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12,000 watch C.B. parade
Zeta Chi Sorority...uses lots of red, white and blue for its float and costumes. The club, like many other organizations, spent many hours to make the parade a success. Behind the 'heritage" float rides a new Urban Renewal office building on…
12,000 watch C.B. parade
You've Come...a long way baby is the Fourth of July slogan of the Pottawattamie Legal Secretaries' float. While one typed on an electric machine, the other float rider used an antique typewriter.
12,000 watch C.B. parade
What's A Parade...without clowns. Here's a wagon load of Junior Clowns from the Moose Club. They are (front row) Nancy and Candy Black, Jody Thrain and Lloyd Schneckloth, and (behind) Todd Evans, Dennis Rockwell and Michelle Black.
13 Explosion Victims Feel Lucky To Be Alive
Ripped Away . . . from the east side of the Griffin Pipe Products plant were corrugated siding, roofing and glass. The explosion knocked out windows up to 400 feet away and most of the glass over the smelting and casting departments.
13 Explosion Victims Feel Lucky To Be Alive
A Miracle At The Griffin Plant . . . is discussed by Henry Woodford, Fred Witt and Don Friedrichsen, as the wait for treatment at Mercy Hospital.
150 Persons Hear Gov. Erbe At Dedication Of JEH Addition - 'Citizens Have Right To Be Proud'
Original Cornerstone . . . taken from 1905 building is inspected by Gov. Norman A. Erbe and Mis Dorothy Christensen. The old cornerstone will serve as a plaque in the new addition.
16-minute hearing. No protests to Ak-Bridge closure
At hearing . . . on closing the Ak-Sar-Ben Bridge and its right-of-way are City Atty. Hugh Finerty and Asst. Iowa Atty. Gen. Robert Lego.--Nonpareil Photo.
1861-Style Patriotism Is Displayed By 36-Star Flag - On Fourth Of July
Hoisting An Heirloom . . . on the Fourth of July are Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Magarrell.
1883 Temple Chewed Away
The old Masonic Temple at Fourth Street and Broadway is coming down with the help of a crane, a wrecking ball and a bulldozer. The temple was built in 1883. Future plans for the site include a hotel and convention center to be tied into the Urban…
1952 - Man Against The Missouri
Silent Vigils . . . were kept round the clock to watch the river along the flashboard, backed with dirt and walled with rows of sandbags. Miles of wire were strung to allow night-and-day work on the hurriedly built defenses. Council Bluffs went…
19th Century Home Is Sprawling, Elaborate - Builder Wanted Finest In Town
Stairway Design . . . is a good example of the painstaking detail found throughout the house. Leading from the downstairs reception room to upper bedrooms, it is made of solid oak. Massive window at the middle landing is 6 feet wide and 10 feet high.
19th Century Home Is Sprawling, Elaborate - Builder Wanted Finest In Town
Historic Home . . . of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Jensen has changed very little since the day it was built. House at the left once served as a barn for the impressive dwelling.
19th Century Home Is Sprawling, Elaborate - Builder Wanted Finest In Town
Door Dimensions . . . are pointed out by Mrs. Jensen. This unusual door is 2.5 inches thick and 8.5 feet high. It leads from the dining room to a butler's pantry.
19th Century Home Is Sprawling, Elaborate - Builder Wanted Finest In Town
First Floor View . . . takes in the front parlor, sitting room and dining room, a distance of about 54 feet. Large sliding doors can be closed to shut off each room.
19th Century Survives In 'Nob Hill' Home - Truly A Product Of Early Council Bluffs
The Georgian Home . . . of Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Peterson has been sitting on the crest of Oakland Ave. since a few years after the Civil War.
19th Century Survives In 'Nob Hill' Home - Truly A Product Of Early Council Bluffs
Victorian Furnishings . . . abound in the Peterson home. This view from the front parlor takes in the living room and a doorway glimpse of the kitchen. A number of articles shown here are older than the house.
19th Century Survives In 'Nob Hill' Home - Truly A Product Of Early Council Bluffs
Historic Collection . . . of old furniture includes a matching chaperone's chair and loveseat which were used by the first owners of the house. The sideboard is considerably older than both.
19th Century Survives In 'Nob Hill' Home - Truly A Product Of Early Council Bluffs
Bedroom Setting . . . would have been as appropriate in 1874 as it is today. Twin beds are modern reproductions, especially chosen to blend in with the other pieces. This is the master bedroom, and once was partitioned off to form two rooms.
1st Assembly Concert, New Year Services
Phil Enloe
1st Assembly of God Church
Completed Structure . . . of the Assembly of God Church was finished within 10 months after it had been only a basement building for seven years.