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Okoboji Bridge, Spanning Strait betweent East & West Okoboji Lakes, U.S.Highway 71, Okoboji, Dickinson County, IA

Okoboji Bridge, Spanning Strait betweent East & West Okoboji Lakes, U....

Significance: Built in 1929, the Okoboji Bridge is one of only four cantilevered concrete girders known to remain in use on Iowa's highways. Employed where a simpler, less costly steel stringer span would have... More

Okoboji Bridge, Spanning Strait betweent East & West Okoboji Lakes, U.S.Highway 71, Okoboji, Dickinson County, IA

Okoboji Bridge, Spanning Strait betweent East & West Okoboji Lakes, U....

Significance: Built in 1929, the Okoboji Bridge is one of only four cantilevered concrete girders known to remain in use on Iowa's highways. Employed where a simpler, less costly steel stringer span would have... More

Millers Bay, panoramic postcard

Millers Bay, panoramic postcard

Postcard shows cabins on the point of Miller's Bay with pier on far right. H116595 U.S. Copyright Office.

Okoboji Bridge, Spanning Strait betweent East & West Okoboji Lakes, U.S.Highway 71, Okoboji, Dickinson County, IA

Okoboji Bridge, Spanning Strait betweent East & West Okoboji Lakes, U....

Significance: Built in 1929, the Okoboji Bridge is one of only four cantilevered concrete girders known to remain in use on Iowa's highways. Employed where a simpler, less costly steel stringer span would have... More

Okoboji Bridge, Spanning Strait betweent East & West Okoboji Lakes, U.S.Highway 71, Okoboji, Dickinson County, IA

Okoboji Bridge, Spanning Strait betweent East & West Okoboji Lakes, U....

Significance: Built in 1929, the Okoboji Bridge is one of only four cantilevered concrete girders known to remain in use on Iowa's highways. Employed where a simpler, less costly steel stringer span would have... More

Okoboji swing bridges, panoramic postcard

Okoboji swing bridges, panoramic postcard

Postcard shows shoreline of lake, the swing bridge has opened for a lake steamer. Pedestrians watch swimmers from a pier in the center while a horse and wagon continue down the pier. There is a smaller pier to... More

Okoboji Bridge, Spanning Strait betweent East & West Okoboji Lakes, U.S.Highway 71, Okoboji, Dickinson County, IA

Okoboji Bridge, Spanning Strait betweent East & West Okoboji Lakes, U....

Significance: Built in 1929, the Okoboji Bridge is one of only four cantilevered concrete girders known to remain in use on Iowa's highways. Employed where a simpler, less costly steel stringer span would have... More

Okoboji Bridge, Spanning Strait betweent East & West Okoboji Lakes, U.S.Highway 71, Okoboji, Dickinson County, IA

Okoboji Bridge, Spanning Strait betweent East & West Okoboji Lakes, U....

Significance: Built in 1929, the Okoboji Bridge is one of only four cantilevered concrete girders known to remain in use on Iowa's highways. Employed where a simpler, less costly steel stringer span would have... More

Head of West Okoboji Lake postcard

Head of West Okoboji Lake postcard

Postcard shows lakeshore with shoreline reflections in the water. H116593 U.S. Copyright Office.

Okoboji Bridge, Spanning Strait betweent East & West Okoboji Lakes, U.S.Highway 71, Okoboji, Dickinson County, IA

Okoboji Bridge, Spanning Strait betweent East & West Okoboji Lakes, U....

Significance: Built in 1929, the Okoboji Bridge is one of only four cantilevered concrete girders known to remain in use on Iowa's highways. Employed where a simpler, less costly steel stringer span would have... More

Head of West Okoboji Lake postcard

Head of West Okoboji Lake postcard

Postcard shows shoreline of lake with two women and a young girl fishing, photographer's shadow on the left, and a pier with a large boat in the background. H116592 U.S. Copyright Office.

Okoboji Bridge, Spanning Strait betweent East & West Okoboji Lakes, U.S.Highway 71, Okoboji, Dickinson County, IA

Okoboji Bridge, Spanning Strait betweent East & West Okoboji Lakes, U....

