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Churches T863.tif
Photograph of Broadway Methodist Church, St. Patrick's Catholic Church, and Synagogue Chevra B'Nai Yisroel in Council Bluffs (Iowa).

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Two children were killed and their mothers injured when a 100-foot water storage tank collapsed and fell on their house. The tank, which had a storage capacity of 125,000 gallons, let loose a 100,000 gallon torrent of water and ice. The photo shows…

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Wedged Into Clay Bank...by the force of the impact is the wreckage of the prize winning customized convertible.

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Signing Agreement...between two bus firms are James R. Kiger, president of Transit Co., seated, and James P. Lee, head of the Omaha and Council Bluffs Street Railway Co.

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Pointing Out...her 'signature" on the anti-manager petition is Mrs. Rex L. White. Her husband's name appears three lines higher on the list

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Aerial photograph of Twin City Plaza

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One Of First Families...Mr. and Mrs. William Perry and son Jimmy, of Twin City Baptist Church look over the area from church sign.

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Ready For Worship...is this roomy church structure located in the Twin City Plaza community at 3005 Renner Drive. Mounds of dirt will be leveled when weather permit and other landscaping work done to beautify the exterior area of the edifice.

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Twenty Ninth Iowa Infantry in Winter Quarters. Little Rock, AK. Winter 1864 & 65.

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Putting their best feet forward, special guests at the ground breaking ceremony for Bethany Lutheran Home turned the first soil Sunday. Digging in are Mayor Joseph Katelman, 93-year-old Mrs. Helena Anderson, Iowa Gov. Robert Ray and Mrs. Ray,…

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A present from home . . . for Louise Brising was this handcrafted wooden Christmas tree. --Nonpareil Photo.

Houses T855.tif
Photograph of the Tulley House at 151 Park Avenue in Council Bluffs, Iowa.

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Best_Pictures_Best_Stories_1958_5_3_1068_06.jpg
Runaway Truck...came down Fourteenth Avenue, then took this wild route, shown by dotted line, between High and Pleasant Streets. It finally stopped between two houses in the background. The only victim was the garage.

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Truck Stop Grill at Playland Park

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Truck stop at Playland Park

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Truck Which Failed To Observe Sign...did this damage to Griswold storefronts early Wednesday.

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Overturned truck...at bottom of Mosquito Creek. It skidded off the road which goes under the railroad trestle.

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David J. Kaplan, recipient of the 1976 Ben Gershun Memorial Trophy for his services to the community, and David Gallner, president of the Jewish Welfare Federation, discuss the trophy's new engraving. It reads "Giving Of Themselves to the State of…

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Unloading of the three state liquor trucks was proceeding at a brisk pace with four company K Red Oak men, upper row, Pvt. D.C. Johnson and Pvt. Dean Dutton, and Pvt. Dana Fuller, and Pvt. Victor Peterson, bottom, helping with the blankets.
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