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Flood of 1952 File #6
Peeling potatoes for the troops
Flood of 1952 File #6
Evacuation traffic in downtown Council Bluffs
Flood of 1952 File #6
Flood evacuees
Flood of 1952 File #6
Getting their shots
Flood of 1952 File #6
Muddy road
Flood of 1952 File #6
Flood evacuees
Flood of 1952 File #6
Empty railroad tracks
Council Bluffs Pride Week Parade 1983
Photographs of the Council Bluffs Pride Parade (Celebrate CB)
Council Bluffs Pride Week Parade 1988
Photographs of the Council Bluffs Pride Parade (Celebrate CB)
Council Bluffs Pride Week Parade 1992
Photographs of the Council Bluffs Pride Parade (Celebrate CB)
Council Bluffs Pride Week Parade 1995
Photographs of the Council Bluffs Pride Parade (Celebrate CB)
Council Bluffs Changing Scene
In 1887, the junction of Main and Pearl Streets looked like this. The little building that looks like a popcorn stand was the city scales. There were hitching posts along the streets and all wiring was suspended on cross-arm poles. There were…
The Scales Are Now Gone
All wiring has moved underground and parking meters have replaced hitching posts. The streets are smooth asphalt and traffic moves one way. The courthouse at left, opened in 1887, is still in use although the tower has come down.
Council Bluffs Changing Scene
Citizens in derby hats and high button shoes stood stiffly in front of the old First National Bank in this 1887 picture. The Kimball and Champ Building stood at the corner of Main St. and Broadway. The First National was one of the earliest city…
Today
Today...all the old buildings are gone, except the one at extreme left. Dominating the present scene are the B and G Hosiery Shops, the Clark Drug Store and Joe Smith and Co. Citizens no longer line stiffly for such a common occurrence as a…
Council Bluffs Changing Scene
The west side of Main Street was lined with small shops, stores and office in 1887. At the corner of Main and First Avenue, center, stood a banking house and on the south corner the "Excelsior Gallery" A sign across the street at lower right said…
Council Bluffs Changing Scene
In 1887, St. Francis Xavier Academy stood at the corner of Seventh St. and Fifth Ave. The building, then surrounded by young trees and a white rail fence, was used as an exclusive girls school which attracted students from all over the Midwest. At…
Today It Is Being Razed
More recently used as a classroom building and convent for St. Francis students and teachers, it has outlived its usefulness. The convent was moved into a new building at left. New additions in the lower picture include street paving, street…
Council Bluffs Changing Scene
It was November, 1885. At Pearl and Broadway stood the New Pacific Hotel where citizens gathered to discuss a new-fangled electric trolley line in Baltimore and the activities of Geronimo on the western plains. One year later Council Bluffs became…
Today
Today...Beno's Department Store stands on a portion of the site where the [New Pacific] hotel was located. The new hotel was shifted into a wing of what is now the Wickham Building after an 1872 fire. The new hotel closed in 1893. Today streetcars…