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A Big Attraction Monday . . . at the Essex centennial parade was a float containing an old-fashioned bathtub with a live occupant. There was more than one peek over the rim but the proliferation of soap suds muddied the view. The Labor Day parade…

Mr. and Mrs. Folmer Jensen, Kimballton, hitched up for the Essex Centennial parade Monday along with dozens of other "pioneer folks" and "Daniel Boones." The celebration ended Labor Day.

The United States Post Office in Essex, Iowa

Essex IA

Col. Frank Everest. . . . for "skillful leadership", a Silver Star.

Initial Visit . . . . To Headquarters Ninth Air Force by General Frank F. Everest (left), Commander, Tactical Air Command, was accomplished Thursday at Shaw Air Force Base, South Carolina. General Everest chats with Ninth Air Force Commander Major…

tram car (number 51 on front of car) with windows broken, outside the company barn. Ten workmen standing beside car, one inside the car at the front. Painted on the barn are "Council Bluffs" and "Bridge". On the front of the car: O & CB Bridge[?]…

aerial view of Missouri River, with two bridges; looking from the Omaha side, with rail yard in foreground, between the bridges

aerial view of two bridges over Missouri River; some snow cover on the ground; looking from the Iowa side

Roller Bearing...on the council Bluffs abutment of the I-480 Bridge is inspected by William J. Kontor.

Teeth Joints...at various points in the bridge surface allow for expansion and contraction. Beyond south rail of the new span is Ak-Sar_Ben Bridge, and in distance the Union Pacific Bridge.

Three Years Of Work...and $7.2 million went into this Interstate Highway passage Missouri River, seen here looking eastward.. Arrows indicate the traffic flow. Westbound vehicles will use the northern lanes of 480 bridge, exiting on dodge Street. …

aerial photo. looking west, of future site of I-480 bridge

Big Sign Tells Motorists...where to turn from eastbound Broadway to reach Second Avenue via new connection near Thirty-sixth Street. Nonpareil photo by Jack Kennedy.

No More Dark Pasages...on Interstate 480 Bridge
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