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Offer the Beautiful Dodge Home as Historic Memorial
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.
Offer the Beautiful Dodge Home as Historic Memorial
One view of the library...where one of the nation's greatest railroad builders kept hundreds of books on history, government, railroading and war.
Offer the Beautiful Dodge Home as Historic Memorial
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.
Offices of N.P. Dodge
Consists of drawings made by Simons during railroad survey projects in Iowa and Nebraska beginning in 1853.
Offices of N. P. Dodge from June 1862 to 1863 located near Broadway & Bancroft St. about no 341 (building on left). Offices of N. P. Dodge…
Offices of N. P. Dodge from June 1862 to 1863 located near Broadway & Bancroft St. about no 341 (building on left). Offices of N. P. Dodge…
Official Opening:
Mayor C.E. Myrland of Onawa snips the ribbon officially opening the Onawa-Sloan segment of Interstate Highway 29. To Mayor Myrland's right is Everett Shockey, Council Bluffs, member of the Iowa Highway Commission who shared the ribbon cutting duties.…
Official Opening:
Mayor Maynard Telpner officially opens the new McDonald's Hamburger Restaurant at 2629 W. Broadway Tuesday. Taking part in the ribbon-cutting ceremony are George Beno Jr., representing the Chamber of Commerce; John Skoog and B.L. Copeland, co-owners,…
Officials Learn First Hand Problems Of The Handicapped
Crossing A Busy Intersection . . . isn't easy for a handicapped person. And to prove the point and promote community awareness of the handicapped, Police Chief Nick Sulentic attempts to cross the street as a blind person while Mayor Joseph B.…
Offutt Sergeant Killed In Crash - Thrown From His Overturning Auto
Ironic Story . . . is told by this Air Force survival booklet in the death car driven by S. Sgt. James W. Collins.
Ogden Hotel
Reproduction of a photograph of the exterior of the Ogden Hotel.
Ogden Hotel
Four photographs of the Ogden Hotel Building - Southeast corner of Park Ave and Broadway. One photo of Ogden Hotel site.
Ogden Hotel
23 color slides of the interior and exterior of the Ogden Hotel. Taken from June, 1966 to July, 1967.
Ogden Hotel
Photograph of the Ogden Hotel. Southeast corner of Park Avenue and Broadway. Built in 1876.
Ogden House Hotel
Reproduction of a photograph of the first Ogden Hotel. Built in 1869 and destroyed by fire in 1874.
Okays Addition At Gunn School; Old Pierce Building Will Be Torn Down
Proposed Gunn Addition...would occupy the space shown by the dotted line, to the east and north of the present building. The two-room construction is planned so more rooms could be added in the future.
Old 8444 Rolls Again
Huge Drivers...are 80 inches in diameter and develop a starting tractive force of 63,800 pounds. Many in the crowd at Valley, Neb., held tape recorders near the hissing steam locomotive to record a sound that isn't heard much anymore.
Old 8444 Rolls Again
Billowing Steam...blossoms from the stack of locomotive 8444 in Omaha Sunday. The top of the stack is 16 feet 2 inches above the tracks. The engine has logged more than 1.7 million miles since it was placed in operation in 1944. After refitting in…
Old and New IC Bridge
Photograph of the old and new IC Bridge over the Missouri river.
Old Auditorium Said 'Ouch!'
School Children Imagine
"Hello There . . . I'm what's left of the City Auditorium". So wrote Robert Acklie, a Washington School sixth-grader, when he was an auditorium-for-a-day as an essay assignment. Bob is the son of Mrs. Genevieve Acklie of 179 Wendover Drive, and Leroy…
Old Beer Cans Get New Life
Iowa consumers turned in 4.6 million beer cans and bottles in 1974 for recycling by the Olympia Brewing Company. They received $58,880 for their efforts. In Council Bluffs, K and K Distibuting Co. President Roy Rolfe said that results are expected to…
Old Beer Cans Get New Life
At Recycling Collection Center . . .bag after bag of crushed beer cans are unloaded from an auto by Les Kelly, 604 Wilson Ave., driver-salesman for K and K, Mike Blanchard of Atlantic and Gary Popp of Atlantic. The collection center is at 925 S. 6th…