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Still Lots Of Life In M.V. Opera House
Checking Supplies . . . are Rick Henry, center, and Paul Yeaman Jr., right, while an unidentified worker puts last-minute touches on the Opera House Bar. The 30s and 40s decor will include old prints and advertisements, plus potted plants. The…
Store Opens Doors
Cutting The Ribbon . . . formally opening the new Hinky Dinky Supermarket at Bluff Plaza Wednesday is Mayor John Pogge, center. Present for the opening are C.A. Monasee, president of Hinky Dinky; J.M. Newman, chairman of the board; Ed Brown, store…
Stork Club fire
Inspecting fire damage to the interior of the Stork Club are Ron Evilsizer of Denison, arson investigator for the state fire marshal's office, and Fire Chief Norman Elgan.
Storm Causes Considerable Damage To The Bluffs Area; Winds Reach 75 Miles Per Hour
High Winds,,,Sunday night uprooted this large Cottonwood tree, causing it to fall on the home of Mr. and Mrs. David Carter, 1411 Second Ave. All that remained of the front porch Monday was the screen door and frame. Carter had hooked the screen…
Storm damage
Photograph of car damaged by fallen tree. Behind the Ogden hotel.
Storm damage
Photograph of storm damage at the corner of Knepper and South 1st Street, Council Bluffs. Mrs. Jessica Siedentopf's house is in the background.
Storm damage
Photograph of storm damage on Park Avenue.
Straighter, Wider
Relocated Highway 6, straighter and wider than its predecessor, stretches from the Interstate 80 overpass into the distant Iowa prairie in this view. The highway between I-80 and Quick was opened to traffic during the past week. The new road…
Strand Theater
Reproduction of a photograph of the exterior of the Strand Theater.
Strand Theater
Photograph of the Strand Theater. Destroyed by fire Dec. 1974.
Strand Theater fire
Photographs of a fire at the Strand Theater.
Strand Theater Fire Inspection
In 1951, firefighters had to inspect the theater front's terra cotta decorations after several chunks of concrete toppled to the sidewalks, narrowly missing pedestrians.
Street Scene, Broadway
Color painting from a magazine, looking east on Broadway from Pearl. Text of article titled "Broadway in Council Bluffs Marks Trail of the Pioneers" on the back of the picture.
Streetcar
Streetcar builty by Omaha and Council Bluffs Street Railway Company, 1907.
Streetcar
Omaha and Council Bluffs Street Railway Company. Streetcar used in summer for Lake Manawa run. Left to right John Miller and John Riley Eledge.
Signs: "Omaha" and "Baseball today - Rourke Park."
Signs: "Omaha" and "Baseball today - Rourke Park."
Streetcar
Open door streetcar, Omaha and Council Bluffs Railway Company, 1911.
Streetcar
Summer car, Omaha and Council Bluffs Railway Company.
Streetcar
Ten bench summer car used for Fairmount Park and Lake Manawa. Omaha and Council Bluffs Railway Company.
Streetcar
Signs: "Fairmount Park" and "Storz Beer."
Streetcar
Omaha-Council Bluffs Railway Company Streetcar. Fairmount Park line, 1948.