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Council Bluffs Changing Scene
Council Bluffs Changing Scene--This frame building at 546-548 West Broadway was a popular spot here in 1883, with the M. Marcus Clothing Store at right, and Mrs. Metcalf's [sic] Millinery Store at left.
Council Bluffs Changing Scene
Council Bluffs Changing Scene--Only five years ago Broadway, west from Ninth St., looked like this, with business buildings, brick paving and lots of railroad tracks to cross. In the foreground are the rails of the street car company.
Council Bluffs Changing Scene
Council Bluffs Changing Scene--The E.T. Waterman home at 17 Voorhis St. is shown in about 1893. The one-story brick house was the scene of the wedding of Mrs. Edna Holst, daughter of the Watermans, who now lives at 202 Stutsman St.
Council Bluffs Changing Scene
Council Bluffs Changing Scene--Back in 1873, this section of Broadway--the south side extending east from Main Street--was a busy part of Council Bluffs. The large building on the right was occupied by the Bluff City Printing House, J. Mueller music…
Council Bluffs Changing Scene
Council Bluffs Changing Scene--The Quaker Baking Company at Scott and Mynster Sts, on the northeast corner, in 1935, with a large fleet of delivery trucks was the city's largest bakery.
Council Bluffs Changing Scene
Council Bluffs Changing Scene--The old Twentieth Avenue School as it appeared just a few years before the new building was built at Twentieth Avenue and S. 10th St. Started out as a four room building before 1900, the old building was built in…
Council Bluffs Changing Scene
Council Bluffs Changing Scene--The Hagenbeck circus elephants attract a lot of attention back in 1905 as they are being watered along the north shore of Lake Manawa, just west of the park area. At that time, the lake was a popular resort spot for…
Council Bluffs Changing Scene
Council Bluffs Changing Scene--Among the souvenirs of W.C. Grote, 515 Harrison St., is this 1901 photograph of the Younkerman Seed Company at Broadway and North Second St. Mr. Grote was with the company over 50 years, retiring as manager in 1944.
Council Bluffs Changing Scene
Council Bluffs Changing Scene--It was in the summer of 1937 when this picture of the 500 block on Pearl St. was taken by Ben E. Bierer of 621 Bluff St. The drill hall of the Dodge Light Guard Armory was just being constructed. Bierer, who is now…
Council Bluffs Changing Scene
Council Bluffs Changing Scene--This is Broadway, looking southeast from Fourth St., as it appeared during a celebration of IOOF Lodge in 1868. The lodge was organized about the time Council Bluffs came into being. At the extreme right, on top of…
Council Bluffs Changing Scene
Council Bluffs Changing Scene--This is how the old Mynster Springs house east of Big Lake appeared in 1900. Like many of the city's older homes, it was built of brick. Note the heavy window shutters hung from the barn door type track. In the…
Council Bluffs Changing Scene
Council Bluffs Changing Scene--This is the Illinois Central drawbridge about the turn of the century, when pedestrians were permitted to cross it. A double track railroad bridge and one of the largest of its kind in the world, it was built across…
Council Bluffs Changing Scene
Council Bluffs Changing Scene--When the Illinois Central Railroad station was built here in the early 1900's, plans were to continue the road on to the west. That's the reason the station was built on such a generous scale--to house various…
Council Bluffs Changing Scene
Council Bluffs Changing Scene--This is the first building occupied by the Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of the Latter Day Saints. Built in 1869, it was west of Glen Ave. on Pierce St. This picture, from the collection of Mrs. Guy A. Nelson of…
Council Bluffs Changing Scene
Council Bluffs Changing Scene--Judging from this picture nearly everyone in town turned out for the Ringling Brothers circus parade around 1895. Men wore derbys [sic] and women wore hooped skirts. The parade is turning the corner of Main St. and…
Council Bluffs Changing Scene
Council Bluffs Changing Scene--In 1910, Robert J. Harris operated this wood lot at Washington Ave., near Scott St. A portion of the old Washington School shows at right. Most of the wood was cut from the Harris home place which is now Cedar Lawn…
Council Bluffs Changing Scene
Council Bluffs Changing Scene--Back in 1887, this house at 719 8th St., was occupied by Ole Rasmussen and his family. Typical of the times, there was a picket fence around the yard and ginger bread trim on the house. This picture belongs to Roy…
Council Bluffs Changing Scene
Council Bluffs Changing Scene--Back in the gay 90s, when Manawa Park was in full swing, this eating and dancing pavilion was on the north shore of the lake. At that time women wore long full dresses and the men wore stiff hats.
Council Bluffs Changing Scene
Council Bluffs Changing Scene--Back in 1919, uptown Council Bluffs is decorated with flags and banners for a parade celebrating the Allies victory in World War I. This photo is looking west on Broadway, from Fourth St. It is from a collection of…
Council Bluffs Changing Scene
Council Bluffs Changing Scene--About 1890, when the William Welch transfer and storage office was in a one story brick building at 16 N. Main St., and the Morehouse printing office occupied the building at 18 N. Main, all delivery service was by…