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Monument Faces Testing Before Restoration Work
Moisture seeping into the Lewis and Clark Monument is blamed for extensive damage to the reliefs. A committee working to restore the monument hired a contractor Thursday to conduct tests to determine how the work should proceed.
Monument At Earling Home
A large colorful monument to the Blessed Mother Mary stands on a hill overlooking Earling. The monument, in front of the Little Flower Haven Nursing Home, was constructed by Msgr. N.A. Gaul, 81, a resident at the home. The curved structure, of…
Money Flowing In As 'Black Angel' Work Continues
Above is an artist's rendering of the Ruth Anne Dodge Memorial upon completion of restoration work.
Moms, Children Walk To Roosevelt
Welcoming A Group... Of former Avenue B Elementary School students is Principal Norman Bush of Roosevelt Elementary. The students and their parents walked to the school Wednesday to see what the route and buildings are like.
Modern-Traditional Blend In Harlan's Catholic Church
Mural . . . of faceted glass on St. Michael's Catholic Church in Harlan overlooks College Place.
Modern salvage
(Left-Harold Coyle) and Jerry Katz of the Alter Co. The bundled scrap is now ready for sale to firms who melt and use scrap metal. --Nonpareil Photos.
Modern salvage
Modern salvage : The Alter Co., one of Council Bluffs' newer industries, uses the very latest equipment in its scrap salvage operation. Here an old car body is being put into a press. It will come in bales.
Model steamship Iowa man's legacy
Opening A Hatch...on the three-foot scale model of the steamship Bertrand is John Carrier, park service employee at the DeSoto National Wildlife Refuge near Missouri Valley. The steamer model, which the Bertrand museum just purchased for $300, was…
Mobile Canteen Gets Warm Welcome
Mrs. Marie Olson, and Mrs. Fae Burkhalter, of the Ottumwa mobile Red Cross canteen, were toasted in coffee Tuesday afternoon by Sgt. J.A. Bramen, and Corp. William Lemfor, of Atlantic, in appreciation of the Red Cross' work in feeding the many hungry…
Mobil guide lists C.B. restaurant
Club 64 is the only Council Bluffs restaurant rated in the 1985 Mobil Travel Guide.
Missouri Valley, Iowa
Photograph of Missouri Valley, Iowa. Looking west from windmill. July 1, 1882.
Missouri River postcards
Three postcards of the Missouri River between Omaha and Council Bluffs.
Missouri River painting
Painting of a boat crossing Missouri River.
Missouri River Levee
Aerial view of the Council Bluffs side of the Missouri River showing levee.
Missouri River Levee
Aerial view of the Council Bluffs side of the Missouri River showing levee.
Missouri River Flood
Photograph of the Missouri River overflowing its banks. Taken from Motor bridge, April 14, 1897.
Missouri River
Photograph of the Missouri River at Narrows.
Missouri River
Photograph of the Missouri River at Narrows
Missouri At 20-Year High - Long's Landing Flooded
Don't Plan On Having Any Picnics . . . at Long's Landing for the next few days. The rising Missouri River, which was expected to crest Thursday, caused the recreation area to flood Wednesday. Harold Borwick, director of the Pottawattamie County…
Mississippi 'Red-Necks'
These three sun-hardened faces belong to a trio of Mississippi men, members of a civilian crew attached to the Army engineers on special flood duty in Council Bluffs. The "red-necks" as they call themselves, are, left to right, Bill Tate of Natchez,…