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Sherri Lane Bowman, Miss Iowa, 1985, signs autographs before her fashion show Thursday night at Midlands Mall. The show was a send-off for Bowman, who will leave Davenport for Atlantic City on Sept. 6. Nonpareil photo by Dan Koenig.
Attitude boosts Miss SWI
Playing The Piano...relaxes Sherri Bowman, but it also helped her win the Miss Southwest Iowa crown. She's already starting to plan for the piano solo she'll play in the Miss Iowa pageant next year.
Miss Iowa taking new role seriously
Sherri Lane Bowman, the newly-crowned Miss Iowa, sits on her bed amidst congratulatory cards and letters and newspaper clippings. Bowman was home last week before heading out to her job as an "ambassador" for the state. Nonpareil photo by Steve…
Welcome Home, Miss Iowa
Sherri Bowman, Miss Iowa for 1985, speaks Wednesday night to a crowd of about 50 that welcomed her home at a reception in Griswold, the town where she won the Miss Nishna Valley title that qualified her for the state pageant. Bowman, 24, of Council…
Bluffs Teach New Miss Iowa
Sherri Lane Bowman
Sherri Bowman is Miss SWI
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Sherri Lane Bowmen[sic]
Bowman, Sherri
Contact sheet showing Sherri Bowman portraits, standing by Miss Iowa car, and sitting on bed reading greeting cards.
Bowman, Sherri
Contact sheet showing Sherri Bowman, Miss Iowa 1985, sitting on a chair, and at the piano
Bowman, Sherri
Contact sheet showing photos of Sherri Bowman at the piano, and sitting on a bed, reading greeting cards.
Bowman, Sherri
portrait photo of Sherri Bowman, later to become Miss Iowa 1985
Dodge House #2
Restored Victorian light fixture
Dodge House #2
Ornate glass butter dishes representative of those used by General Dodge and his family.
Dodge House #2
Victorian light fixture
Dodge House #2
The General Dodge House in Council Bluffs, Iowa in 1972.
Dodge House #2
The General Dodge House in Council Bluffs, Iowa in 1973.
Haunted House Disappears
The end of the 'haunted house" was the result of well-chosen undercuts by bulldozer operators for the J.C. White Wrecking Co., that tumbled the big old Squire House at 600 Third Street Wednesday morning. The "haunted house" got the name after…
Dodge House #2
Council Bluffs History . . . is exemplified in the Historic General Dodge House which annually draws thousands of visitors to view the restored Victorian mansion.
Glittering Decor Evokes Era
Holding a Christmas Bouquet . . . this statue joins in the spirit of the season at the Dodge House. Victorians were fond of statuary, and this little figure stands guard in the dining room. Christmas wreaths and greenery also help lend a festive air…