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Penny Arcade
Photograph of Penny Arcade at Playland Park
Flood of 1881
Photograph of the flood of 1881, looking to the southeast. Several locations identified on the photograph: Drover's Hotel, Eight Avenue School, Bloomer School, James McMillen residence, U.P. Railway company house and Stewart's packing house
Best Pictures 1962-1966
Airplane wreckage. Photo apparently not used in the Nonpareil, but associated with photo and article from November 6, 1968, "Bluffs Couple Die In Airplane Crash". Notation on back: "Plane Crash 11-6-65" Couple killed were Ross A. Walker and Alta…
Canning Hill Work To Start This Year; Four-Lane Divided Road
Black Line Traces...approximate relocation route of Highway 6 over Canning Hill. Present Highways 6 and 64 meet at the intersection of Pierce and Canning streets. At the right of the proposed route, from top to bottom are: Wilcox greenhouse,…
Pottawattamie County Death Records 1880-1919
Index and scans of Pottawattamie County death records.
These records cover 1880 - 1919. Some records for 1904-1905 are missing.
NOTE: If the same name is listed more than once, it means we have a record for one or more persons with the same…
These records cover 1880 - 1919. Some records for 1904-1905 are missing.
NOTE: If the same name is listed more than once, it means we have a record for one or more persons with the same…
Index of marriages recorded in Council Bluffs from 1903 - 1940.
Index of marriages recorded in Council Bluffs from November 1902 through 1940, and to marriages recorded at the Avoca courthouse from 1885 to 1921. Index created by the Pottawattamie County Genealogical Society which houses the original records.…
Earth Day video 1970 - Council Bluffs, Iowa.
Original broadcast of CBS News Special Report with Walter Cronkite about the first Earth Day, 1970. Also known as Earth Week 1970.
Julia Dodge Beard's home in Mapleton, IA
Julia Dodge Beard's home in Mapleton, IA where her mother Mrs. Julia T. Dodge died December 11, 1888.
View of Council Bluffs and Dodge House from Fairmount Park
Painting of a view of Council Bluffs and Dodge House from Fairmount Park by Henry Howard Bagg
General Dodge Painting
Equestrian portrait of General Dodge, painted by Charles A. Whipple, depicts him as Grand Marshal of the day on the occasion of the dedication of the tomb of Gen. Ulysses S. Grant in New York April 27, 1897. The painting, 7 feet 2 inches in width by…
Etching of Mormon baptism at Council Bluffs
The Mormon Baptismal Services at Council Bluffs, Iowa. Etching. Date and source unknown.
Arrowhead Park
Arrowhead Bridge: This 110-foot steel span has been installed across the northeast end of the lake at Arrowhead Park near Neola. Park custodian Harry Schueman of Avoca, right, and Clarence Armstrong of Neola, measure for flooring. Two 30-foot pilings…
George Simons Vertical File
A collection of articles and clippings from various sources about artist George Simons.
Rev. Parker Dead At 87 - Pastor of Many SW Iowa Churches
Rev. Grant Parker
Ervin Building (Bennett Building)
The Ervin Building, formerly the Bennett Building, in Council Bluffs, Iowa
National Register of Historic Places for sites in Council Bluffs
Applications for National Register of Historic Places for sites in Council Bluffs. Sites include St. Peter's Church, Chevra Bnai Yisroel Synagogue, Lincoln/Fairview Historic District, Willow/Bluff Street Historic District, 100 Block of West Broadway,…
West Broadway 100 Block NRHP form
National Register of Historic Places Registration Form for 100 Block of West Broadway - Historic District in Council Bluffs. Includes descriptions of buildings and history.
Chevra B'nai Yisroel Synagogue NRHP form
National Register of Historic Places Registration Form for B'nai Yisroel Synagogue - Historic building in Council Bluffs. Includes descriptions of building and history.