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The "new school era" is aptly represented by the impressive facilities of Lewis Central. Buildings and grounds are detailed by the aerial camera from a point near Iowa School for the Deaf. Highway 375 extends from left to right across the photo. A…

There are plenty of off-street parking lots here, this aerial photo of the downtown area reveals. It looks southwest. The wide street is Broadway. At the left foreground is the back view of Broadway Methodist Church. Bayliss Square is near the…

One of the major industries of Council Bluffs--railroading--is evident in this aerial photo. In the foreground is the Burlington roundhouse and yards. Above the yards is Sixteenth Avenue. Main Street is on the right. The track that runs at an…

A fast growing corner of northeast Council Bluffs is running from the bottom of the picture to the two-pronged angle of De Long and Grand Avenues at upper left. North Broadway appears in the distance at the upper right hand corner. Streets running…

Roberts Park supplies a neat centerpiece for this aerial view of north-central Council Bluffs. Twenty-sixth Street forms the bottom border. Looking east, the Army Reserve Center is just beyond the park. Woodrow Wilson Junior High School is at…

You are gazing at the heart of Council Bluffs in this aerial photo. The camera, pointing slightly northeast, captures dozens of well known landmarks. Bayliss Square, with its X-shaped walks, dominates the lower portion of the picture. Broadway,…

Thomas Jefferson High School and athletic field stand out in this aerial shot taken from north of Broadway. The wide street in the foreground is Broadway, and the street angling from the left of the photo is Twenty-fifth.

Gilbert's Pond, top center, and the dredged pond in Lake View Park stand out like mirrors as they reflect the gray sky on an overcast day. In the foreground is the Illinois Central Railroad tracks. North Western tracks are in the background. The…

The Illinois Central draw bridge over the Missouri River is one of the largest of its kind in this country. The Iowa span of the bridge was built in 1893; the Nebraska span later. The Omaha skyline is at the top of this piecture which is looking to…

tugboat churns its way upstream on the Missouri Riber pushing its barges. Council Bluffs already has become a frequent port-of-call for water traffic such as this and local businessmen hope to see it increase. This view, taken north of the South…

From the air, homesites at the junction of Bennett Avenue and Highway 6 provide a study in suburban residential planning. The curve of Highway 6 bends in at upper right. Bennett Avenue runs across the top of the photo. Adrian Street cuts…

A popular recreation area, Lake Manawa's facilities are used by residents of Southwest Iowa and eastern Nebraska. In the aerial photo, the village of Manawa is at the right. A housing development, with a canal leading in to the lake, is at the…

This Is Council Bluffs: Eastside Junior High School and its rustic surroundings present this view from the air. That's Bennett Avenue running across the bottom of the photo and Bonham Avenue just left of the school parking lot. At the top center,…

Somehow summer-like temperatures turn lakes and streams into magnets for anyone whose hand is shaped to fit a fishing pole. Larry Jensen, 400 North Thirty-second street, and Rober Taylor, 1907 Sixth avenue, were lured to the shores of Big Lake to…

large statue of angel in winter landscape
One of the city's most beautiful spots is the Ruth Ann[e] Dodge memorial at Lafayette avenue and North Second street. And winter has provided an additional touch of beauty. The monument is a memorial to the wife of Gen G.M. Dodge, construction…

Crowd in a park.
This Is Part Of The Crowd . . . of more than 8,000 people which jammed Bayliss Park in 1960 to hear Richard Nixon in his bid for the presidency. Mrs. Nixon, noting all the reporters and photographers present for the occasion quipped that she now knew…

Donna Gell and Bev Frohardt knew their journey from one building to another was over when they found the Pottawattamie County Courthouse sign. They are employees in the County Auditor's Office which is in the midst of moving into the new courthouse.…

School building.
While the closing of school is pleasantly prominent in most young minds, students of Nishna Valley Schools are awaiting the opening of their new high school. The building, shown here, located between Hastings and Emerson, is on schedule for fall use.

A Damaged Bicycle...school books and a lost shoe tell a story that could have ended tragically. Tommy Gardner, 9, 3117 Avenue C, looks over the belongings of Bruce Dawkins.

Photograph of Thomas Flynn, firefighter
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