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Council Bluffs Changing Scene
Council Bluffs Changing Scene--Back in 1900, some 50 horses and a large amount of hay were kept in the Welch transfer barn on South Tenth St., between Fourth and Fifth Aves. One of the transfers [sic] four-horse teams is hitched to a load of lumber. …
Today
Today...the Dahl Battery and Tire Co. is now located at 337 W. Broadway, which is a new building since the older picture was made. The Dahl building is flanked on one side by a cleaning business and the other by a youngsters [sic] clothing shop.…
Today
Today...the Iowa Liquor Store has been transformed from the old three-story building to a modern face two-story affair. To the left is the Council Bluffs Gas Co. building. And instead of hitching posts along the sidewalk, parking meters dot the way.
Council Bluffs Changing Scene
Council Bluffs Changing Scene--About 1900 when 33 S. Main St. was a storage warehouse for the Wm. Welch storage and transfer line, and all the drays were horse drawn, the Fryer printing house and Long wallpaper shop occupied the neighboring…
Today
Today...the same buildings have kept up with the times, with a series of renovations and remodeling. The most recent remodeling was that of the building at the extreme right, following a fire several years agao.
Council Bluffs Changing Scene
Council Bluffs Changing Scene--These brick buildings at First St. and Broadway, erected about 100 years ago, were the first of their type in Council Bluffs. This photo was reproduced from "Early Days At Council Bluffs" by Babbitt, a book at the Free…
Today
Today...the area appears like this from atop the hill at the end of Clark Avenue, the nearest high spot left in the district. About the only identifying feature that can be compared to the old photo is the portion of the clay bank, upper right, on…
Council Bluffs Changing Scene
Council Bluffs Changing Scene--This photo was taken before 1900 by the late Dr. F.W. Dean. It looks north from the top of Gibraltar, a high cliff just east of Abraham Lincoln High School. Dr. Dean lived in the house at lower left, which faced…
Hamanns Win Fight With Polio - Moving Back To The Farm
Packing To Move . . . back to the farm is the Lester Hamann family. Patricia is in the wheelchair. The others are Mrs. Hamann, Karen and Sharen, and Mr. Hamann.
Relic Of CB Is Counting Final Hours
Barred Windows . . . were installed as a protection against Indians. The ancient safe once contained business records of the Haas family.
Relic Of CB Is Counting Final Hours
Brass Light Fixture . . . being inspected by Glasford was illuminated by. It is one of the few early features to survive the passing years.
Relic Of CB Is Counting Final Hours
Former Grandeur . . . of the Haas house is reflected in the marble fireplace being reviewed by Charles Glasford. Both the front parlor and the dining room boasted these elaborate heating units.
Haas Home Council Bluffs
This is the former home of Mrs. Frank Haas, which is to be razed to make room for a parking lot at the proposed site of the new Masonic Temple.
Guiding Light Has A New Home
Discussing Exterior . . . of their new church are Dennis Clark, choir director and one of the volunteers who helped with renovation work, the Rev. Robert L. Clark, pastor, and Orville Carman, a layman of the church.
Evelyn Ahrens, A. Richard and Virginia Gross Named 1988 Operation Pride Community Service Honorees.
A. Richard Gross, publisher of The Daily Nonpareil from 1969-1988, and his wife, Virginia Gross, will preside as grand marshals of the Pride Week parade Saturday, May 21. The parade is dedicated to the memory of Evelyn Ahrens and her tireless…
A. Richard Gross Retires As Publisher At Nonpareil
A. Richard Gross
Museum Restoration Sought
Standing Silent . . . in the museum is a cylinder phonograph, part of a largely-loaned collection ranging from toys to guns. Restorers hope to preserve building's patterned ceiling, a leftover from its days as a bank.