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"The Candyman" . . . and what could be sweeter than three identical sisters dressed like peppermint sticks doing a song and soft shoe to this favorite tune? Can you tell which is Judy, Jeanette and Jane? In that order they presented their number at…

Dee Jepsen

New Medical Clinic . . . at Kimballton is ready for occupancy. Building is arranged for a one-doctor practice and is even air conditioned.

An article titled "Railroads in Council Bluffs" by Andrew McMillen

Written for Council Bluffs Public Schools - March 20, 1936

Part of "Transportation and Council Bluffs: A Supplement to Iowa History"

Unloading railroad supplies on the banks of the Missouri River in Omaha in 1865.

On the reverse side: "Workers on the U.P. exchanging picks and shovel for rifles to repel an Indian attack."

Union Pacific Railroad yards in Council Bluffs, looking towards the southwest. The road in the foreground where the railroad tracks cross is Ninth Avenue. The Golden Spike Monument is at middle right.

The Streamliner 'City of Los Angeles'; the Chicago and North Western - Union Pacific high speed eleven car streamline train started from Chicago this morning (Friday, May 1st) on a trial run to Omaha. It is shown as it stood in the North Western…

Gone Are the Days! Scene at the Union Pacific Railroad depot at 'Omaha City,' taken September 12, 1868.

"Chief Red Cloud didn't want the 'Iron Horse' because it 'scared away the buffalo.'"

Caption written on the reverse side.

Train cars in the Union Pacific rail yard with the Union Pacific Transfer depot in the background.

The Golden Spike Centennial Issue published in Transportation News. Published by United Transportation Union.

A document about railway transportation in Iowa published as a reference aid for teachers and students in conjunction with the Iowa Centennial in 1946.