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Council Bluffs painting
Aerial painting of Council Bluffs by George Simons.
Council Bluffs painting
Painting of Council Bluffs by George Simons.
Council Bluffs painting
Painting of Council Bluffs by George Simons.
Council Bluffs Native Is Promoted To Captain
Ronald E. Narmi
Council Bluffs Municipal Band
Postcard picturing the Council Bluffs Municipal Band. Partial list of names on back.
Council Bluffs Lost Union Pacific Headquarters in a Fight Over Railroad Bridge
Here is an early day view of a Union Pacific train crossing the Missouri river between Council Bluffs and Omaha on tracks laid on the ice. In the spring the flood waters from the Missouri would seep the temporary ties away, and the trains returned…
Council Bluffs Library
Photograph the Council Bluffs Public Library. Corner of Willow and Pearl.
Council Bluffs Laundry postcards
Two postcards of Council Bluffs laundry businesses.
Council Bluffs Labor Temple Association Closing Its Doors - Gambling Was Once A Profit Item
The Charter . . . of the Labor Temple Association is inspected Wednesday by Arene Hansen, Harlan Hughes and Jack O'Hara. The temple is closing its doors after 25 years.
Council Bluffs Jaycees Mark 50th Anniversary
Looking At Scrapbook . . . commemorating 50 years of the Council Bluffs Jaycees are, seated, John f. "Jack" Wilcox Jr., the first president, and David L. Long, 1983-84 president.
Council Bluffs Is Plastic Bag Center - 'Gastronomical Figures" . . . . .
Two "Webs" Of "Film" . . . come off the press at Howard Plastics, Inc., under the watchful eye of Donald Christensen, 919 1/2 S. Main St.
Council Bluffs Is Plastic Bag Center - 'Gastronomical Figures" . . . . .
Printed Plastic . . . is folded and sealed into a 'tube" by Miss Ruby Obradovich of 1527 Fifteenth Ave.
Council Bluffs Is Important In Reorganized L.D.S. Church History
RLDS Church in Council Bluffs
Council Bluffs Is Center Of Huge Floral Industry
One of the two greenhouse plants operated by Fred L. Lainson is at Ninth Avenue and Twenty-ninth Street. It has 100,000 square feet of glass. A partial view is shown above.
Council Bluffs Is Center Of Huge Floral Industry
Specializing in sweet peas and snapdragons, C. E. Hinman operates four greenhouses (above) on McPherson Avenue. The plant has been in operation for four years.
Council Bluffs Is Center Of Huge Floral Industry
Eighty-five thousand square feet of glass make up the greenhouses operated by John T. Walton, 500 North Twenty-sixth street. Shown above, the Walton greenhouses were formerly the Reams plant. The transfer of the property by sale was by the Harry C.…
Council Bluffs Is Center Of Huge Floral Industry
Frank L. Lainson, wholesale and retail florist, operates two separate plants. The above is a section of the one on Canning street, which has 150,000 square feet of glass.
Council Bluffs Is Center Of Huge Floral Industry
The Frank Hecht nursery is one of the beauty spots of Council Bluffs. Twenty years ago the tract on which the nursery is located consisted of brush-covered hills and trash-filled hollows. In the spring the hills about the nursery are covered with…
Council Bluffs Is Center Of Huge Floral Industry
One mile east of Council Bluffs on highway No. 7 are to be found the greenhouses of George Wilcox and sons. Principal products of the plant are vegetables. There are five greenhouses.