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Today...the location with the same home, some of the same trees looks different with the addition of a garage and some renovation and remodeling. It is now the home of Mr. and Mrs. J.B. Petrus and numbered 219 Frank St. A wall and drive have also…
Tags: 219 Frank Street, Frank Street, J.B. Petrus
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Today...from the same position, a full addition of houses is nearly obscured by the heavy growth of trees. But most of those trees are in the lawns of homes built since 1919 when the sites were little more than pasture land. Now the streets are…
Tags: Helen Avenue, Marian Avenue
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Today...the same spot in Fairmount Park is the center of a beautiful flower garden, nice lawn, beside a paved roadway, but has no street cars. This spot is near the upper end of the main part of the park, on the drive between Fairmount and E. Graham…
Tags: Fairmount Park
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Today...New buildings have replaced not only those burned in 1925, but all others in the entire block, with the exception of one on the west side. Now a one way street, minus car tracks, Pearl Street has a more modern lok and shows the progress of…
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Today...the building, with comparatively few changes on the exterior, houses the C.A. Olmstead market. However, the street level at the intersection of Benton St. and Broadway appears to have been raised several feet. on top, the building still…
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Today...the bridge has dwindled in use. It is now a single track bridge used exclusively for river crossing of five or six freight trains a day. No pedestrian or auto traffic use the bridge. Only half of the bridge floor is floored with railroad…
Today...at the Bryant-Main-Washington intersection
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…
Toni Is Only Scratched In 60 M.P.H. Car Tumble; Near Miracle On Thanksgiving
Toni Dee Fletcher...laughs at torn overalls and bandaged fingers.
Too much love
Too much love...from his brother sent Eugene Adkins of Little Sioux, front, to Mercy Hospital with a fractured leg. He joined Brian Jacobsen of 39 Happy Happy Hollow Blvd., who slipped on a rug and fractured his leg.
Tool Teaches Old Knees New Tricks
Checking Arthroscope . . . readying it for diagnostic purposes are Mrs. Minnie Thornton, operating room supervisor, and Mrs. Linda Bryson, operating room technician at Jennie Edmundson Hospital.
Top Educator
School Superintendent Raj Chopra and his wife Sue show off a plaque and painting presented to Chopra at Iowa Western Community College Friday. Chopra was named Educator of the Year earlier by the Chamber of Commerce. He was presented the award at a…
Tornado hits Council Bluffs, Iowa : Black Friday, July 15, 1988, 4:14 p.m. : a diary of destruction.
Tags: storms, tornado damage
Tornado scars still show; Problems loom for Braddyville
Mayor Carl VanFossen...stands along Highway 71, where a tornado spent most of its destructive force in the town in Braddyville last March. Few buildings have been rebuilt along main street.
Tags: Braddyville, Carl VanFossen, tornado
Touch-Up Time
The fountain in Bayliss park gets a new coat of paint from city park employee Robert Hemmingsen. Plans to replace the landmark with a modern centerpiece have been set aside for this season. [accessed from NewsBank search of Council Bluffs Daily…
Tour Of Omaha Is Interesting - How To Spend A Wonderful Day
First Stop On Omaha Tour . . . is the Joslyn Art Museum at Twenty-second and Dodge Streets. The museum is valued at more than $4,000,000.
Tour Of Omaha Is Interesting - How To Spend A Wonderful Day
Honoring The War Dead . . . is the World War II Memorial west of Underwood and Happy Hollow Blvd. The names of Omaha war dead are inscribed in plaques set in the pillars. Erected on what was an unkempt empty tract, the Memorial is now in the center…
Tour Of Omaha Is Interesting - How To Spend A Wonderful Day
Veteran's Hospital . . . is often called the most impressive building in the city. The 486-bed hospital is located at Forty-second and Center Streets.
Tourney Banner Goes Up, Up
Council Bluffs Jaycee members promoting the National Women's AAU Basketball Tournament at Abraham Lincoln field house march 30 to April 3 wanted everyone to know about it, and recruited the aid of the Council Bluffs Fire Department and police to hang…
Track Makes Dubuque City Of Believers
Greyhounds round the bend at the Dubuque Greyhound Park. The dogs, which reach speeds up to 45 miles an hour, are muzzled to prevent them from injuring each other. In the foreground is the lure, controlled by an operator in a booth. - Photo courtesy…