Five postcards of Council Bluffs Hotels. Goodrich Hotel, Iowan Motel, Starlite Motel, Howard Johnson's Motor Lodge, and KOA.
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Postcard of John Beno Co. Department Store.
Joyce Lumber and Supply Company postcard
Postcard of the Joyce Lumber and Supply Company. From the back, "The Joyce Lumber and Supply Company's plant, one of Council Bluffs' new industries. It is a wholesale and distributing plant for lumber and all kinds of building material. Equipped for handling carload and local shipments. The finest and most complete plant of its kind in the Central States."
Postcard of Updike Grain Co. elevator. From the back, "This elevator owned by the Updike Grain Company, is buy one of Council Bluffs' 14 elevators. It is constructed of concrete and steel, a capacity of 1,500,000 bushels, with operating capacity steam dryer. Storage yards hold 350 cars of grain. Accommodations for employees include dining room, separate lockers and hot and cold shower baths. One of the largest and most modern elevators west of Chicago."
School yearbooks -- Iowa -- Council Bluffs. Thomas Jefferson High School (Council Bluffs, Iowa) -- Yearbooks.
1965 Yearbook (Annual) of Thomas Jefferson High School. Volume 41.
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1966 Yearbook (Annual) of Thomas Jefferson High School. Volume 42.
1967 Yearbook (Annual) of Thomas Jefferson High School. Volume 43.
Postcard of the Griffin Wheel Works . From back: "Griffin Wheel Company, the mammoth new industry located in Council Bluffs; manufacturers of chilled iron car wheels. The plant has floor space of 160,000 square feet under one roof, with 43,000 square feet of glass for sidewalls and monitors. Equipped with 20 electric cranes and meter appliances for unloading, shaking out and handling sand. Hydraulically operated old wheel breakers. Elevators and coal conveyers. Electric oven for baking cores. Melting capacity of 250 tons in nine hours, representing 60 wheels. Undoubtedly the best and most modern in the world. Cost $1,370,000."
Postcard. From back, "Loading grain from elevator onto river barge in the Missouri River at Council Bluffs, Iowa. Photo by Myron Allerton."
Postcard of Con's Self Serve Drug Store. Located Corner 32nd and Broadway Council Bluffs, Iowa. Erected by V. N. Conzemius in 1958.
Postcard of the Midlands Mall. From back, "The Grand Mall. Urban Renewal Development with 50 Stores. Opened March 1976. Enclosed, Air Conditioned Shopping Center with Theaters and Office Complex. 3 hours Free Parking in the 1200 car, four floor garage. A major step in rejuvenating Council Bluffs."
Postcard of WOGFQ radio. World Radio Laboratories, WRL, was a major supplier of amateur radio equipment from the 1950s to the 1970s. WRL was located in Council Bluffs, Iowa, USA,and run by Leo Meyerson (W0GFQ) and his family.
Three postcards of airplane views of Council Bluffs.
Ten postcards depicting Broadway - Council Bluffs, IA.
Postcard of Pearl Street looking North from Bayliss Park.
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Ballenger [in ROTC cadet uniform, receiving Distinguished Milirary Student Award]
Ballenger, William & Sharon_10_19_1958_20
Looking At Award...for outstanding leadership earned at a leadership school held by the U.S. Army Reserve are Spec. 4 Larry R. Martin and Capt. William Ballenger, class instructor.
Ballenger Has Been Active Since He Was 6 Months Old
Looking At Family Portraits...are Mr. and Mrs. William Ballenger and daughter, Carrie.