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Today
Today...the block has changed considerably. The automobile has replaced the horse and buggy and a traffic island occupies the spot where horses used to drink. At left is the Bennett Building, the city's largest office structure. Many other…
Griffin Pipe Products Co.
File #1 - 1939-1964
L. T. Moate
Amsted Industries
Amsted Industries
Today
Today...the building occupies the same site, but the name has been changed to Ogden Hotel. Its appearance has changed considerably. Part of the fourth floor was burned by a fire in 1871 and the rest of the building has been remodeled. The building…
Our Right to Vote 2020
A panel discussion featuring State Representative MaryAnn Hanusa, Congresswoman Cindy Axne, Senator Joni Ernst and members of the AAUW: Loess Hills Branch of Iowa.
The year 2020 marks the 100th anniversary of the passage of the 19th Amendment,…
The year 2020 marks the 100th anniversary of the passage of the 19th Amendment,…
Council Bluffs, 1916
A panoramic photograph of Council Bluffs in 1916.
Iowa State Hospital for the Insane. Clarinda, IA.
A photograph of the Iowa State Hospital for the Insane in Clarinda, IA.
Old soldiers section - Kinsman area - Fairview Cemetery - Council Bluffs, Iowa
Burial details and map for the Kinsman section of the Fairview Cemetery. Researched by Roy D. Linn - Graves Officer, William Kinsman Camp #23 - Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War.
West Side of Main Street
Photograph of the West Side of Main Street. Three story building in foreground is the only one still standing. Occupied for many years by E. H. Lougee & Co.
View on Willow Avenue
Photograph of view on Willow Avenue.
View on Third Avenue, West
Photograph of view on Third Avenue looking West.
View on Oakland Avenue
Photograph of view on Oakland Avenue.
View from Fairview Cemetery
Photograph of view from Fairview Cemetery. Skyline of Omaha as it appeared in 1887.
View Across Lake Manawa
Photograph of a view across Lake Manawa.
Upper Reservoir - Water Works - Fairmount Park
Photograph of Upper Reservoir, Water Works and Fairmount Park. Located at the top of Glen Avenue. Two million gallon concrete storage tank located on this site.
Upper Broadway
Photograph of Upper Broadway. East from approximately Fourth Street.
Union Pacific Transfer
Photograph of the Union Pacific Transfer. Depot and Hotel South 21st Street and Twelfth Avenue. Closed and torn down about 1935. Later site of United States Mail Terminal.
Union Elevator
Photograph of the Union Elevator. Foot of Sixteenth Avenue.
Subsidiary Reservoir and Pumping Station
Photograph of Subsidiary Reservoir and Pumping Station. North Thirty-seventh Street near Missouri River.
St. Paul Episcopal Church
Photograph of St. Paul Episcopal Church. Located at 223 South Sixth Street. Built in 1886 and torn down in 1972. New Pottawattamie County Court House is on this site.
St. Francis Xavier Academy
Photograph of St. Francis Xavier Academy. Later St. Francis High School. It was located between South Sixth and South Seventh Streets on the north side of Fifth Avenue.