Browse Items (6132 total)
- Collection: Council Bluffs Daily Nonpareil Archives
Sort by:
Big Lake Gets Bigger
With the 10-inch dredge now operating in its third season, Big Lake has been deepened by a minimum of eight feet over approximately 12 acres. water lilies give the dredge operators toruble by clogging the intake of the suction line.
Big Lake Park Here Is Gaining In Popularity; Let's Take A Ride
A Grassy Playground...close to Gilbert's Pond is one of the inviting areas of Big Lake Park in the northern part of Council Bluffs.
Big Scoop for J student
The Black Angel . . . may be turning a little green with age but it sure didn't need a coat of paint by vandals.
Big Scoop For J Student
The Black Angel . . . may be turning a little green with age but it sure didn't need a coat of paint by vandals.
Big Scoop For J Student
The Black Angel...may be turning a little green with age but it sure didn't need a coat of paint by vandals.
Big-Hearted Woman Wanted Home for Soldiers' Orphans
Celebrating Its Centennial . . . in 1965, this is how the Iowa Annie Wittenmyer Home in Davenport appeared. The home was founded in 1865 as a home for Civil Wal soldiers' orphans. Two of its famous graduates included Billy Sunday and Wayne King. The…
Big-Hearted Woman Wanted Home for Soldiers' Orphans
The Founding . . . of a home for Iowa soldiers' orphans was one of the goals of Mrs. Annie Wittenmyer of Keokuk. She was known as a "battlefield angel" during the Civil War.
Bigger Burger Sign
New arches arrived this week at McDonald's of Manawa, 3036 S. Expressway. The 75-foot sign was put up by Globe Sign Co. of Omaha. The workers are Mike Gardener on top of the sign, Earl Ward in the center and Lou Gintz.
Biggest Furnace In Town Being Built - At Griffin Pipe Plant . . .
Giant Outer Shell . . . of the annealing furnace is in place at the Griffin Pipe Division plant. Workmen with transits, in foreground, are checking levels for installing foundations for other equipment.
Biggest Furnace In Town Being Built - At Griffin Pipe Plant . . .
Inside The Furnace . . . Charles Sullivan of Omaha works on the 18-inch brick lining which will protect the shell from the 1,800-degree operating temperatures.
Biggest Problem Is MBR Customers
A Pile Of Bags . . . placed on the steps behind a parked car makes the job as Mechanical Bag Retriever (MBR) operator very difficult for Everett Malone.
Biggest Problem Is MBR Customers
Snaring A Portion . . . of the bags, Malone wonders whether they will all make it. Residents have been asked not to place bags close to obstacles.
Binz, Most Reverend Leo
photograph of Archbishop Leo Binz, in clerical robes and mitre, seated. Date on back of photo is 9-58; used by Nonpareil on March 14, 1960
Birds are for people
Perched behind glass . . . in the wild bird collection, eagle, hawk. and owls are among about 360 specimens in the Stempel collection. Some other are on display at Iowa Western Community College. -- Nonpareil photo.
Birds are for people
Perched behind glass . . . in the wild bird collection, eagle, hawk. and owls are among about 360 specimens in the Stempel collection. Some other are on display at Iowa Western Community College. -- Nonpareil photo.
Birds lose nesting places as . . . Ak span fades away
Roller nest . . . inspected by Robert Hoenig allowed old Ak-Sar-Ben Bridge to exercise its joints once in awhile. -- Nonpareil Photo.