Souvenir Multi-view Postcard Book 1939

Description:	Upper left: Outer cover of postcard book. Script in upper left reads, Souvenir Folder of Winona Lake, Indiana. Caption in lower left reads, Auditorium among the trees.Lower left: Envelope flap side of outer cover. Caption reads, Swans and island.Center: View of open postcard book, with two of eighteen images arranged accordion-style showing. Script on flap reads, Greetings from Winona Lake, Indiana. Caption on upper image reads, The entrance to Winona Park, Winona Lake, Indiana. Caption on lower image reads, The Billy Sunday home, Winona Lake, Ind.Upper far right: Remaining sixteen images on accordion book arranged sequentially. Captions, from left to right, read, The swans, Winona Lake lagoon, Winona Lake, Indiana, Administration Building, Winona Lake, Ind., Aeroplane view of Winona Lake, Ind., Bethany Lodge, Winona Lake, Ind., The lagoon, Winona Lake, Ind., The Winona Hotel, Winona Lake, Ind., Billy Sunday Tabernacle, Winona Lake, Ind., Summer homes on Winona Lake, Ind., Swan lagoon, Winona Lake, Ind., Winona Hotel, Winona Lake, Ind., Free Methodist Publishing House, Winona Lake, Ind., The island, Winona Lake, Ind., The Westminster Hotel, Winona Lake, Ind., Kosciuszko Lodge, Winona Lake, Ind., Cafeteria, Winona Lake, Indiana, and, The Inn Hotel, Winona Lake, Ind.Lower far right: Message printed on inside cover of souvenir book. Script reads, Winona Lake. Winona was founded in 1897 for the purpose of providing a place where people could spend their vacation amidst religious environment and influence, where religion, education and recreation were the dominating factors in the activities. Established in the very center of population, Winona has wielded a mighty influence for good which has been felt the world around. Many missionaries spend time at Winona during their furloughs, returning to the Field strengthened mentally, spiritually and physically. Ministers attend the Bible Conference, listen to the masterful sermons of the leading preachers of this and other countries, then return to their churches with new zeal and fresh inspiration. Laymen and their families find in Winona The Idea Summer Resort, offering clean, wholesome entertainment and sport with a rare opportunity for rest.Winona Lake is considered the largest Bible Conference grounds in the world, attracting the most outstanding teachers, expositers and preachers of the land to its platform each year. The Billy Sunday Tabernacle, where most of the meetings are held, has a seating capacity of 7500 persons with a smaller auditorium seating 2000 persons. People from every state in the Union and from foreign countries have visited Winona, and have gone away refreshed in body, spiritually filled and happy in the knowledge that at Winona they have found the answer for a place to spend a perfect vacation under ideal conditions for all human needs. The early business block on the west side of Park Ave. in downtown Winona Lake. The early days of Winona offered warm month activities and as a result some of the business shown here are of the open air variety. A candy store, bowling alley and drug and soda shop are seen.
Origin:	1939
Created By:	Winona Lake Christian Assembly, Inc. Winona Lake, Ind.; Copyright 1939 by Curt Teich & Co., Inc., Chicago, U.S.A.
Source:	http://palni.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/p15705coll8/id/967
Collection:	Grace College - Winona Lake Postcards
Copyright:	Contact Morgan Library, Winona Lake, IN for copy and usage permissions
Geography:	Winona Lake (Ind.)
Subjects:	Multi-postcard souvenir book

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