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Today...the creek is nearly concealed in its concrete conduit. The house at left is the same as appeared in the 1925 picture, but other landmarks are hidden by heavy trees.
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Today...there is no longer a Manawa Park as it was known 42 years ago. Nearly the entire park area is now residential. Here C.W. Bain looks over the old park site. The little train ran over this area. The high-gabled house, once a concession…
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[paper is torn, and much of caption is missing] Today: The picture has changed...are the new offices of the Council Bluffs Gas Co., at left, ...building, and at right is the re-... Long building which is now the Iowa Liquor Store.
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Today...a wider Broadway connects the cities of Council Bluffs and Omaha, and even then it is frequently congested with traffic near Playland Park at right, and a fast building south side of the street, at left.
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Today...a vast change has taken place--the type of beach improvements as well as in the kind of garb worn by bathers. Sunshine seekers sit on the sand in front of a bathhouse. And the beach is on the west side of the lake.
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Today...a vast change has been made in the 900 block of West Broadway. While some buildings remain, they lay in the shadow of the new Broadway Viaduct. The rail of the viaduct can be seen in the foreground. New buildings have been added and the…
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Today...service stations are a common site [sic] in Council Bluffs. But the site of the original station at Seventh St. and Broadway has yielded to a super market parking lot and a cleaners' pickup station.
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Today...the site is occupied by a new service station. And there many [sic] other changes in the last 50 years, such as the removal of the other buildings and addition of traffic signals.
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Today...most of the South Main Street site is occupied by the Sears Roebuck and Co. store. The modern two-story building at 28 S. Main St., replaces the older three-story structure which burned in 1925. In the meantime, John Beno and Co. moved into…
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Today...the building is occupied by the Younkerman Seed Co. and it still serves as a warehouse. The structure carries the same general outline it did in 1898, but shows extensive remodeling and several additions.
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Today..,.the site, 1501 S. Main Street, is still used for a warehouse--one with a new, long, low look. Now it houses furniture for the Contintental Keller Co.
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Today...the west side of South Main Street, from No. 18 to 26, shows little resemblance to the picture of nearly 60 years ago. Real estate and Insurance office occupy most of the buildings. There is one resemblance, however. Note the upper part of…
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Today...the grounds of the Christian Home, Seventh and Curtis Sts., are dotted by beautiful shade trees. The brick building on the left is the dining hall and girls dormitory. The chapel can be sees through the trees at the center. At the right is…
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Today...the block has changed considerably. The automobile has replaced the horse and buggy and a traffic island occupies the spot where horses used to drink. At left is the Bennett Building, the city's largest office structure. Many other…
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Today...the same track, which has been enlarged and is surfaced with asphaltic concrete, is part of Playland Park. Additional bleachers have have been erected to increase the seating capacity. Now, instead of dogs chasing the rabbit, it's a bunch…
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Today...modern carriages are sold and serviced in the same location, but a modern brick building nearly obscures the residential section that backs the property. The service department of the Toot Ford Co. now occupies the space.
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Today...shows many changes in the last 50 years. The only building that remains in the original row is Beno's. And it has had a face lifting., The Wickham building takes in the other three structures that appeared in the old picture. A new front…
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Today... the Missouri River is calm and peaceful--thanks to dry weather and the series of dams built upstream by Army Engineers. The river level is now about one-half foot, a far cry from five years ago. Compare the levels against the Water works…
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Today...The Mae Anderson Shop is at 23 N. Main St. The shop occupies part of the Eagles Lodge building, which carries the address of 19 N. Main St. The Eagles building was erected about 50 years ago.
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Today...the northwest corner of First Ave. and Sixth St. is the site of the Shugart Apartments. The original Shugart home as moved and turned to face South Sixth Street in about 1914, when the apartment house was built. Now half a block north of…