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Two women near a covered bridge over water.
Miss Mina Harsch of Council Bluffs and Mrs. Edith Sterling of Omaha, members of The Nonpareil's European holiday group, are shown in front of covered bridge on Lake Lucerne in Switzerland.

Two women at a fountain on a street.
In Front Of Fountain . . . at Lucerne are Miss Bessie Harter of Council Bluffs and Miss Ellen Christensen of Harlan. Note balcony cafe, flags and narrow streets in background.

A man with a movie camera in front of a church.
Shooting Movies . . . in front of Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris is C.W. Nelson of Harlan.

A man and woman looking at books.
Looking at books along the famous bookstalls beside the River Seine in Paris are Mr. and Mrs. E.H. Woltman, members of The Nonpareil's European holiday group.

A woman lighting a candle.
Mrs. John N. Eddy lights a candle in Notre Dame Cathedral, Paris, with The Nonpareil Holiday tour.

A boat on a river with a cathedral in the background.
A French Pleasure Boat . . . heads down River Seine with members of the European holiday tour aboard. In the background is the Cathedral of Notre Dame.

A policeman directing a man on a street.
A Paris Gendarme . . . gives directions to Theodore Johnk of Oakland. In the background is the famed Place de la Concorde, where the guillotine stood during the French Revolution.

Women shopping on a street.
Window Shopping . . . on a street in Paris is Mrs. Virginia Millis of Oakland, right. Woman at left is unidentified.

A man and woman viewing items in a shop.
Mr. and Mrs. Chris Hansen of Avoca, members of The Nonpareil's European holiday group, look at souvenirs at a sidewalk shop in Paris.

Two people looking at an ornate tomb.
Dr. and Mrs. Charles Stinard of The Nonpareil's European holiday group view one of the many tombs in Westminster Abbey.

A group of people chatting near a table.
Anglo-American Chat . . . left to right, Miss Maureen Dennis, A.D. Dennis, Mrs. Larry Parrott, Larry Parrott, David Hart, Mrs. Charles McDonald and Charles McDonald.

A woman sitting at a table pouring tea into a cup as a man watches.
Edwin Malindine, London oilman and candidate for Commons who visited Council Bluffs recently, has a spot of tea with Miss Twyla Holmes at Hotel Russell in London. Malindine was on hand to greet the touring Southwest Iowans when their planes landed.

Tourists walking on a bridge under a fortress.
The Tower of London is among the foggy city's best-known landmarks, and The Nonpareil's European Holidayers were there. They're walking above the north bank of the River Thames and through the middle tower of London's 12-acre fortress.

A group of people near a crumbling brick wall.
A bit of bad weather didn't bother The Nonpareil European tour members who like their ruins really ancient. They gathered around a wall built by the Romans when their legions conquered the British Isles - 55 years before the birth of Christ. This is…

Two men in front of a towered building.
Seth Hills Of Council Bluffs . . . tries to talk to Beefeater at Tower of London.

Two women crouching to feed pigeons with women in the background on a street.
Members of The Nonpareil's European holiday tour group spent two and one-half days in London this week. Here Mrs. Carl Huber of Council Bluffs feeds pigeons in Piccadilly Square.

A group of women viewing a wooden and glass case.
(top) St. Paul's Cathedral: Members of the Nonpareil's tour group pass through chapel in St. Paul's Cathedral built in memory of Americans killed in London during World War II.

(bottom) Carole Lane . . . of Council Bluffs . . . with guard at…

Two people standing behind a cannon.
(top) John Anderson and Mrs. Bertha Ballenger of Council Bluffs . . . stand against a cannon at Edinburgh Castle.

(middle) Plane Capt. Wahlgaard . . . at the controls.

(bottom) Sterling Castle . . . near Edinburgh, was built about 600 years…

Two women viewing a doll.
Tourists on The Nonpareil Holiday trip enjoy souvenir shopping in Europe. A saleswoman in Edinburgh, Mrs. C. Nisbet, shows Mrs. Paul Weaver a kiltie doll which she wanted as a gift for a grandchild.

Three women conversing.
Mrs. Gertrude Bostedt, left, of Council Bluffs discusses European holiday plans with Miss Mildred Cassidy of Omaha and Miss Catherine Joyce, tour director, aboard plane Saturday enroute to New York.
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