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The Historic Log House . . . south of Council Bluffs between 1907 and 1918 sported a small herd of elk (almost hidden in this photo in clump of trees at left). The house, a left-over from the Trans Mississippi Exposition, has a colorful background.

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Three-Dimensional Tick-Tack-Toe . . . is being played with the aid of microphone and amplifier by Dale Peak, Allen Love, Ross Weaver and Michael Whaley.

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John Nelson (left), president of the Iowa West Racing Association, and Paul Bryant, Jr., president of Alabama-Iowa Management Inc., attended Thursday's meeting of the Iowa Racing and Gaming Commission at Bluffs Run. Iowa West owns Bluffs Run, which…

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Mechanical Bag Retriever (MBR) used to collect trash in Council Bluffs, May 1973

Gasoline 1979-1990, Shortage, Trucker Strike, Gas

Gavins Point Dam, Yankton, South Dakota

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Naval Air Station Los Alamitos, Long Beach, California. 21 July 1957
A good time was had by all at the Grand Coronation Ball ending the "Miss Universe Pageant" in Long Beach, California, last night . . . especially by Naval Aviation Cadet John W.…

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It's June in January . . . for Judy Hall who will reign as Miss Outdoors of 1958 at the all new 1958 Sports, Vacation and Boat Show which will open on Tuesday, March 4th and run for 6 event-packed days through Sunday, March 9th at the Omaha Civic…

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Okoboji Lakes, July 1 - Miss Iowa Crowned - Judy Hall, right, part-time model from Council Bluffs, is being crowned Miss Iowa of 1957 by Carol Morris, of Ottumwa, last year's winner who captured the Miss Universe title. The crowning was part of the…

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General G. M. Dodge and Staff. Left Wing 16th Army Corps. Corinth, Miss. Partial list of names on the back of the photograph.

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Equestrian portrait of General Dodge, painted by Charles A. Whipple, depicts him as Grand Marshal of the day on the occasion of the dedication of the tomb of Gen. Ulysses S. Grant in New York April 27, 1897. The painting, 7 feet 2 inches in width by…
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