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Like Fine Lace
Like Fine Lace...is this wintry work of nature on a wooded lane just off Timberlane. This picture was shot on the second day of spring.
Nostalgic Scene
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…
Working Like A Dog
Working Like A Dog...is Schnapps, a St. Bernard who provides power for the V-plow guided by his master, Glen A. Gohlinghost of 232 Jordan St. They are cleaning snow from the sidewalk near their home.
Pet Chicken Learns To Walk On Wooden Leg; The Whiligig
Wooden Leg...is worn by hen, pet of John Ege.
Bluffs Couple Die In Airplane Crash
The Crash...in a cornfield ripped the front end of the single-engined aircraft to shreds.
Winter Morn
Heavy frost and winter haze couple with light snowfall made even the city's parking lots look like the work of an artist. This picture was taken at Eighth Street and Indian Creek Wednesday morning.
Standing Guard
Weathered and eroded by the timeless waters of the Missouri River, these old boat pilings south of the Union Pacific railroad bridge, patiently stand guard on the muddy beach waiting the onslaught of the spring thaw. Only the occasional clunk of ice…
Howlin' Houn' Dog
Council Bluffs citizens were alerted Friday to be on the lookout for "Schnapps," a 10-foot tall St. Bernard which was last seen trotting down Pearl Street with a small foreign car instead of a wine keg dangling from her neck. The dog nearly ran over…
Fountain Youths
Through the changes in the season, through many generations, the boy and girl on the old iron fountain have kept watch over Bayliss Park. This unusual photo by Larry Sollazzo of The Nonpareil captures the pair in the fountain shower during a sliver…
Storm Causes Considerable Damage To The Bluffs Area; Winds Reach 75 Miles Per Hour
High Winds,,,Sunday night uprooted this large Cottonwood tree, causing it to fall on the home of Mr. and Mrs. David Carter, 1411 Second Ave. All that remained of the front porch Monday was the screen door and frame. Carter had hooked the screen…
Best Pictures 1967-1970
photo of damage to house of Mr. and Mrs. David Carter of 1411 Second Ave. after a Cottonwood tree is uprooted. Officer stands in driveway. (Photo not used in the newspaper story of 7-10-1970. Photographer is likely Jack Kennedy.)
A Sans Suit Solo
The May sun was hot, the temperature almost 90 when one-year-old Martin McMurray hit the beach at Lake Manawa. Mustering up his courage for a quick dip he promptly lost his dinner. Nobody seemed to mind, he thought, so with the help of his mom,…
100 Feet Of Track Damaged By Fire On Railroad Trestle; Believed Started By Passing Train
Engineer F.L. Morris...returns to his train after emptying his fire extinguisher on burning trestle.
The Pumpkin Tree
When pumpkins grow on apple trees, it's time to take a second look. Mike McDuffie, 11, son of Mr. aand Mrs. James McDuffie, 21 S. 9th St., admires his 15-pound pumpkin that is thriving in an apple tree--about 20 feet above the ground. Mike got the…
Near Season's End
Autumn leaves signal the close of a season for this sailboat, one of several at the Elks Country Club area of Lake Manawa. Nonpareil Photo by Joe Cavallaro.
The Fall Is Near
Council Bluffs area leaves, like this group of maple and others criss-crossed by vines in a shady dale, will soon be drifting earthward as autumn arrives. Many leaves will still be on trees, however, when fall is here officially--at 6:26 p.m.,…
Well-Guarded Leaf
Now that fall has officialyl arrived, this small twig with three leaves attached managed to find itself resting in the protective circle of an old marine cannon. The cannon is one of four that surround the Col. William H. Kinsman monument in…
Early Bluffs High Rise
This Illinois Central Coal chute may well have been one of the first high-rise structures in Council Bluffs. Its use discontinued about 1954, a railroad employe[sic] said. The tall building was used to feed coal to hungry steam engines, and a few…
Reflection
This pagoda-like structure casts a dark reflection in a nearby puddle, perhaps because its useful days are gone. There was a time, when the coal chute's concrete legs weren't chipped and surrounded by a crop of weeks, that this was the center of…
Make-Believe Trains
Readers who squint--and squint hard--and imagine themselves atop a railroad trestle looking over the yards, can almost believe that these old ties are long, shiny-white passenger trains coming from the passenger station. The damages rails, unlike…