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Know Your Scenes:
Timely as the Easter season is this symbolic pattern in brick on the outside of a recently completed church education building. Know the location?
Answer: The side of St. John's Lutheran Church education unit on Seventh St., south of Willow Ave.
Answer: The side of St. John's Lutheran Church education unit on Seventh St., south of Willow Ave.
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These big wheels of industry put their heads together for a weighty discussion of railroad operations. The "conference room" might be any one of the railroad yards in Council Bluffs.
Answer: The wheels are part of the reserve supply at the…
Answer: The wheels are part of the reserve supply at the…
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These doors are usually reserved for special events at one of Council Bluffs' best-known institutions of learning. Can you identify the location?
Answer: The Twenty-fifth St. entrance to the auditorium at Thomas Jefferson High School.
Answer: The Twenty-fifth St. entrance to the auditorium at Thomas Jefferson High School.
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Anyone with an eye for detail has probably spotted this "house of seven gables." Do you know its location?
Answer: The many-gabled house is on the corner of First Ave. and South Sixth St.
Answer: The many-gabled house is on the corner of First Ave. and South Sixth St.
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Behind these brick walls and fancy trimming, school children have been mastering their three Rs since 1884. Can you identify the place?
Answer: The photo shows the upper portion of the Dodge School entrance.
Answer: The photo shows the upper portion of the Dodge School entrance.
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These stately pillars flank the portal of a prominent downtown church building. Can you identify it?
Answer: The First Baptist Church, First Ave. and South Sixth St.
Answer: The First Baptist Church, First Ave. and South Sixth St.
Know Your Scenes In Council Bluffs:
This picturesque entrance should be quickly recognized by members of a number of lodges in town. Nonmembers may find it easy to spot because of its prominent location. Can you identify it?
Answer: Entrance to the Masonic Temple auditorium, Fourth…
Answer: Entrance to the Masonic Temple auditorium, Fourth…
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Someday, these bulky sections of pipe will be draining rural roads. Right now, trimmed in snowy frosting, they're doing a balancing act. Recognize the location?
Answer: The 5-foot metal culverts are stored in the Pottawattamie County equipment…
Answer: The 5-foot metal culverts are stored in the Pottawattamie County equipment…
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Like a pair of white thatched sentinels, these brick columns guard the entrance to a rustic setting in the north-central part of town. Recognize them?
Answer: The columns flank the entrance to Rohrer Park, where Military Avenue joins 6th St.
Answer: The columns flank the entrance to Rohrer Park, where Military Avenue joins 6th St.
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A wintry park scene forms a background for this unusual bit of architecture. The crisscrossing metal rods flank the patio at a popular picnic spot. Can you identify it?
Answer: The north walkway alongside the Roberts Park shelter.
Answer: The north walkway alongside the Roberts Park shelter.
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Stone carvings give an attractive, and appropriately Old World, appearance to this well used doorway in downtown Council Bluffs. The rooms beyond the door have been the scene of countless club meetings, dances and other social programs. Can you…
Know Your Scenes In Council Bluffs
On a cold December day, this mechanical installation appears to be a long way from necessary. But it is a vital part of an important industry. Recognize it?
Answer: Ice loading machinery at the Pacific Fruit Express dock, 3300 Fourteenth Ave.
Answer: Ice loading machinery at the Pacific Fruit Express dock, 3300 Fourteenth Ave.
Know Your Scenes In Council Bluffs
Stately columns frame the entrance to one of Iowa's most renowned places of learning. Recognize it?
Answer: The entrance to the main building at Iowa School for the Deaf.
Answer: The entrance to the main building at Iowa School for the Deaf.
Know Your Scenes In Council Bluffs
This handsome plaque is fastened to the brick wall near the doorway of one of the newer buildings in Council Bluffs. Several hundred persons pass it daily during their regular business trips to the building. Can you identify the location?
Answer:…
Answer:…
Union Pacific Locomotive File 1
The Union Pacific Transfer Depot, undated.
Union Pacific Locomotive File 1
Union Pacific locomotive in a rail yard.
Nonpareil 3-66 written on the reverse side.
Nonpareil 3-66 written on the reverse side.
First Run For New Mail Train
A new 36-car, coast-to-coast mail train departed 10 minutes early as it passed westward through Council Bluffs Saturday night. The train was to leave here at 7:15 but pulled out at 7:05. The train stopped at the former mail terminal on South…
Bison Head, Typifying Old West, Looks Down on Travelers Crossing U. P. Span
The fine bronze buffalo head which looks down from the east portal as all trains pass over the Union Pacific railroad bridge here.--Nonpareil Engraving.
Union Pacific Bridge Carries Transcontinental Traffic
Over the Union Pacific bridge, pictured in the foreground above, passes the nation's transcontinental traffic. The bridge carries the passenger trains and most of the freight trains of all railroads between Council Bluffs and Omaha. In the background…
Intermodal Terminal
To handle the increasing volume of piggy-back freight, Union Pacific Railroad has opened an intermodal freight terminal in Omaha, according to W. J. Fox, UP vice president of operations. The terminal, located on the old Union Station passenger yard,…