Significance: Built in 1929, the Okoboji Bridge is one of only four cantilevered concrete girders known to remain in use on Iowa's highways. Employed where a simpler, less costly steel stringer span would have... More

Okoboji Bridge, Spanning Strait betweent East & West Okoboji Lakes, U.S.Highway 71, Okoboji, Dickinson County, IA

Okoboji Bridge, Spanning Strait betweent East & West Okoboji Lakes, U....

Significance: Built in 1929, the Okoboji Bridge is one of only four cantilevered concrete girders known to remain in use on Iowa's highways. Employed where a simpler, less costly steel stringer span would have... More

Okoboji Bridge, Spanning Strait betweent East & West Okoboji Lakes, U.S.Highway 71, Okoboji, Dickinson County, IA

Okoboji Bridge, Spanning Strait betweent East & West Okoboji Lakes, U....

Significance: Built in 1929, the Okoboji Bridge is one of only four cantilevered concrete girders known to remain in use on Iowa's highways. Employed where a simpler, less costly steel stringer span would have... More

Okoboji Bridge, Spanning Strait betweent East & West Okoboji Lakes, U.S.Highway 71, Okoboji, Dickinson County, IA

Okoboji Bridge, Spanning Strait betweent East & West Okoboji Lakes, U....

Significance: Built in 1929, the Okoboji Bridge is one of only four cantilevered concrete girders known to remain in use on Iowa's highways. Employed where a simpler, less costly steel stringer span would have... More

The Inn, panoramic postcard postcard

The Inn, panoramic postcard postcard

Postcard shows shoreline of lake with pier leading to The Inn. The shore has other buildings and multiple small boats tied or pulled on shore. H116594 U.S. Copyright Office.

Okoboji Bridge, Spanning Strait betweent East & West Okoboji Lakes, U.S.Highway 71, Okoboji, Dickinson County, IA

Okoboji Bridge, Spanning Strait betweent East & West Okoboji Lakes, U....

Significance: Built in 1929, the Okoboji Bridge is one of only four cantilevered concrete girders known to remain in use on Iowa's highways. Employed where a simpler, less costly steel stringer span would have... More

Former Museum, Okoboji, Iowa. Photogrpah by John Margolies

Former Museum, Okoboji, Iowa. Photogrpah by John Margolies

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Margolies category: Main Street. Purchase; John Margolies 2015 (DLC/PP-2015:142). Credit line: John Margolies Roadside America photogr... More

Okoboji Bridge, Spanning Strait betweent East & West Okoboji Lakes, U.S.Highway 71, Okoboji, Dickinson County, IA

Okoboji Bridge, Spanning Strait betweent East & West Okoboji Lakes, U....

Significance: Built in 1929, the Okoboji Bridge is one of only four cantilevered concrete girders known to remain in use on Iowa's highways. Employed where a simpler, less costly steel stringer span would have... More

Okoboji Bridge, Spanning Strait betweent East & West Okoboji Lakes, U.S.Highway 71, Okoboji, Dickinson County, IA

Okoboji Bridge, Spanning Strait betweent East & West Okoboji Lakes, U....

Significance: Built in 1929, the Okoboji Bridge is one of only four cantilevered concrete girders known to remain in use on Iowa's highways. Employed where a simpler, less costly steel stringer span would have... More

Des Moines Beach, panoramic postcard

Des Moines Beach, panoramic postcard

Postcard shows West Okoboji Lake with cabins in the trees along the shoreline, piers, fenced decks, boats and a windmill on the left. H116590 U.S. Copyright Office.

Former Museum, Okoboji, Iowa. Photogrpah by John Margolies

Former Museum, Okoboji, Iowa. Photogrpah by John Margolies

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Margolies category: Main Street. Purchase; John Margolies 2015 (DLC/PP-2015:142). Credit line: John Margolies Roadside America photogr... More

Okoboji Bridge, Spanning Strait betweent East & West Okoboji Lakes, U.S.Highway 71, Okoboji, Dickinson County, IA

Okoboji Bridge, Spanning Strait betweent East & West Okoboji Lakes, U....

Significance: Built in 1929, the Okoboji Bridge is one of only four cantilevered concrete girders known to remain in use on Iowa's highways. Employed where a simpler, less costly steel stringer span would have... More