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Posing With...an old organ in one of the Victorian homes they own on South Seventh Street are Maurice and Carole Bergquist, 616 S. Seventh. They plan to christen the street Victorian Row, a group of houses that will have apartments, shops and a…

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Photograph of the second Courthouse in Council Bluffs, 1866.

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A Celebration Marking The Centennial Of The Shelby County Courthouse Will Be Held Aug. 1

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Concealing Its Age . . . is the Pottawattamie County Sub-Courthouse in Avoca. The brick building's construction predates the county's earliest records of it from 1885.

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Photograph of Covalt's Concert Band at Lake Manawa.

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Pouring Molten Steel . . . into manhole cover forms are M.L. McMiller, Omaha, at the ladle handle and three other Katelman Foundry steelworkers. The liquid reaches 2800 degrees before the men fill their 35 to 40 daily molds. When completed, the rings…

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Plans Are Created . . . by company draftsmen for a variety of manhole covers. This sketch is part of a two-inch thick book of cover designs.

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After It Is Molded . . . this is how the design above looks. This cover is at Mynster and Seventh Streets.

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The Katelman Name . . . is found on most manhole covers around town. Some give pedestrians a friendly "clank" when walked on.

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A Beehive Cover . . . allows excess water to enter the opening below but strains out such undesirables as weeds and sticks.

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Preparing A Cap . . . to stop the steel flowing from the cupola into the ladle is Willie Riley, Omaha. The steel worker uses a sand mixture similar to what the molds are made of to stop the molten steel flow each time the ladle is ready.

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Displaying The Covered Wagon...they built are Edison Junior High freshmen Jim Frieze, Russell Lekey, Roger Fox, Sherry Anderson and Bill Lane.

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City Hall saw a little activity Friday morning as a crane owned by Paulson Construction Company of Council Bluffs lifted an air conditioning unit into place atop the "penthouse."

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Crash scene...spectators view the damaged two-seater airplane. Note the piece of wing, ripped from the plane. The craft hit the power pole before crashing to the ground.

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Director Nels Hanse, Treasurer Lucille Morris, and Deputy Glen Haynes, team up to perform duties that previously required the servies of five employees.

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Demolished Diesel Unit...lies on its side along Burlington Railroad at wreck scene. Nonpareil photo by Don Patton.

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Tracks...were bent into half circle by the big engines as they plowed up several hundred yards of rails and ties.

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This stray ivy plant has taken root near the top of the clock tower at Broadway Methodist Church, First Street and Broadway. And you can credit the birds, who probably carried a seed or piece of vine to the tower. The plant, on the north side of…

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Photo reproduction of an engraving of the Creston House Hotel.
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