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Man and woman viewing mountains.
Admiring The Scenery . . . in Switzerland are Mr. and Mrs. Carl Stephens of Council Bluffs. They are on the Butin Bridge over the Arv River. Geneva and the French Alps are in the background.

A group of women sitting outdoors under an umbrella table.
(top) Watching French Go By . . . from the most famous sidewalk cafe in Paris are members of the Nonpareil Holiday tour. This is the Cafe de la Paix on the Place de l'Opera. Paris is loaded with sidewalk cafes, which do a tremendous business with…

Tourists view a gravesite surrounded by a picket fence.
In Arlington National Cemetery . . . tourists view and photograph the gravesite of President John F. Kennedy. This was one of the last stops by Nonpareil tourists before they returned to Council Bluffs.

A group of people holding up beer steins.
When In Munich . . . do like the Germans, and this is just what a dozen members of The Nonpareil European Holiday travelers did. Here, in Munich's famed Hofbrauhaus, are (left to right): Covert T. Brown, Mrs. Marie Ross, Genevieve Jacobsen, Mrs.…

Harry Mauck Jr. . . . spent 44 years on The Nonpareil, serving in various positions from reporter to managing editor. His last position was associate editor, writing editorials and covering the Iowa legislature.

A man stands next to a large computer.
Inspecting new computer . . . is Robert Fischer, superintendent of The Nonpareil's mechanical department.

Council Bluffs Nonpareil Centennial Edition May 1, 1957
One Hundred Years For The Nonpareil
Western Union Telegram from Dwight D. Eisenhower
The Nonpareil Story 1857 - 1957
Politics, Times - - Both Hard
A Mere Western Outpost
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Nine posing baseball players.
(Back Row) John Wheeler, John Henry, Art Bostedt, Arnold Wadum, Leory Wallace
(Front Row) Dave Rayburn, Al Wallace, Ernest Brown, Ray Kent

Nonpareil - History
Memorabilia File #2 1960 -

This Gigantic Mural . . . painted on a wall in the Toddler's classroom at First Christian Church illustrates Noah calling the birds and beasts to join him and his family aboard his ark to preserve them from the great flood. The artist was Mrs. Roy…

Volunteer Helper . . . E.N. Schrimplen of Glenwood lends a hand in moving appliances from the Herb Lincoln home.

At Trouble Spot on North Levee...army engineers are building a tie-back levee from the hill through Big Lake park and joining the main levee between the North western and Illinois Central railroad tracks.

(top) Hamlin Residents . . . go about the monumental task of cleaning up the flood wrecked business district. "Sherm's Place," at right, one of the largest buildings in the community, was moved completely off its foundation by the overflowing East…

Going Up In Hamburg . . . is a combination Legion Hall and bowling lanes. And gathered on this Main Street corner are some of the men responsible for Hamburg's growth - Jack Douglas, Dick Dugan, John Gottsche and Miller Payne.

The Familiar Sight . . . of the cone-shaped scrap burner at the Midwest Walnut Co. plant will make way for three shavers and a drier to convert waste materials.

Standing Vacant . . . is the old East Elementary School near the downtown Glenwood business district. The Glenwood Low Rent Housing Agency wanted the site for a housing complex for area elderly.

Man with a broom.
Sprucing Up . . . Ed Stackhouse, manager of the new No Frills store at 169 Bennet Ave., gives the entrance area to the store a final once-over Thursday morning.
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