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Final Performance
Please give up your rabbit: That's the plea of Jackee Wise as Myrtle Mae and her mother, Vita, played by Ida Neary, as Elwood, portrayed by Norman Filbert Jr., grimaces at the thought of giving up his six-foot-tall invisible friend. the scene is from…
Filbert 'Not Nervous' In TV-Movie Bit Role
Louise Filbert, foreground, awaits her call to go before the cameras Tuesday morning. to her right is Jo Honaker, a registered nurse at Bergan Mercy and manager of the hospital's emergency room.
Norman, Louise Filbert Honored For Contributions To Area Theater
Norman Filbert
Louise Filbert
Louise Filbert
Broadway Past and Present
Broadway, looking west from Fourth street, in 1936
Unearth Fire Well at Main and Broadway; Creates Traffic Problem
Old Fire Well...at Main Street and Broadway is being uncovered by power shovel before it is filled in with sand and covered up permanently. Not the spectators at left. Traffic in background is being routed off Broadway at Fourth Street.
Some Broadway improvements have been made
Overgrown weeds...mar the view of buildings and streets along much of Broadway.
Some Broadway improvements have been made
Bill Hargis...(left) and Terry Gilliland have been working on a graphic design for Diamond Vogel Paint Store, 2320 W. Broadway. A few coats of paint could make a big difference for some of the businesses in the area.
Some Broadway improvements have been made
Though it's the nature of the business...a scrap metal operation isn't a very pretty panorama picture as travelers pass over the Broadway viaduct between 15 and 8th Streets.
Some Broadway improvements have been made
Flowers and landscaping...like this at Burger King, 3209 W. Broadway, have made several restaurants, banks and other kinds of businesses notable exceptions on a drive through Council Bluffs via Broadway.
Some Broadway improvements have been made
Future plans...look bright for the Wickham-Beno buildings in the 500 block of West Broadway, but for many months now, windows have simply been papered over.
Fire Department & Fire Stations File #1 (to 4-30-1974)
Firemen at the Council Bluffs Fire Department
Fire Department & Fire Stations File #1 (to 04-30-1974)
Firemen checking out fire alarm cable at the Council Bluffs Fire Department
Fire Department & Fire Stations File #1 (to 04-30-1974)
Gentlemen checking out one of 40 street fire alarm boxes located in Council Bluffs. The boxes were monitored through a 'repeater' located at the Central Station.
Fire Department & Fire Stations File #1 (to 04-30-1974)
Central Fire Station in Council Bluffs circa 1950
Fire Department & Fire Stations File #1 (to 04-30-1974)
Council Bluffs Fire Station No. 3
Fire Department & Fire Stations File #1 (to 04-30-1974)
Firemen battling the blaze at the Elder Court Apartments in Council Bluffs
Fire Department & Fire Stations File #1 (to 04-30-1974)
Old Central Fire Station at Washington Avenue and Main Street in Council Bluffs
Photo courtesy of Guy A. Nelson
Photo courtesy of Guy A. Nelson
Fire Department & Fire Stations File #1 (to 04-30-1974)
City Mills and No. 3 Engine House in Council Bluffs