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These initials decorate a public building in Council Bluffs.

Answer: The initials - TJHS - are on the Thomas Jefferson High School Field House.

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These ornate columns are a sample of the architecture featured on a well-known Broadway building. Inside is a business that specializes in entertainment.

Answer: The columns flank the entrance to the Strand Theater, 554 W. Broadway.

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Fancy stonework forms an elaborate crown for a publicly owned landmark which has been lauded as a link with the past and castigated as an eyesore.

Answer: The building is the Pottawattamie County Jail on the courthouse grounds.

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Thirsty citizens are making this spot one of the most popular attractions at a park on the south side this summer. It is part of an improvement constructed last fall.

Answer: Drinking fountain at the Sunset Park shelter.

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Grille work in the light and airy style caps the entrance to an apartment building near the central business district just off Broadway. Recognize it?

Answer: The grille decorates the entrance to Ja-Ru-Ka Court, 30 N. 6th St.

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This fancy architecture, which doubles as a pigeon roost, is atop a well-known building in Council Bluffs.

Answer: The fancy work is on the Strand Theater Building, 554 W. Broadway.

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Wine is a product of Council Bluffs, as can be seen by this sign framed in vines.

Answer: The sign is on the building of the Council Bluffs Grape Growers Association, 900 S. 7th St.

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Tower on an old and prominent transportation building in Council Bluffs.

Answer: The tower is trackside of the Chicago Rock Island depot at Sixteenth Avenue and Main Street.

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A Single Store . . . and many memories are all that remain of the once thriving community of Knox in Fremont County. Mrs. Lillian From operates the rural store.

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Placing Springs . . . into a chair frame are Donald Johnson , Loren From Sr. and Loren From Jr., at their furniture factory in Knox. From Jr. and Johnson began the manufacturing and reupholstering plant about a year ago and are already planning an…

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The Knox Manufacturing Plant . . . is housed in the old Baptist Church. It was abandoned in 1959 and left to the elements and raccoons until Loren From Jr. and Donald Johnson purchased it for their furniture manufacturing plant. The only other…

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Studio On The Hilltop . . . Perched high on the top of a hill in Council Bluffs stands the original studio of KOIL. When this studio was built, 11 years ago, it was the only radio station in the United States to occupy a building of its own. KOIL…

KOIL Radio Station

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Scheduling New Programs . . . for Radio Station KSWI are Earl Mullin, Mrs. Marge Morris and Robert Hallgren.
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