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Dressing Up Bayliss Park...Park Supt. John Christensen, left, Park Board member Fred Schlott and Nurseryman William Hecht look over one of the new trees being planted.

Photograph of the Real Estate Board planting a tree in Bayliss Park. Partial list of names attached.

From back of image: "May 1938 - Real Estate Board planting tree in Bayliss Park in honor of [?] Mc Gee, Realtor who did much to beautify city…

Spring Cleaning....The Bayliss Park Fountain is undergoing its initial stages of spring cleaning Wednesday, as park employee Norman Hensley[?] works on the top level. The fountain will be given a fresh spray coat as soon as a clean up is complete. …

Electricians and Parks Department employes [sic] were replacing the colored floodlights in the Bayliss fountain Friday in preparation to turning on the water later in the day. George Stidham, electrician, straightens out the wires as Jim DiBlasi…

There are plenty of off-street parking lots here, this aerial photo of the downtown area reveals. It looks southwest. The wide street is Broadway. At the left foreground is the back view of Broadway Methodist Church. Bayliss Square is near the…

You are gazing at the heart of Council Bluffs in this aerial photo. The camera, pointing slightly northeast, captures dozens of well known landmarks. Bayliss Square, with its X-shaped walks, dominates the lower portion of the picture. Broadway,…

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…

Today...the Elks Club is still at its original site. The Hotel Chieftain, which is observing its thirtieth anniversary this year, has replaced the Grand Hotel. The Grand Hotel and building across Pearl Street burned in 1925. Within the last 43…

The fountain in Bayliss park gets a new coat of paint from city park employee Robert Hemmingsen. Plans to replace the landmark with a modern centerpiece have been set aside for this season. [accessed from NewsBank search of Council Bluffs Daily…

A grimacing lion seems to dislike the wet home he received Tuesday as Jim Kenyon of Omaha, an employe [sic] of R & R Construction, positions the sculpture on the rim of the Bayliss Fountain. Eight lions will "guard" the fountain day and night and…