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Today...from the same corner, the park still resembles the 1888 drawing. Note the similarity in the position of the trees--which were recently involved in a question to be settled by the City Council. The Chamber of Commerce proposed cutting some…
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Today...instead of street cars we have buses, which are housed in a modern building. At the same location as the tin-covered frame shed of 60 years ago, it also includes an office. The building was constructed while street cars were still in…
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Today...Radio Station KSWI, left, and the Nonpareil occupy the site of the two burned buildings. The Nonpareil Court provides a drive between the two present structures. The Moose Lodge occupies the former Nonpareil building at the right. In the…
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Today...diesel locomotives like this switch engine in the Union Pacific yard move smoothly across millions of miles of U.S. tracks. Burning of oil has cut down on coal consumption to the point where cinders are becoming scarce for city streets. …
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Today...there have been additions and deletions. The grocery warehouse has become the Morphy Drug Co. and a parking lot occupies the spot where the other two brick buildings were located. Magarrell and Co., heating contractors, fill the spots used…
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Today...a modern building, remodeled in 1938, has replaced the old brick terminal. The hotel is gone. Diesel trains from eight of the nations leading railroads pull into the unloading sheds where the mail is thrown into automatic converyers[sic]. …
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Today...the same residence is owned by Mrs. Mary Loper. The projection in the rear has become a separate building, occupied by Mr. and Mrs. J.C. Budatz.
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Today...the 2,000,000 gallon capacity reservoir has been capped. The job was completed in the fall of 1942. Much of the heavy shrubbery has disappeared off the hill behind, although this picture was taken in the winter. A caretaker used to live in…
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Today...a modern fireproof building has replaced the old structure. It was complete four years after the fire. The wagon trail and most of the small elms are gone but the smooth lawn of the School has an abundance of shade trees. The tower on the…
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Today...Beno's Department Store stands on a portion of the site where the [New Pacific] hotel was located. The new hotel was shifted into a wing of what is now the Wickham Building after an 1872 fire. The new hotel closed in 1893. Today streetcars…
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Today...all the old buildings are gone, except the one at extreme left. Dominating the present scene are the B and G Hosiery Shops, the Clark Drug Store and Joe Smith and Co. Citizens no longer line stiffly for such a common occurrence as a…
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Today...the same space is occupied by The Nonpareil publishing plant. The paper's building was created shortly after fire destroyed the Brown building in the middle 20's.
Toastmasters hear Miss Roy
Presenting trophy . . . to Jacqueline Roy for an outstanding speech is Toastmaster C.R. Williams. Lawton Larson is in the center. -- Nonpareil Photo.
To spend year with Robnetts, Icelander gets ready for coldest winter of life
Shopping for winter coat . . . at local store is Gunnar Sigurosson. Helping him are Robert and Marcia Robnett, hosts for the foreign exchange student. --Nonpareil Photo.
To Plan Armory For Expansion
The Dodge Light Guard Armory at Pearl St. and Fifth Ave. will be replaced with a new $200,000 structure. The newer section of the building, at the left, will be retained. The outlined section will be razed.
To live with the Harding Family . . . Diplomacy comes naturally for student from Spain
Looking at paintings of Granada . . . are Janet and Joan Harding, Jose Montoya and Warren Harding. The color sketches were brought by Jose as gifts to the Hardings. --Nonpareil Photo.
To Instruct
Gerald W. Kirn
To Head New Office
Leo A. Hoegh poses here today after President Eisenhower picked him to head the new Office of Defense and Civilian Mobilization which opens for business July 1. Hoegh now directs the Civil Defense Administration, which is being merged with the Office…
To Finish Work With Dedication - Nazarene Expansion Includes New Tower
Remodeled First Church of the Nazarene . . . shows the newly constructed entry way and educational unit which was begun in 1946.
To feed machine . . .
To feed machine . . . an all hydraulic gantry crane sits high above wheels and rails to keep the hungry shredder's hopper full. Big jaws on the crane easily grab an auto off the pile of thousands on hand. The bodies are fed into the Alter yard from…