Charred Remains Of The Pink Poodle Steak House...in Crescent are investigated by Crescent Fire Chief Jim Evans and volunteer fireman Bob Nortstrom. Units from McClelland, Council Bluffs and Lewis Township also fought the eraly morning blaze.
The Way It Was . . . is captured in this decades-old photograph of the second Aeroplane Inn, once a fixture on the road from Council Bluffs to Missouri Valley. When the building burned down there was some concern for the post office which was located…
Former President Dwight Eisenhower and Sen. Barry Goldwater, GOP presidential candidate, talk things over before filming of TV campaign file on Ike's Gettysburg, PA farm. - AP Wirephoto
The Kansas City Firm . . . of Bartlett and Co. Grain, is in the process of buying this 2.5 million-bushel grain elevator here, owned by the Chicago and North Western Railroad.
Snow Covers Walk...to the front door of the empty Bartlett School building. Residents want to clear the path and reopen the doors as a community building.,
Explaining How...the new Franklin Elementary School will look when completed is Principal Ramona Cramer. Gerald Madsen, instrumental music instructor, surveys the area to pick out where he will teach students.
Basketball Was In Its Infancy . . .about 1900 when this photo was taken of one of Council Bluffs' first women's basketball teams. The late Mrs. Claudia (Scott) Evans, front row, left, is the only person identified in the photo.
Bathhouse . . . at the new swimming beach is constructed and panel siding provides changing areas and toilets for both men and women. The structure faces north and also houses a well which furnishes drinking water. Just south of the bathhouse is a…
Bathhouse at the new swimming beach is constructed of bricks and panel siding and provides changing areas and toilets for both men and women. The structure faces north and also houses a well which furnishes drinking water. Just south of the…
Pushups Has Its Ups And Downs...but Delman Campbell, insurance agent, one of 22 men enrolled in the YMCA physical fitness course, rinds the exercise easier with each session he attends. .[Nonpareil photos by Jack Kennedy]
The Entire Class...does 10 laps around the gym after a noon-hour exercise session. The Rev. Ralph Faisst, of St. John United Church of Christ, leas the way, followed by Morris Hester, the fitness director for the Y....[Nonpareil photos by Jack…