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Consists of drawings made by Simons during railroad survey projects in Iowa and Nebraska beginning in 1853.

Awaiting The Big Day of WAAU Competition . . .are Style Select team members: (left to right, first row) Coach Clarence Munch, team Pam Munch, Denise Brenneman, Ronda Sanders, Pat messerschmidt, Sharon McIntosh, Mary Gilmore and gelina Goetzinger;…

The Stutsman Street School...and some of the 19th century students. It was constructed for about $5,000. This photo came from the Free Public Library.

Razing of Diamond Bar...is almost down to the first floor. The building is being demolished to make way for the Broadway viaduct.

First Baptist Church . . . building is 60 years old. the First Baptist congregation has worshipped on the same downtown corner for the past 128 years and hope to remain there.

Growth Of First Baptist Church . . . shows in the spacious extension of its overall plant through the past 50-year period. The sanctuary was built in 1024 and the annex was dedicated in 1965. Fond memories of its growth and strength will be shared in…

First Baptist Church, Council Bluffs, IA
circa 1929

Postcard depicting First Baptist Church.

Interior of the First Bank National Association of Council Bluffs, located at 1618 W. Broadway

Construction on the First Assembly of God Church, 700 S. Seventh St., shown in a photo from The Nonpareil archives, was completed in 1955. On Sunday, the church will celebrate its 55th year in Council Bluffs with a mortgage burning and installation…

Hilt Truck Line, Inc., formerly of Lincoln, Neb., has moved into its new terminal and office building at Thirty-fourth Street and Fourteenth Avenue. Company officials said shop, dispatching and office facilities are in full operation, although the…

(top) The Green And White Striped Box . . . structure adds some color to the planing operation at Midwest Walnut. But it also serves a useful purpose - suppressing sound from the company's planer machine. David Miller, Midwest employee, removes…

1940s Apparatus circa 1960s.

Description provided by retired Council Bluffs firefighter Calvin Peterson

J Durick, J Moore, Driver E Hansen

A.L.F. 1000 GPM Pumper Company #2

La France Fire House 4

Fires In C.B. File #2 (01-01-1979 to 12-31-1988)
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