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Council Bluffs From 9 Miles Up
This is how Council Bluffs and part of Omaha look from nine miles up. This photo was take by Mark Hurd Aaerial [sic] Surveys, Inc., of Minneapolis, Minn, which has perfected a method of utilizing a distortion-free camera in a Lear jet plane to take…
This Is Council Bluffs
There are plenty of off-street parking lots here, this aerial photo of the downtown area reveals. It looks southwest. The wide street is Broadway. At the left foreground is the back view of Broadway Methodist Church. Bayliss Square is near the…
This Is Council Bluffs
You are gazing at the heart of Council Bluffs in this aerial photo. The camera, pointing slightly northeast, captures dozens of well known landmarks. Bayliss Square, with its X-shaped walks, dominates the lower portion of the picture. Broadway,…
Know Your Scenes:
Hundreds of home towners pass this spot every day without a glance at the road signs. But tourists literally would be lost without the travel information. Can you locate the marker?
Answer: The signs are at Oak St. and Broadway where Highways 6…
Answer: The signs are at Oak St. and Broadway where Highways 6…
Know Your Scenes:
These letter boxes rest together because mail carriers are not obliged to make house-to-house calls in places where there are no sidewalks. In this case, the remedy was to put all the boxes together on one corner. Recognize the location?
Answer:…
Answer:…
Council Bluffs Pride Week Parade 1979 Part 1
Photographs of a parade on Broadway in Council Bluffs
Council Bluffs Pride Week Parade 1979 Part 8
Photographs of Pride Week parade and events in Council Bluffs
Council Bluffs Pride Week Parade 1979 Part 12
Photographs of Pride Week parade and events in Council Bluffs
Council Bluffs Pride Week Parade 1979 Part 14
Photographs of Pride Week parade and events in Council Bluffs
Broadway Past and Present
Broadway, looking west from Fourth street, in 1936
Unearth Fire Well at Main and Broadway; Creates Traffic Problem
Old Fire Well...at Main Street and Broadway is being uncovered by power shovel before it is filled in with sand and covered up permanently. Note the spectators at left. Traffic in background is being routed off Broadway at Fourth Street.
Broadway Viaduct
Photo from street level, beside (below) the Broadway viaduct from next to Nav's Tavern at 1013 West Broadway.
Corner of Pearl and Broadway
Photograph of the former Council Bluffs Savings Bank on the corner of Pearl and Broadway.
Cottonwood Tree
Stereographic picture of an old cottonwood tree on the corner of Broadway and Pearl.
Printed on back of image: "The old cotton wood tree, corner of Broadway and Pearl St., Council Bluffs, condemned to be cut down by the Council, but saved by the…
Printed on back of image: "The old cotton wood tree, corner of Broadway and Pearl St., Council Bluffs, condemned to be cut down by the Council, but saved by the…
West Broadway 100 Block NRHP form
National Register of Historic Places Registration Form for 100 Block of West Broadway - Historic District in Council Bluffs. Includes descriptions of buildings and history.
Dohany's Opera House and Broadway
Photograph of Dohany's Opera House and Broadway. Northeast corner Sixth Street and Broadway. Later the Strand Movie Theater. Burned December 11, 1974.
Masonic Temple
Photograph of the Masonic Temple. East side of Fourth Street at Broadway Intersection. State Bank and Trust Drive in entry on this site.
Middle Broadway
Photograph of middle Broadway. North side of Broadway from Fourth Street toward Bryant Street. Area now included in shopping center.
New Government Building and Post Office
Photograph of new government building and post office. Southwest corner of Sixth Street and Broadway. Dedicated in 1888. Enlarged twice. Torn down in 1950.