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Loveless Back In Governor's Race
Herschel Loveless
Some of the Council Bluffs Public Grade School Buildings
Eighth Street school is located at Eighth street and Avenue G
Release Sketch of 8th Street School; $350,000 Building Would Face Ave. G.
Proposed Eighth Street School...will face Avenue G on the school's present site. The new building is expected to cost $350,000. Sketch by G.B. Larson
'Big Move' Continues At Tinley; Students Have Fun
Moving Day...finds students transferring supplies from old Eighth Street building into new Tinley School.
Names School for Mathew A. Tinley; Board Honors Noted Doctor, Army Officer
Mathew A. Tinley School...is nearing completion at Eighth Street and Avenue G. The 4350,000 building was officially named Wednesday. it will replace the old Eighth Street School.
To Vacate Oldest School On Friday; New Tinley School To Replace Eighth Street
New Tinley School...on southwest corner of Eighth St. and Avenue G is ready for occupancy. Students will move from the Eighth Street School, left, into the new $344,000 building on Friday.
honor Dr. Mathew Tinley At Dedication Of School
At Dedication Ceremony...Dr. Mathew A. Tinley, center, expresses his appreciation of having the new school named for him. With him are School Supt. Russel J. Mourer and Capt. Edward O. Scharn, head of the ROTC units here.
School may keep Tinley for alternative learning
Mathew A. Tinley school
$10 - $12 Million Shop Center Eyed - At Madison Avenue - Interstate 80
Madison Mall In Council Bluffs . . . as H. Lee Gendler and Irvin Gendler say the 65-acre shopping center will look when opened in 1975. Construction work on the $10 to $12 million first phase, to provide some 500,000 square feet of space for several…
1861-Style Patriotism Is Displayed By 36-Star Flag - On Fourth Of July
Hoisting An Heirloom . . . on the Fourth of July are Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Magarrell.
Log Cabin In Magnolia Park Houses Historic Relics
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Residents of Magnolia point with pride at the little log cabin located in their city park. Although the cabin is not old, it is a replica of the typical home of early settlers in the community. The cabin, open to the public, houses relics…
Residents of Magnolia point with pride at the little log cabin located in their city park. Although the cabin is not old, it is a replica of the typical home of early settlers in the community. The cabin, open to the public, houses relics…
Magnolia People Are Happy About Their School Addition
Now In Daily Use . . . is this new addition to Magnolia School. Auditorium space in the older building has been converted into classrooms.
Magnolia Masonic Temple Slated To Become Museum
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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…
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…
Time Leaves Strange Mark
It's obvious that time has weighed heavily on this weather-beaten barn south of Magnolia. After many years of service, the structure is showing signs of age, and its backbone begins to succumb oddly to gravity.
Business Block Burns; Damage At $200,000 - Early Morning Blaze Destroys Four Places; One Fireman Is Dead
Shortly After Start . . . of early-morning blaze, firemen battle flames from entrance to Nonpareil Court. Fire and smoke billow from the Katelman hardware store (tallest building at right center) while the fire ladder is run to the Morphy Drug…
Driver Cavett, 45, Dies During Fire - Collapsed In Run From Falling Wall
Fireman William D. Cavett . . . receives first aid at the fire scene from the Rev. Arthur Farrell and Acting Postmaster Kenneth A. Madigan.
Tragedy, Pathos And Humor Sidelight The Morning Fire
Hasty Evacuation . . . is made by Earl R. Andersen, 207 West Washington Avenue, as he carries belongings from the apartment of his mother, Mrs. Carl O. Anderson, 98 Fourth Street. Scores of apartment dwellers fled the flames.
Main Street Fire (1950)
Council Bluffs, Iowa
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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…
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…
Business Block Burns; Damage At $200,000 - Early Morning Blaze Destroys Four Places; One Fireman Is Dead
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Top Floor Falls - Here the fourth floor of the L.H. Katelman company building buckles and starts its fall to South Main Street. The third-floor front of the building, for the most part, fell inward. A fireman can barely be seen atop the…
Top Floor Falls - Here the fourth floor of the L.H. Katelman company building buckles and starts its fall to South Main Street. The third-floor front of the building, for the most part, fell inward. A fireman can barely be seen atop the…
Main Street Fire (1950)
Council Bluffs, Iowa
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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…
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…