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Walnut_Grove_Baptist_Church_9_9_1956_02.jpg
The Long, Trim Lines...of the Walnut Grove Baptist Chapel educational unit are a far cry from the basement classroom of 1950.

Walnut Grove Time Capsule Contents.pdf
Documents taken from the corner stone of Walnut Grove Elementary School building in Council Bluffs when it was demolished in 2017. Included are a variety of materials from 1925 & 1926. Scanned with permission of the CBCSD.

walnut hill cemetery full.pdf
An alphabetical list of burials at the Walnut Hill Cemeteries through May 4, 2018.

Cassel_Walter_5-8-1954_002.jpg
Music is topic...of conversation between Walter Cassel and Jack Herweg after the famed operatic baritone presents his trophy to the Jay student.
[photograph is cropped version of photo printed in the Nonpareil; physical photo in file has been…

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Walter L. Doiel, Council Bluffs Fire Department.

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A city fireman pours water into a building at Thirteenth Street and West Broadway under the Broadway Viaduct. Officials say the fire may have been set.

Fires_CB_File1A_12_09_1966_01.jpg
Fire Shines Brightly . . . through the windows of the Katelman Brothers warehouse as it gits the interior of the two-story building.

Lakeshore_Country_Club_12_01_1970_001.jpg
November ended with temperatures that could almost make this sailboat ramp at the Lakeshore Country Club usable. The weatherman reported a record high of 62 on Nov. 29, after monthly temperatures averaging 38.2. The average is .7 below normal for…

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Photograph of fire at 900 S. 8th St.

Fire Fighters - 2-5-1976.tif
Sifting through the smoking remains of the office area of Warren Feed and Grain Co. are three Council Bluffs firefighters. The one story building was almost totally consumed by the blazing inferno in about an hour although thousands of gallons of…

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Filbert_Warren_9_10_1963.jpg
Warren Filbert sitting at his desk.

Franke_Warren_1970.jpg
Photograph of Warren Franke

First_Christian_Church_02_16_1974_01.jpg
First Christian Church . . . now reaches the full length of Mynster Street from the church proper at 532 Mynster St., on the northeast corner of Mynster and Scott Streets to the far corner which houses the Ingraham Real Estate Co., 101 N. 6th St. The…

Schools w374A.tif
Photograph of teacher and four children at the Washington Avenue Red Cross School for Crippled Children. No names given.

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Postcard depicting Washington Avenue School.

Dodge, Grenville G464a (3).tif
Business card for Washington National Bank in New York. G.M. Dodge, Vice President.

Council_Bluffs_Schools_Early_04_02_1953_049.jpg
Work is now underway on the new $458,040 Washington School. A dirt loader is being used in the excavation work by Andersen Construction Company, general contractors. The new school will face Scott Street. The present school is in the background.

Schools W374b.tif
Photograph of Washington School. Spring 1954. Looking north down Bryant Street. Central Fire Station on left, Auditorium on right.

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Photograph of the water front at Lake Manawa.

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Frank Schultz calmly watches the Missouri River lap at his doorstep below the east end of Ak-Sar-Ben Bridge. Schultz, on familiar terms with the river since 1930, said this spring's water level is the highest he's seen in eight years. But Schultz…
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