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In the 1950s, escalators arrived from Germany for the new Armstrong’s department store in downtown Cedar Rapids. But, because of a union agreement, they had to be disassembled and put back together by local workers.
Circular steel door at Peoples Savings Bank weighed 25 tons
A paved promenade allowed easy access to 63 stalls at the produce market, at B Avenue and First Street NW.
Nadine Kirkland earned her pilot’s license at age 19 in 1940.
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