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Iowa Rho chapter of Phi Sigma Alpha in Council Bluffs, installed , from left, Mrs. Beverly Seyler, secretary, Mrs. Harry Molgaard, vice president, and Mrs. Albert Cleveland, president. Other officers are Mesdames Matilda Swanson, treasurer; Charley…

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Photograph of Sorghum Refinery at 18th and Avenue H in Council Bluffs, Iowa. Taken October 7, 1902.

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Photograph of Sorghum Refinery at 18th and Avenue H in Council Bluffs, Iowa. Taken October 7, 1902.

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Photograph of Sorghum Refinery at 18th and Avenue H in Council Bluffs, Iowa. Taken October 7, 1902.

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A view of the Theater Block from two angles. On the left, a portion that faces Broadway and includes the Crest Theater, the Baird property, and two bars. On the right, the portion that faces Sixth Street and includes a number of small businesses such…

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Future plans...look bright for the Wickham-Beno buildings in the 500 block of West Broadway, but for many months now, windows have simply been papered over.

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Flowers and landscaping...like this at Burger King, 3209 W. Broadway, have made several restaurants, banks and other kinds of businesses notable exceptions on a drive through Council Bluffs via Broadway.

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Though it's the nature of the business...a scrap metal operation isn't a very pretty panorama picture as travelers pass over the Broadway viaduct between 15 and 8th Streets.

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Bill Hargis...(left) and Terry Gilliland have been working on a graphic design for Diamond Vogel Paint Store, 2320 W. Broadway. A few coats of paint could make a big difference for some of the businesses in the area.

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Overgrown weeds...mar the view of buildings and streets along much of Broadway.

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Photograph of the Soldiers Monument (Kinsman Monument) at Fairview Cemetery.

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Call Of Spring...is too great for these jonquils to be subdued by the snow. Shaking off part of their white coat, the flowers push upward for a breath of the crisp air. This picture was taken on Huntington Avenue.

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Snow, especially on the roof of the new First Church of the Nazarene sanctuary, is slowing its completion. Even so, an early spring completion is still their goal. As soon as the roof of the structure is again free of snow, volunteers of the…

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After being closed to traffic since February, the Highway 375 bridge over Mosquito Creek was recently opened thus avoiding a pair of roundabout detours. The smoothly resurfaced bridge with new aluminum rails and new deck cost $190,000.

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Council Bluffs firefighters with Smokey the Bear.

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Billowing Over The Heads . . . of city and Chamber of Commerce leaders is a cloud of steam which is created by treatment of production smoke. A smoke abatement device at the Griffin Pipe Products plant has been in part time use since September while…

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An Outside Consultant . . . tests the emissions from Griffin Pipe Company, which recently installed a new anti-pollution device. Company officials expect the pollutants to be below the 30 pound limits of Iowa law. The white substance coming out of…

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Remains of Machine Shop as viewed by manager William Barrett.

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