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National Register of Historic Places Registration Form for B'nai Yisroel Synagogue - Historic building in Council Bluffs. Includes descriptions of building and history.

Chevra B'Nai Yisroel in Council Bluffs was organized Oct. 21, 1903 . . .

A Council Bluffs firefighter inspects damage to the kitchen of the Chester Brooks home at 2026 Avenue L. Fire inspectors believe fume from gasoline ignited from a kitchen appliance. Three persons in the home were injured.

In "T" Formation...are Linda Cleveland, Polla Hurd and Barbary Newberry, from front to back; and Denise Smith, Karen Wipkey and Patty Quant, in rear line.

Checking The Site...of the Bethany Lutheran Nursing Home are John Anderson, Donald M. Mullins, Elsie Gross and Stan Nelson. The building is expected to be ready for occupancy in about 18 months.

A man holding a piece of paper on a table under two lamps.
Checking The Results . . . of the drying lamps he installed is Gerald Goeser.

Checking The Clock...on top of the school are John Kilkenney, Bloomer custodian, and Earl Parchert, director of buildings and grounds for the Council Bluffs schools. The works of the clock are housed in a little house behind the clock. Parchert…

Three women in front of a monument.
Looking at Rome folder issued by Scandinavian Air Lines in front of monument to Vittorio Emmanuel II are Miss Anna Marie Pais, guide, Miss Catherine Joyce, tour conductor, and Miss Elena Lunardoni, columnist for Rome newspaper Giornale D'Italia.

Fire Chief Norman Elgan...(back to camera) and Asst. Chief Leo Fleming (right) examine the rear of Some Place Else tavern after it was bombed Monday night. Other picture on page 3.

Showing pictures of her homeland . . . to her new sisters is Belgin Tekce, left. The other girls, left to right, are Gretchen, Sonia, and Kathy Walter. -- Nonpareil Photo.

Photograph of the Charley Johnson Farm

Chas. Nicholson, Chief (1907 to May 1, 1914) First Chief under Civil Service

Charles J. Beckman Leather & Saddlery. 4th street and Broadway. Goods and unidentified men in front.

Photograph of the Charles Barghausen Saloon - 110 Broadway

As chaplain for the Council Bluffs Police Department, the Rev. Ian Hoover provides a listening ear for officers and their families, and also aids in crisis situations. Nonpareil photo by Stever Glowacki.
{On reverse of photo: "the Rev. Ian…

Tiny, square clapboard building with double wooden doors
This Tiny Chapel...is one of four located at each corner of the St. Boniface Cemetery. The smaller chapels are opened annually for parishioners to celebrate the feast of Corpus Christi, and the chapel altars are decorated with flowers and candles.

Small chapel building with steeple, in cemetery
Secretly Nestled Among The Trees...of Westpahlia's St. Boniface Catholic Church Cemetery is a small prayer chapel, unused for the past 90 years. Relatives of those buried in the church cemetery once used the chapel for prayer services.

photo of people at a reception or during intermission, presumably at Chanticleer production; ca 1980

photo of people at a reception or during intermission of a Chanticleer production
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