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Refugee children playing with the hostel's dinner bell.

An article from the West Branch Times showing the large number of visitors that Scattergood received.

A weekly column in the West Branch Times informing the local area about activities at Scattergood

Four of the children at Scattergood posing on the steps with the hostel's pet cat

Part of an article from the Des Moines Register about the first four Scattergood refugees

An article from the Des Moines Register about Scattergood refugees learning how to drive a car.

Two refugees install a window at Scattergood.

A Des Moines Register article that tells the story of Karl Liebman, a Jewish refugee who had fled the Nazi's.

A full-page spread in the Des Moines Register on the happy moments the refugees experienced at Scattergood.

A picture of Kurt Schaefer doing dishes at Scattergood