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  • Collection: Council Bluffs Public Library Special Collections

Photograph of two men and the fish they caught in Lake Manawa.

Photograph of the flood of 1881 taken in Council Bluffs (Iowa). Northwestern Railroad.

Corner of Broadway and Main. Beno Dept. Store, Clark and Elliot Drugs, DeVol and Sons. Flood of 1903. August 26, 1904.

Photograph of the original fountain in Bayliss Park.

Portrait of Francois Guittar, Early Citizens of Council Bluffs.

Photograph of Frank Street, Mayor of Council Bluffs in 1867.

Portrait of Frank Wilson Dean M.D. taken on his 82nd birthday

Sculptor Frederic Allen Williams viewing his bronze bust of Dr. Lee De Forest inventor of the radio vacuum tube. Presented to Yale University, 1952.

Photograph of General U. S. Grant that was presented to Grenville M. Dodge.

Printed on back of image: "Photograph of General Grant, presented by him to General Dodge in Mississippi, 1830."

Photograph of George Carson, mayor of Council Bluffs in 1896 and 1897.

Portrait of George G. Rice, Early Citizens of Council Bluffs.

Portrait of George Helgesen Fitch.

Portrait of George Helgesen Fitch.

Photograph of George G. Harding, mayor of Council Bluffs in 1924.

Stereograph image of Council Bluffs (Iowa) - view from Glen Avenue.

Postcard. Golden Spike, Council Bluffs Iowa. "Rearing its head 56 feet into the is this huge concrete replica of a railroad spike, located at the zero-zero mile post of the Union Pacific. A large bronze plaque marks forever the fact that this city is…

Photograph of the exterior of Grace Presbyterian Church with daily vacation Bible School children in foreground.


Photograph shows the Grand Livery Stable at 224 South Main street in Council Bluffs (Iowa) was a boarding stable where horse owners paid to keep their horses; features horses, carriages, and signs: "The Grand Livery" and "H.W. Minnick & Son."

Photograph of the flood of 1881, looking south from the Fairview cemetery in Council Bluffs (Iowa).

Photograph of the flood of 1881, looking south from the Fairview cemetery in Council Bluffs (Iowa). Photograph dated April 25th, 1881.
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