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Photograph of swans in the pond at Fairmount Park.

New at the Beresheim House, 621 Third St., is W. Dendy Sadler's painting "Sweetheart Still." Sadler (1854-1923) created the oil painting, valued at $10,000, in the late 19th or early 20th century after studying in London. It is the gift of Mr. and…

New at the Beresheim House, 621 Third St., is W. Dendy Sadler's painting "Sweethearts Still." Sadler (1854-1923) created the oil painting, value at $10,000, in the late 19th or early 20th century after studying in London.
It is the gift of Mr. …

Showing The Signs . . . of its sandblasting in the late 1970s, Harrison County Courthouse looks like new. The concrete and steel building is faced with Bedford limestone and topped with a 78-foot dome.

Iowa Native . . . Rebecca Ann King, Miss Colorado, walks down the runway after being named Miss America at Atlantic City, N.J. She is formerly from Hancock. - AP Wirephoto

Members of Company B, 168th Infantry, a Southwest Iowa National Guard unit based in Glenwood and Council Bluffs, snowshoe their way along a frosty road at Camp Ripley, Minn. About 600 Iowa guardsmen are participating in winter maneuvers this week.

This Is The End Of The Paving . . . of Interstate 29 a mile north of Bartlett. The 10-mile stretch south of Council Bluffs to Highway 34, just south of Pacific Junction, is due to open sometime this week, say Iowa Highway Commission officials. The…

The Council Bluffs Municipal Pool...is always busy and sometimes the pressure is so great that swimmer have to be turned away. Keeping track of hundreds of bobbing, splashing children is no easy task for life guards and the task becomes harder when…

Photograph of three swimmers at Lake Manawa

Photograph of three swimmers at Lake Manawa

Photograph of swimmers at Lake Manawa

Showing one painting . . . among 80 to 90 works to be purchased from Southwest Iowans and loaned to libraries is Mrs. Lucile Walensky, director of the Southwest Iowa Regional Library System (SWIRLS). Looking on is Theresa Healy, assistant SWIRLS…

A Delight . . . for little girls is a doll house, and this doll house has delighted many little girls since its construction near the turn of the century. The doll house, a gift to
Dodge House, is admired by Kimberly Ranch, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.…

A Delight...for little girls is a doll house, and this doll house has delighted many little girls since its construction near the turn of the century. The doll house, a gift to Dodge House, is admired by Kimberly Ranch, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.…

Consists of drawings made by Simons during railroad survey projects in Iowa and Nebraska beginning in 1853.

S. Dodge's Cabin & improvements as they appeared in 1858. 23 Miles NW of Omaha. Looking North West.

Consists of drawings made by Simons during railroad survey projects in Iowa and Nebraska beginning in 1853.

Log cabin in Omaha occupied by Sylvanus Dodge & family when driven by Indians from their Elkhorn form August 1855 to April 1856. This…

Photograph of the Council Bluffs Fire Department syphoning City National Bank. Pictured: C. Smith and R. Reynolds and L. Hoyt.
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