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Light and Airy: Abandoning the customary monumental design of earlier school construction, the new 13-room Peterson grade school was given a "California" motif. The structure at Twenty-sixth Ave. and Ninth St., photographed from the northeast, is…

photo of Myers Elementary school, 3657 Avenue G, from across the street. Flagpole, and young girl and adult woman walking past

Viewing Plaque...honoring Ray F. Myers and other teachers are John J. Jensen, Mrs. Myers and Ray F. Myers Jr.

pen and pencil drawing, on onion skin paper, of Madison Avenue Elementary School.

Emerging From The Combination Teachers'-Custodian Lounge...at Madison Avenue School is Don Hiatt, custodian. The small room is located in the basement.

Photo of front of the Madison School, with date of 1892 in stone above the arch of the door.

James Madison school, 769 Madison avenue [sic], is one of Council Bluffs' oldest grade schools.

photo of Madison Elementary School, ca 1930s. Photo has been cut around the outlines of the building.

Viewed From The North...this photo shows how the addition is attached to the main Longfellow building. Robert C. Robinson of Council Bluffs was the architect. E.C. Underwood of Clarinda was the general contractor.

Longfellow Elementary school under construction. Sign indication that it is a project of the Works Project Administration: "P.W.A. Federal Emergency Administration of Public Works. Longfellow School Project No. IA 1480-F"

C.B. Schools--Lewis & Clark Elementary School
1603 Grand Avenue
1957 Replaced Harrison School--see "C.B. Schools--Early"

Reading From...a McGuffy's Readers is teacher Evelyn Hopper while student teacher Susan Ustohal, librarian Nancy Bledsoe (both near stove) and a group of fascinated students gather around the pot bellied stove to listen.
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