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  • Collection: Council Bluffs Public Library Special Collections

Schools H668.tif
Photograph of Herbert C. Hoover Grade School in Council Bluffs (Iowa).

HOTEL MANAWA.jpg
Photograph of Hotel Manawa. Twenty-four rooms. Burned down in 1894.

Houses H687.tif
Photograph of a house on Keeline avenue in Council Bluffs (Iowa).

Business H837.tif
Photograph of the Hudson Service Station at the corner of West Broadway and 20th.

Lakes I247a.tif
Photograph of ice skating and hockey on Lake Manawa.

Bridges I455.tif
Photograph of the Illinois Central Bridge construction - 12th St. and Broadway, Council Bluffs, Iowa.

Railroads I455.tif
Photograph of the Illinois Central Railroad Trestle over Big Lake north of Council Bluffs

Agriculture I534.tif
Photograph of cars and trucks outside of the Independent Hog Buyers barns in Council Bluffs (Iowa).

Index of marriages recorded in Council Bluffs from November 1902 through 1940.pdf
Index of marriages recorded in Council Bluffs from November 1902 through 1940, and to marriages recorded at the Avoca courthouse from 1885 to 1921. Index created by the Pottawattamie County Genealogical Society which houses the original records.…

Indian Creek I535a.tif
Photograph of Indian Creek east of North 3rd.

Indian Creek I535e.tif
Photograph of Indian Creek Channel Construction, Ground Breaking, March 2, 1936. George Steinberg (with shovel) and Sam Green (identified by X).

Indian Creek I535f.tif
Indian Creek Construction, Ground breaking, March 2, 1936. George Steinberg (with shovel) and Sam Green (identified by X)

Aerial C832 (6).tif
Aerial photograph of an industrial site

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Business M464b.tif
Interior view of the Meneray Nursery.

Bridges I584.tif
Photograph of Interstate 480 Bridge during construction, May 1966. Connects Broadway (Council Bluffs) to Douglas Street (Omaha).

Societies I564a.tif
Photograph shows the first IOOF (Independent Order of Odd Fellows) Lodge in Council Bluffs, IA.
Printed on reverse of image: "November 24, 1931 - The second story of the above building on the revers side was occupied as the first Hall or Lodge Room…

ISD I593a.tif
Photograph of Iowa School for the Deaf before the fire, 1902. The first main building suffered a tornado and four fires until it burned to the ground in 1903.

ISD I593c.tif
Photograph of the main entrance to Iowa School for the Deaf in Council Bluffs (Iowa).

ISD I593d.tif
Photograph of the exterior of the Administration Building at Iowa School for the Deaf, Council Bluffs (Iowa).
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