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Today...the same stretch of Broadway has a modernized appearance. The buses, at lower left, have replaced the streetcars. And automobiles are everywhere. Few buildings remain that can be compared with those in the old picture. Missing are the…
Council Bluffs Changing Scene
Council Bluffs Changing Scene--Streetcars played an important role in everyday life here when this photo of Broadway--looking west from the Masonic Temple--was taken in 1908. There are three trams in the photo. The only other visible means of…
Today
Today...the floating docks of the Council Bluffs Fish and Game Club are partly lying on the bottom of Lake Manawa, due to the low water level. The lake, which has been rising this last month, is still several feet below normal. When the lake has…
Council Bluffs Changing Scene
Council Bluffs Changing Scene--Back in 10--, when this picture was taken, Lake Manawa contained plenty of water. original quarters of the Fish and Game Club were on the top floor of this building. The first floor contained a saloon and gambling…
Courthouse Time Capsule To Be Opened
A Celebration Marking The Centennial Of The Shelby County Courthouse Will Be Held Aug. 1
Harlan, Iowa
File #2: 1/1/88 -
Shelby County Courthouse, Harlan, Iowa
Harlan, Iowa
File #2: 1/1/88 -
Harlan, Iowa Airport
Today
Today...after a face lifting in 1941, the Liberty Theater looks like this. There have been slight changes in adjoining buildings. Over the years, admission prices have changed with the times. So have the automobiles
Council Bluffs Changing Scene
Council Bluffs Changing Scene--Following World War I, when the business section was decorated for the return of Unit K, the Liberty Theater and adjoining buildings on Broadway between Scott and Sixth Streets looked like this. Admissions to the…
Today
Today...a modern masonry structure at Twenty-eighth St. and Avenue A houses the office and storage barns of the Council Bluffs Transit Co. Changeover from electric street cars to buses has eliminated the need for the many rails and switches that…
Council Bluffs Changing Scene
Council Bluffs Changing Scene--About 1892 the Omaha and Council Bluffs Railway and Bridge Co. barns at Twenty-eighth St. and Avenue A, were little more than a shelter constructed of corrugated metal over a wood frame. This old photo comes from A.J.…
Today
Today...a new building has replaced the old machine shop, now houses the parcel post station on a temporary basis while the Chieftain Van and Storage uses the old garage building. The same tower on Central Fire Station shows at left.
Council Bluffs Changing Scene
Council Bluffs Changing Scene--In 1912 when automobiles were still somewhat of a hobby instead of a necessity, this garage at 45 N. Main St. was being operated by John A. Franks. Next door was the machine shop run by Fred Duerr, with the tower of…
This 'Library' Boasts Bar, Wine Cellar, Chandeliers
Jan and Dennis Stamp pose in front of The Library, their newly-opened restaurant in Harlan. Built in 1929, the building closed as the city's public library in 1983.
Harlan, Iowa
File #1: 12/31/87
The Shelby County Courthouse in Harlan, Iowa was built in 1892 and listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1978. It was designed in the Richardsonian Romanesque style by Charles E. Bell of Council Bluffs and built for $62,733.90. It is…
Log Home At Harlan New Trend?
Admiring The Texture . . . of an exposed-log wall in one of the bedrooms is LaVale Jensen of Harlan. The adaptability of the logs enabled the Jensens to choose between paneling, dry-walling or leaving the logs exposed for a variety of interior…
Log Home At Harlan New Trend?
A Beetle Log Home . . . adds a touch of history to the neighborhood of Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Jensen of Harlan. Built by Jensen in just 86 days, the house has over 1,200 feet of living space. Although the house has no basement, a large utility room is…
Antiques Find New Home In Historical Museum At Harlan
The New Shelby County Museum . . . in Potter's Park in Harlan dwarfs two nearby cabins which have been renovated and are being furnished according to the period of their construction. The museum, measuring 44 by 90 feet, has two levels for various…
Dedicate Harlan High Sunday - $2.25 Million Structure
Dedication Ceremonies . . . will be held Sunday at the new Harlan Community High School, a $2.25 million building which is the largest structure in Shelby County.
Airport Facelifting
Lawren Rushenberg, manager of Harlan Municipal Airport, watches planes land and take off as he stands amid grading work preceding construction of a new runway. The project, at the approximate cost of $700,000, shared by the city of Harlan, the…