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Flood of 1952 File #2
Surveying the flooded Missouri River
April 1952
April 1952
Flood of 1952 File #3
Council Bluffs, Iowa - - Making sure that childred in evacuation shelters remained in good health was the responsibility of the nursing staff assigned to evacuation shelters during the Council Bluffs flood threat. Red Cross nurse Mrs. Gene Barnett,…
Council Bluffs Changing Scene
The A.B. Walker home stood at 705 Sixth Ave. in 1887. Building had an iron pipe fence around it. Streets were unpaved. Walker was a real estate dealer.
Council Bluffs Changing Scene
Council Bluffs Changing Scene--An artist looking north from the corner of Pear St. and Willow Ave. sketched this conception of Bayliss Park in 1888. Note the bandstand at the spot which now features a lighted fountain. The picture was first…
Today
Today...from the same corner, the park still resembles the 1888 drawing. Note the similarity in the position of the trees--which were recently involved in a question to be settled by the City Council. The Chamber of Commerce proposed cutting some…
Today
Today...the Bennett Building occupi9es the site of the old Woolworth building. The seven-story building, one of the larger office buildings in Council Bluffs, houses dentists, doctors, lawyers and other professional offices. It was erected shortly…
Today
Today...the same location is minus the bridge. A lower bridge across the old street car cut has been built and removed. In WPA days the deep cut was filled, banks sloped, and landscaped, and just last year paving was laid through the drive.
Letter to Amelia Bloomer from William J. Bok
A letter to Amelia Bloomer from William J. Bock of the New York Syndicate Press, thanking her for the sentiments recently sent to him. He notes that the New York Graphic illustrator tells him that Bloomer will give him a portrait to illustrate.
Church of Christ has a new home
This spacious new Church of Christ...located at 714 Benson St., is nearing completion and its worshippers have already moved in. Located on 4-1/2 acres of land, the site provides the church room for growth. Landscaping and parking lot surfacing and…
Joe Katelman pistol-whipped; Assailant Abe Leibovitz felled.
Abe Leibovitz...is loaded into a police cruiser car for a trip to the hospital by Officer J. G. Olderog.
Joe Katelman pistol-whipped; Assailant Abe Leibovitz felled.
"This revolver...was picked up at the scene by police. One cartridge was fired; four others had misfired. Shown here is the map of a plat of West Side property, believed to have been the cause for the disagreement."
Joe Katelman pistol-whipped; Assailant Abe Leibovitz felled
Councilman Joseph B. Katelman...lies in the street on Twelfth Avenue, after being shot at and beaten over the head by Abe Leibovitz, shown on the street just behind him. Patrolmen John J. Morrow, J. G. Olderog, Herbert Mace Jr., and Denny R…
Joe Katelman pistol-whipped; Assailant Abe Leibovitz felled
Helped to his feet...is Councilman Katelman, center, by Police Chief Earl Miller, right, and an unidentified officer. Katelman was taken to the hospital in a police cruiser car when the Emergency Unit was tied up on another call.
Crash scene
Crash scene...spectators view the damaged two-seater airplane. Note the piece of wing, ripped from the plane. The craft hit the power pole before crashing to the ground.
Lifting victim
Lifting victim...Earl Jensen from plane are CAP Capt. Ralph Gamble, dark glasses, and Dr. Donald V. Hirst, in Khaki uniform. Emergency Unit crewman Norvin Oamek stand ready to help, as does Police Sgt. N. J. Sulentic, back to camera.
This 'possible fatality crash' has happy ending
A mercy convoy...of officers and ambulance stops at Green Hill as sheriffs deputies confer with Highway Patrolman A. W. Kellar about a reported traffic crash.
2 deer, cops in a drama of the wild
The meandering deer wandered into town late in the afternoon and wound up in Indian Creek near Sixth Avenue.
Sunset at Lake Manawa
Hundreds of person daily find the receded shoreline at Lake Manawa a good place to relax and enjoy the beauties of nature. Especially during the evening hours, many fishermen drive right down to the water's edge. Here a lone fisherman holds down a…
Laughter returns to C. B. home
"Ask in my name"...reads the verse from Scripture on a prayer cloth worn by little Leland Blankenship.
Malvern boy sighting Easter from new angle
Despite broken leg...and obvious discomfort David W. Hansen manages a smile.