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City Auditorium
A photograph of a fire truck testing a ladder at the Council Bluffs Auditorium.
City Eyes New Site For West Side Fire Station
Fire Station . . . at Twenty-seventh Street and Broadway will be replaced by another facility on another site. At left is toy car racing establishment, formerly eyed as fire station expansion site.
City Mills and No. 3 Engine House
Photograph of City Mills in Council Bluffs
Co-op Building
Co-op Building S.O.B.R.
Continental Warehouse fire
Continental Furniture Warehouse Fire
Cornerstone Taken From Fire Station
Fire Chief Norman Elgan . . . looks on as Mayor Donald Franksen and Councilman Joseph B. Katelman hammer away to free a granite cornerstone erected in 1909 at the old Central Fire Station. The cornerstone will be placed in storage until the new…
Council Bluffs Central Fire Station photographs
Photographs of Council Bluffs Central Fire Station
Council Bluffs Changing Scene
Council Bluffs Changing Scene--"Big Mary," as the old time horse drawn ladder wagon of the Council Bluffs Fire Department was known among firemen, posed in front of the old Number 4 fire station at First St. and Broadway in 1888.
Council Bluffs Changing Scene
Council Bluffs Changing Scene--A firehouse scene believed to be at No. 1 station on South Main Street before 1900, finds three typical firefighters playing three handed cribbage. This photo comes from retired fireman Bud Cheyne, 412 Oakland Ave.
Council Bluffs Changing Scene
Council Bluffs Changing Scene--At least 50 years ago, the No. 22 Fire Station at Twentieth St. and Broadway looked like this. We're not just sure what the occasion was for the decorations, but even the horses and fire wagons were shined up. …
Council Bluffs Changing Scene
Council Bluffs Changing Scene--This is how the 100 block on West Broadway looked in 1935. At left is the old No. 4 fire barn. Center buildings are garages. At right is a used car lot.
Council Bluffs Fire Department
These Men Guard Council Bluffs Homes and Businesses From Destruction
Council Bluffs Fire Department
Council Bluffs Fire Department
Council Bluffs Fire Department #3
A photograph of Council Bluffs firefighters and a horse drawn fire engine.
Council Bluffs Fire Department Exempt Certificate
Exempt Certificate presented to Fireman George Bowers. Signed by the Clerk and Mayor of Council Bluffs.
Council Bluffs Fire Department, 1884
Copy of a photograph of the Council Bluffs Fire Department take May 30, 1884. Names of firemen and horse on the back of photo.
Council Bluffs Fire Department, 1895
Photograph of the firemen and fire engines of the Council Bluffs Fire Department.
The men in the photograph, members of the No. 3 Fire Company, are (from left to right): Frank Hitchcock, Norris Wicks, Charles Sanderson, J.N. Cochran, and Jim…
The men in the photograph, members of the No. 3 Fire Company, are (from left to right): Frank Hitchcock, Norris Wicks, Charles Sanderson, J.N. Cochran, and Jim…
Department photo
Department photo
Dwarfies Fire
Dwarfies Fire between 12th & 13th Ave on South Main St.
Edward Nelson Wrestling Poster
Edward Neslon Wrestling Fireman poster