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Emerging From The Combination Teachers'-Custodian Lounge...at Madison Avenue School is Don Hiatt, custodian. The small room is located in the basement.

Aerial view of Council Bluffs from Madison St. W.E.

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Fixtures . . . and rug in Magnolia Masonic Temple are well over 100 years old. All furniture was handmade by a former member.

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Oldest Building . . . in Magnolia is Masonic Hall, located on corner near the town pump which was…

Now In Daily Use . . . is this new addition to Magnolia School. Auditorium space in the older building has been converted into classrooms.

Mail terminal at 21st street, Council Bluffs (Iowa).

Photograph of the mail terminal on 21st street in Council Bluffs (Iowa).

Two photographs of Main St. just north of Broadway

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Fire Damage . . . seem from the alley entrance on First Avenue includes burned-out Jensen Apartments wall rubble in alley (center), and shell of Brooder Supply Company warehouse (far right).

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Crushed Truck . . . becomes a platform…

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Thar She Goes - Spectacular aftermath of Monday's $250,000 fire here occurred in the afternoon when front walls of two gutted buildings were knocked down. Shown toppling here are the shells of the South Main Furniture Company (center) and…

Business Block Burns: Damage At $200,000 - Early Morning Blaze Destroys Four Places; One Fireman Is Dead November 20, 1950
Driver Cavett, 45, Dies During Fire - Collapsed In Run From Falling Wall November 20, 1950
Tragedy, Pathos And Humor…

Maintenance At Bloomer School...includes changing of worn out lamps in the lighting system. George Knudson, 204 West Orchard Ave., handles this job. Buildings and grounds Supervisor Bill Ross explained that many of maintenance jobs done in the…

Botna Bend Park...dedicated Wednesday at Hancock, is viewed by Ward Garrett, Frank Stempel, Harold Borwick and John Scheffler.

Bridge Work . . . continues through the winter months on the relocation of Highway 34 south of Glenwood. The highway is being rerouted around Glenwood to Interstate Highway 29 through the bluffs south of town. Most of the grading for the project has…

Invading the Missouri River . . . near Pierre, S.D., is Oahe Dam, now 5 percent complete. Pyramid of earth in upper center is completed 1,500-foot section of dam. Sheet pile cut-off wall shown being driven in trench to right of square embankment…

First Harnessing of Missouri River . . . in South Dakota was completed this year at Fort Randall Dam. All Missouri River water is now flowing through tubes in main embankment at left. Closure section built this year is at center. - Army Photo

Readers who squint--and squint hard--and imagine themselves atop a railroad trestle looking over the yards, can almost believe that these old ties are long, shiny-white passenger trains coming from the passenger station. The damages rails, unlike…
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