Admiring the "jaunty " boy...and his leaking boot, are (from left) U.S. Rep. Tom Hardin, D-5th District, Gen. Bennie L. Davis, commander-in-chief of Strategic Air Command, and Mayor David Christiansen. The statue presented to Davis by the city is in…
No, the statue hasn't been embalmed. "The Boy With the Leaking Boot" arrived in Council Bluffs on June 3 in a wooden box resembling a coffin. Head Librarian Mildred Smock examines the statue in the basement of the Public Library where it is being…
The Boy With The Leaking Boot...has become an internationally known statues although its origin and sculptor remain unknown. Once located at the Swan Pond in Fairmount Park, this copy is now i the garden of Gen. and Mrs. Bruce Holloway at Offutt Air…
Fairmount Park Swan Pond...at the turn of the century shows "The Boy With The Leaking Boot," under arrow in center of the photo. Exact date of this photo, from Nonpareil files, is not known.
"The Boy With The Leaking Boot"...at least 75 years old, proudly stands with Mrs. Bruce K. Holloway, wife of the commander-in-chief of the Strategic Air Command, in her garden pol at Offutt Air Base.
A Stalk Of Corn . . . showing rootworm damage is held by Jay West, area crop production specialist at Iowa State. The problem is one of several plaguing (Jim) Coomes' corn crop at Atlantic.
photo of statue, "Boy with the Leaking Boot" in corner of two walls: stone and painted brick; standing on stone slab on top of brick floor.
On back: File-Boy with Leaking Boot
Stamped date: ENTERED SEP 25 1992
A view of the Theater Block from two angles. On the left, a portion that faces Broadway and includes the Crest Theater, the Baird property, and two bars. On the right, the portion that faces Sixth Street and includes a number of small businesses such…
The Theater Block . . . between Pearl and Sixth streets on the south side of Broadway will undergo drastic change under the urban renewal plan. The buildings show here are scheduled for demolition.