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A Rugged Survivor . . . of the gay nineties sits like an impregnable fortress on Oakland Ave. It's the home of Mr. and Mrs. William Joern.

Three photographs at foot of Oakland Ave. South side of Washington Ave. Now Omni Parking garage.

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Stylish turret on the castle home,
Northbound Motorists . . . on Highway 6 see this view of a distinctive home just before they enter Oakland. The granite stone house called "The Castle", has 18-inch-thick exterior walls. The outside remains the same as when it was built in 1913.

Food Preparation Center...on second level of Bethany Home is shown by Chuck Berry, food service manager. The all-electric facility has convection ovens.

Bethany Lutheran Home...will open it's [sic] doors for inspection Sunday. Fifteen Lutheran Churches in the area have spent $2 million getting the nursing home ready. First patients are expected in mid-June.

Nursing Home - 501 Frank

Six postcards from Wilcox, Meneray, and Smith nurseries.

The heat is nothing to lose your head over but this old gent in Bayliss Park appears to have done just that. Actually he was dropping his head on his chest while sitting in the shade. Recent highs of 107 and 110 are even too hot for a hat.

Old-timers have many memories of scenes like this, created Thursday afternoon when a major power failure plunged The Nonpareil and the rest of Council Bluffs into darkness. State Editor Verne Peyser prepares news copy about the blackout by the light…

Postcard of the Northwest Bell Telephone Building

Lending A Helping Hand . . . to the movers Saturday is Mrs. Jerry Harper who occupied Unit No. 1 at Northgate Apartments. The apartment complex at 122 N. 31st St., was financed through two separate federal funds.

Northern Natural Gas Co.

3 photos - Northeast corner of 40th St. and West Broadway(Playland Park roller coaster)

Northcrest Manor - 34 Northcrest

Brick building with large windows.
(1) Northcrest Manor Exterior . . . is brick and painted aluminum. Windows at left indicate dining room, at right, the lounge. The $230,000 convalescent and nursing center will admit its first patients Monday.

(2) Seventy-two By Thirty-three-foot…

Photograph of Southeast corner of North 2nd St. Start of Kanesville Blvd.
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