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Council Bluffs Changing Scene
Council Bluffs Changing Scene--This picture of the J.T. Stewart residence at 306 Bluff St. appears in an old book, Council Bluffs Illustrated, published in 1887. The book belongs to Ole A. Hill of 919 Avenue H. The old house was known as the…
Council Bluffs Changing Scene
Council Bluffs Changing Scene--Back in 1914, a person looking north across Bayliss Park had this view. The Elks Club is at left and the Grand Hotel is on the corner of Pearl St. and First Ave. This scene is from an old post card belonging to Arthur…
Council Bluffs Changing Scene
Council Bluffs Changing Scene--This is how Broadway, looking west from Glen Avenue, appears on a postcard dated 1907. Traffic was no problem, and hitching posts stood in front of each store building. This card came from Harry Neill, 721 S. 6th St.
Council Bluffs Changing Scene
Council Bluffs Changing Scene--Back in February of 1907, the nurses line up for a picture outside of the Council Bluffs General Hospital at Ninth Street and Sixth Ave. The old photo came from E.W. Cox of Van Nuys, Calif, via his brother, Lloyd Cox…
Council Bluffs Changing Scene
Council Bluffs Changing Scene--This is the first bridge across the Missouri River at Council Bluffs. It was built in 1888. This photo, taken from the Iowa side, belongs to Mrs. Grace Kinney of 911 First Ave. It came from the possessions of her…
Council Bluffs Changing Scene
Council Bluffs Changing Scene--This is how Indian Creek looked in 1914, when it ran through Council Bluffs as an open ditch. The creek was high and full of trash when this photograph was taken at the bridge on Ninth Street, between Broadway and…
Council Bluffs Changing Scene
Council Bluffs Changing Scene--Back in 1879, when this picture was taken, the Council Bluffs Iron Works stood on the north-west corner of Main and Pine Streets. This old print came from Dr. Frederick F. Teal of Lincoln, Neb. Pine Street is now…
Council Bluffs Changing Scene
Council Bluffs Changing Scene--This old brick structure on Thomas Street, between Broadway and Pierce Street, was built by Mr. and Mrs. Herman Grote Sr., who cam here in 1856. It originally was a barn and stable; then was converted into a house. …
Council Bluffs Changing Scene
Council Bluffs Changing Scene--This is how the building at 101 Pearl St., looked 72 years ago. It was occupied by J.W. & E.L. Squire title and abstract office, with Barke's photograph gallery on the second floor. This picture appears in the…
Council Bluffs Changing Scene
Council Bluffs Changing Scene--Back in 1887, this large brick home on the northwest corner of First Ave., and Sixth St., was occupied by the E.L. Shugart family. This is one of the pictures in Council Bluffs Illustrated, which was published in 1887.…
Council Bluffs Changing Scene
Council Bluffs Changing Scene--Some 70 years ago, Patton's Livery Stable occupied the building at 23 N. Main St. This picture appeared in the illustrated Atlas of Pottawattamie County, published in 1885. The old Atlas now belongs to Charles m. Roe,…
Council Bluffs Changing Scene
Council Bluffs Changing Scene--Remember the flood threat of 1952 when Council Bluffs residents--aided by volunteers from neighboring towns--turned back the raging Missouri River? This is how the Water Works intake looked that April when the river…
Council Bluffs Changing Scene
Council Bluffs Changing Scene--Back in 1908, Broadway at Pearl St. looked like this. There was a theater at left, then Rogers Buffet, a cigar store and Beno's. The beer wagon, with a three-team hitch, was a fairly common sight on downtown streets. …
Council Bluffs Changing Scene
Council Bluffs Changing Scene--Back in 1885, this Carriage Manufactory was operated by H. F. Hattenhauer at 27, 29 and 31-1/2 Fourth Street. This picture, showing a blacksmith shop at rear and wood shop at right, appeared in the Pottawattamie County…
Council Bluffs Changing Scene
This is how the east side of Pearl Street, from number 109-121, appeared in 1915. Ten years later, fire destroyed the Brown and Rogers buildings, center and right, and did considerable damage to The Nonpareil, housed in the building at left. [On…
Council Bluffs Changing Scene
Here comes the bunny! Remember when this cry would set the greyhounds into action at Dodge Park? This picture of the Doge Park Kennel Club's track was taken in 1946, the year state officials ruled dog racing was illegal in Iowa. The grandstand…
Council Bluffs Changing Scene
Council Bluffs Changing Scene--This is "Middle Broadway" as it appeared in the book, "Council Bluffs Illustrated," published in 1887. These buildings on the south side of the block, between Fourth and Main Streets. Note the water trough at center.…
Council Bluffs Changing Scene
Council Bluffs Changing Scene--This is the main building of the Christian Home, as it appeared in the booklet published here during the Trans-Mississippi and International Exposition in 1898. Frame buildings dot the grounds. The Home was founded in…
Council Bluffs Changing Scene
Council Bluffs Changing Scene--Back in 1898, Stuart Brothers Wholesale Grocers occupied the big building at 24 S. Main St., left. Horses and wagons were used to deliver the merchandise. This picture is from the Trans-Mississippi and International…
Council Bluffs Changing Scene
Council Bluffs Changing Scene: Back in 1898, the Keystone Manufacturing Co. was at 1501-1507 South Main St. It was one of the first warehouses to be build in Council Bluffs as a branch plant to a major implement factory. The firm made a variety of…