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Lot Of Pieces Left To Pick Up
Covered With Debris . . . the First Federal Savings and Loan West Broadway sign lays as mute evidence of the explosion's destruction.
Lot Of Pieces Left To Pick Up
The Night Deposit Box . . . from First Federal Savings and Loan's West Broadway office survived the explosion. It was removed from the rubble and transported to the savings and loan's main office, a bank official said.
Lot Of Pieces Left To Pick Up
Peering Through Broken Glass . . . is Beverly Paben, restaurant manager at the Burger King just west of the decimated First Federal office. Employee Pearl Franks handed a food order to a drive-up customer seconds before the blast. Paben said Franks…
Lot Of Pieces Left To Pick Up
Taking Notes . . . on Christmas Day amidst the rubble of the First Federal building is Fire Chief Delbert Burdick. To Burdick's left is the gas meter that supplied the natural gas to the savings and loan office.
Lot Of Pieces Left To Pick Up
Fighting The Remnants . . . of Friday's fatal explosion, firefighters quickly contained the blaze that followed it and gas company employees checked surrounding gas lines for damage.
1st Federal Seeks Building Bids
Construction . . . is expected to begin in mid May on the 32nd Street and Broadway office of First Federal Savings and Loan Association. The S&L was leveled Christmas Eve when an explosion ripped through the office killing two men, including a First…
Handless Artist To Display Her Works
Finishing Touches...on painting are applied by Mrs. Brown.
February artist prefers watercolors, landscapes.
Checking A Watercolor...for display this month is Council Bluffs artist Donna Yeatman Brown. The Council Bluffs Artists Association is sponsoring an exhibit of about 40 of her artworks this month at Crafts, Etc., 555 W. Broadway.
C.B. artist 'just happens to be handicapped;' Donna Brown's work to appear in Des Moines display
Nostalgic scenes...are among artist Donna Brown's favorite subjects. She photographs older sights in Council Bluffs and then paints the scenes so they will not be forgotten--even after the buildings have been torn down.
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First National Bank, Council Bluffs, Iowa
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First National Bank on Broadway, looking west from Main to Pearl Street
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First National Bank, Council Bluffs, Iowa
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City National Bank
Our "Friendly" Bank
Since 1909, the City National Bank has encouraged the development of this community and aided by financing farmers, merchants and manufacturers in Council Bluffs and Southwestern Iowa. Each day all the facilities of this Bank have been available to…
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City National Bank, Council Bluffs, Iowa
January 1958
January 1958
City National Bank Open New TV Drive-Up Facility
Money-Studded Ribbon . . . is cut by Miss Council Bluffs to open the drive-up TV banking service at City National Bank. Assisting with the ribbon cutting are Robert Turner, chairman of the board, and Roland Tornblom, president.
Identification Plan May Foil Thieves
Bank Trust Officer Robert Tate . . . demonstrates one of 25 engraving tools the bank will loan residents so they can mark valuables. "Operation Identification" is designed to discourage burglars. Police Chief Nick Sulentic looks on and added his…
Grant Wood Works Preserved, Displayed - At First National Bank
Bill McGonagle . . . director of the Joslyn Art Museum in Omaha, and Dale Ball, chairman of the board at First National Bank, present the three Grant Wood paintings that were dedicated and hung Tuesday morning in a special ceremony. The paintings…
$61,000 In Holdup Loot Returned To Bluffs Bank
Loading Over $61,000 In Bills . . . are deputy U.S. Marshals Jesse Lathrum and Mark Hayes of Des Moines, who transported the money to the First National Bank. The money was stolen in the June 30, 1971 holdup of the bank's westside office.
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Hal Booth (left), President of First National Bank of Council Bluffs, is shown above accepting the 1974 Golden Coin Award in New Orleans, Louisiana, for the bank's public affairs project, "Rent-A-Garden." Presenter is Bank Marketing Association…
Sculpture Garden Open
James Sinatra, David Dahlquist and Dale Ball look at the new sculpture in First National Bank's new sculpture garden. The sculpture, which is done around the theme of human interaction with nature, was done by Sinatra in collaboration with John…