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Charlie Bock
Bluffs Native
4-1975
Charles C. Bock, Jr., B-1 chief pilot
[Charles Bock in suit and tie, superimposed over pilot's helmet in background]

Capt. & Mrs. Charles Bock Jr. & family
June 1962

B'nai Israel Synagogue
618 Myrtle St.
and Rabbinage at 200 Fletcher Ave.

A special section of the Daily Nonpareil newspaper published on Friday, September 10, 1999 featuring images of flooding in Council Bluffs taken on August 6th and 7th of that year.

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Photo of a gentleman working on the restoration of the Historic Gen. Grenville Dodge House.

Fresh Finish . . . is applied by painter Dick Jones to the interior woodwork in the front entrance hall of the Dodge House. The old finish was completely removed and repairs were made to the fancy moulded walnut woodwork before new finish was…

Photo of Historic Gen. Grenville M. Dodge House from park across the street, with many people in attendance at an Independence Day celebration.

Color photograph of Historic Gen. Grenville M. Dodge House

The wrecker's hammer dealt the first blow to the "spite" house opposite the Historic Gen. Dodge Home at Story and Third streets Tuesday morning. The large old home will be removed to make a small park. Legend has it that the frame Squire house was…

A Victorian Mansion . . . will again provide the background for an old-fashioned lawn party today when the Park Board and the board of trustees of the Historic Gen. Dodge House serve ice cream, cake, and pink lemonade. The four young ladies, in…

A Surrey . . . "without the fringe on top" was delivered Wednesday to the Historic General Dodge House. Volunteer workers at the house examining the carriage of an earlier vintage are Miss Melodee Hielen and Bob Winebarger.

Old Carriage House . . . at residence of the late Gen. Grenville M. Dodge, looked like this in 1910. The picture was taken from Fairview Avenue.

The Lavish Beauty . . . of a past era dresses the table for the membership tea at the Historic General Dodge House. Mrs. Marvin King is publicity chairman. Mrs. Robert Collins and Mrs. Noran Davis, sustaining members, will pour.

In Newly Restored Room . . . at the General Dodge House are Mrs. John Whittaker, chairman of the Dodge House Board of Trustees, and J. Frederic Schlott, chairman of the City Park Board.

Ready For A Stroll . . . with dolls of another era, and the lavish wicker buggy with taffeta sunshade, are Mr. and Mrs. Jack Peters and their children, Denise, 7, Brian, 9, and Stephanie, 5. Special guests at the tea will be Mr. and Mrs. Donald K.…

The general's desk, right . . . is shown in the room he used as an upstairs study. It adjoins his bedroom. The glass doorways lead to a sleeping porch on the south side of the home.

Portions of the twin parlors . . . in the Dodge home. Much of the furniture and pictures are just as they were in the general's lifetime. Antique beauty is apparent in every section of the spacious home.

One view of the library . . . where on of the nation's greatest railroad builders kept hundreds of books on history, government, railroading and war.

Studying The Scrolls...of B'Nail Israel Synagogue are Rabbi Jay Karzen, synagogue leader, and Rabbi Isaac Eisenbach of Jerusalem, Israel.

Standing In Front ...of new home is the Rabbi and Mrs. Jay Karzen of the B'nail Israel Synagogue.
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