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  • Collection: Council Bluffs Daily Nonpareil Archives

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Marching Band . . . poses with instructor Warren Darrah, right, in gym at Glenwood State School-Hospital. The group will give a concert in Des Moines later this month.

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The 250-acre campus of Glenwood State Hospital-School has undergone several changes in recent years, mainly through the replacement and addition of new buildings.

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A residence building at Glenwood State Hospital School
June 6, 1976

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Today...at the Bryant-Main-Washington intersection is the fire department's Central Station. The old bell has been transplanted to the roof of the new building. The old sign lies in the attic. Indian Creek is underground. The Post Office has…

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On The Assembly Line . . . at Globe Electronics, Owen Meyerson and Leo Meyerson show George William Miller a new-type radio broadcasting set which can be used by untrained operations.

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Tightening Case . . . on a test model of "Pocketphone" is roger Mace, vice president in charge of engineering for Globe Electronics.

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Reviewing The "Success" . . . of their ventures are Leo I. Meyerson, L.A. Caster and George William Miller.

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Residents in old fashioned clothing in celebration of Golden Spike Days in Council Bluffs.

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In preparation for the "Union Pacific" motion picture, Cecil De Mille did a great deal of research work, necessarily. His delving into history took him into the old Harper magazine, and he is shown here with the star of the picture, Barbara Stanwyck,…

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Golden Spike Monument . . . commemorates completion of the first transcontinental railroad.

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Sketch Of Plans . . . for the Golden Spike monument. The drawing at left shows how the Junior Chamber of Commerce will beautify the grounds. The sketch at right is a perspective of the monument.

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On May 10th, 1869, the last spike . . a Golden Spike . . was driven and America was united by the transcontinental Pacific Railway. The Union Pacific's locomotive No. 119 and the Central Pacific's "Jupiter" inched together, finally touching nose to…
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