Browse Items (8875 total)
Sort by:
Man Defeats River In Flood Threat Of 1952
Mighty Defender . . . mans the ramparts on the levee. This giant diesel-powered earth mover was one of 10 on the job. Each was capable of hauling 30 cubic yards of dirt per load to form emergency levees.
Flood of 1952 File #5
Cots fill the gymnasium at Abraham Lincoln High School, the main evacuation center set up by the Red Cross. More than 250 evacuees took refuge in this center as the Missouri river threatened their homes.
Flood of 1952 File #5
Volunteers are putting up flashboard on the Council Bluffs side of the Missouri river a few days before the expected crest.
Flood of 1952 File #5
Plank roadway was being laid by volunteers on the levee near Big Lake on Monday. Later, trucks will haul dirt and sand for two miles along this stretch of levee to "beef up" against "wash waves."
Flood of 1952 File #5
Aerial view of the flooded Missouri river between Council Bluffs and Omaha looking south
Lykke Pledges Business Support In C.B.; At Chamber Annual Meeting
New Chamber President...Lelan Lykke presents appreciation award to Morris Miller, president of the Omaha Chamber of Commerce.
Chalet Motor Lodge
Photo, from the street, of the Chalet Motor Lodge. Sign says: "Quality Motor Lodge," and "Finest Food in C.B."
Date on back: 4-70
Date on back: 4-70
Flood of 1952 File #5
Salvation Army volunteers bring food to evacuees
Flood of 1952 File #5
Hanging out of the kitchen window
Flood of 1952 File #5
A Hamburg, IA evacuee loads a wagon
Flood of 1952 File #5
Playing baseball in Bayliss Park
Flood of 1952 File #5
Men gather in downtown Council Bluffs
1952 - Man Against The Missouri
Silent Vigils . . . were kept round the clock to watch the river along the flashboard, backed with dirt and walled with rows of sandbags. Miles of wire were strung to allow night-and-day work on the hurriedly built defenses. Council Bluffs went…
Chadwick charges jury misconduct during trial
Charles Chadwick
Innocent pleas by Hrbek, Chadwick
Below, [Court bailiff Mike] Peth leads suspect John Hrbek from the courtoom. Both suspects pleaded innocent. Nonpareil photo by Steve Glowacki.
Chadwick, Charles N.
head and shoulders profile of a man, identified on the bottom of the photo as Charles Chadwich, 1981
Chadwick, Charles N.
close-up of driver's side seat, blood on seat , with sunglasses on the seat
Chadwick, Charles N.
Rear view of Corvette, Mills County license plate EFJ773, angled onto gravel shoulder of paved highway (275 South); driver's door open. Datsun, with front door open, in background.