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Fire Department MD Telethon Local 15.tif
Photograph of Local #15 members attending the first M.D. Telethon.

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With 'Fair Lady' . . . road company is former Council Bluffs girl, Mary Virginia Cook.

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Little Sioux Village . . . will be a re-creation of the old west, complete with old west costumes, hitching rails, a stagecoach and 25-cent haircuts. Bill Dailey, project developer, and Ted Morse, designer, hope construction can begin by the first of…

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Original Church Building . . . of the Little Sioux Methodist congregation still serves that community. A special centennial service will be held Sunday.

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From The Opposite End . . . of town the business section looks like this. The east-west Interstate Highway, when it comes, will cut across the present Highway 75 a short distance beyond the point where the truck is seen entering town.

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The Business District . . . of Loveland consists of five establishments along one and one-half blocks of Highway 75. Trees at far right obscure the residential section.

LincolnFairview Historic District Part 1_201212310849043328 (4).pdf
National Register of Historic Places Registration Form for the Lincoln & Fairview Historic District in Council Bluffs. Includes descriptions of buildings and history.

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Photograph of the Lincoln Monument, Council Blufs, IA after renovation, July 1966.

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Historic sites -- Iowa -- Council Bluffs.
Memorials -- Iowa -- Council Bluffs.
Monuments -- Iowa -- Council Bluffs.
Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865.
Council Bluffs (Iowa) -- History -- 1900-1950.
Council Bluffs (Iowa) -- History -- Photographs.

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Unveiling . . . of the Lincoln Monument is performed by Nathan Phillips Dodge III, at right, while a National Guard color guard stands at attention at left. The plaque is a new art concept of Abraham Lincoln.

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Photograph of plaque on the Lincoln Memorial, Council Bluffs, Iowa.

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Postcard of Lincoln Highway between Council Bluffs, Iowa and Omaha, Neb.

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Rim's Eye View . . . shows the gaping proportions of the Missouri Valley Limestone Co. quarry. Arrow points to mine entrance. Walls of the pit rise more than 120 feet in places. Lake at the bottom, formed by seepage, is an estimated 40 feet deep.

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Limbs And Twigs...weave an intricate pattern against the backlight of a winter sun on the frozen expanse of Lake Manawa. Forecasters say temperatures Tuesday and Wednesday should take the edge off the deep freeze the Council Bluffs area has been…

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Like pulling teeth . . . this oversized machine called a motor puller just reaches under the hood to extract the car motor in one bite. Operator is "Shorty" Campbell who has jerked thousands of motors. New heavy machinery is currently being installed…
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