store will move into the new section to allow remodeling of the present location. When the total project is completed, possibly in September, the store will have…

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Among the summer recreation facilities . . . in Southwest Iowa is Prairie Rose State Park located 14 miles northeast of the junction of Interstate 80 and Highway 59 and about 10 miles west of Elk Horn. Boating, fishing and swimming is permitted at…

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When October becomes summer-warm, a walk outdoors brings an autumn bonus. Judy Juel, a Harlan High School junior, cuddles the feathery fall blooms of Pampas grass by a farm pond. The weather has been ideal for enjoying the fall colors.

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Manmade Peninsula . . . extends into the Missouri River to allow workmen to work on piers for the new Interstate Highway Bridge between Council Bluffs and Omaha. The pier at the end of the sand jetty is the only one in the river. Four are in various…

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Photograph of Subsidiary Reservoir and Pumping Station. North Thirty-seventh Street near Missouri River.

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Lunchtime For Kittens...isn't interrupted by the antics of the one small skunk, at lower right. The "family" lives in the bottom of a can at Warren Feed and Grain Co. [photo has lines added to enhance/clarify outlines.]

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Photographs and negatives local streetcars.

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Photograph of a streetcar

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