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Madison_Mall_09_12_1972_001.jpg
Madison Mall In Council Bluffs . . . as H. Lee Gendler and Irvin Gendler say the 65-acre shopping center will look when opened in 1975. Construction work on the $10 to $12 million first phase, to provide some 500,000 square feet of space for several…

Firemen were called to Roosevelt School at 2:42 am on Valentine’s Day, 1966. The fire destroyed much of the building, leaving only the 1953. The thousands of gallons of water used to fight the blaze covered the gutted building in a thick layer of…

Box 01 Nonpareil Negatives.pdf
4x5 negatives of various subjects. Most were taken by John "Jack" Kennedy, long-time Nonpareil photographer.
This collection is contained in 9 boxes in Special Collections

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"Speedy No. 13"///is the theme of this mural which covers a large area of the wall near the school auditorium. It is studied by Diane Weed, Dawn Runyon and Rick Lanegan. Sketches for proposed murals are presented by students for approval before new…

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City sewer employees have dubbed this flow of backwater from the Sixth avenue sewer manhole in Dodge park as "Old Faithful." The top of the manhole is below the river level, and is pouring thousands of gallons of water on the golf course. The pipe…

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"Now" Is Any Autumn Afternoon...looking east on Broadway toward the Fourth Street intersection citizens see the spot where parades have marched in tribute to local heroes for 55 years.

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"New Look" On Broadway--Modern new store fronts have improved the looks of Broadway firms. Continental Keller Co's new front was completed in November of Last year. It is one of the newest store fronts in the city.

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Ex-Mayor Sparks turns over old Mayor-Council government to Eisner Juel, Mayor of Council Bluffs under the new Council-Manager Plan.

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Walnut Grove Addition...is now complete on the outside. Interior work is expected to be finished in time for students to use class rooms during the second semester.

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Like an Indian fighter of old, John Gilmore, 46, 427 E. Washington Ave., lies wounded with two "arrows". The splinters of hardwood board--one of them two feet long--were driven through the back and palm of his left hand when they kicked out of a…

Music AL51h.jpg
Photograph of Edna Gordon and an unidentified man in "All Aboard" musical revue.

Music AL51c.jpg
Partial cast picture of "All Aboard" musical revue.

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Photograph of Cora Quick Coker and Henry Dent in "All Aboard" musical revue.

Music AL51g.jpg
Photograph of Cora Quick Coker and Henry Dent in "All Aboard" musical revue.

Music AL51f.jpg
Photograph of Harold Hughes, Viola Allis Hughes and Henry Dent in "All Aboard" musical revue.

Music AL51e.jpg
Partial cast picture of "All Aboard" musical revue.

Music AL51d.jpg
Partial cast picture of "All Aboard" musical revue

Music AL51b.jpg
Cast picture of "All Aboard" musical revue. Partial list of names on back.

Music AL51a.jpg
Cast picture of "All Aboard" musical revue. Partial list of names on back.
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