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Photograph of a building at Lake Manawa.

Photograph of a building at Lake Manawa

Building #26 at Playland Park

Christian Home Chapel...on Avenue E between Seventh and Eighth streets is example of non-residential construction that helped make 1951 a record year.

The proposed Knudson-Morgan downtown office building (center) is triangular and features a plaza area (left) and parking lot (far left). The dark area to the right is the shadow of the building. Cars would exit from the parking lot to the alley…

drawing of overhead view of building plan
The proposed Knudson-Morgan downtown office building (center) is triangular and features a plaza area (left) and parking lot (Far left). The dark area to the right is the shadow of the building. Cars would exit from the parking lot to the alley…

wooden spool cable and other equipment in a storage facility
A Cable Winder...runs through its moves at the new Western Electric Material Management Center at Underwood. The center 11.6 million cubic feet of storage space for components used in a 13-state area by the Bell Telephone system.

Firefighters battle a blaze that destroyed the Hong Kong Restaurant east of Council Bluffs Monday.

Still Hot . . . out of the casting machine, this pipe is being marked by a Griffin Pipe employee. The Griffin plant manufactures ductile iron pipe used primarily in the housing industry.

Four photographs of buildings at Playland Park:
Building #7
Building #9
Concession Stand
Building #6

Windows Broken . . . in melee at pork packing plant outside Harlan, east on Highway 64, are surveyed by Bob Gibson, police officer from Dow City.

Photograph of Playland Park

Bumper steamer. Street is of wooden blocks.

A runaway truck got its "horns" bent Tuesday afternoon as it slammed into a tree in front of 33 Frank St. The vehicle, owned by William Young of Peerless Products Col, of Omaha, jumped the curb before coming to its sudden stop. Young was ticketed…

Burlington Northern Railroad

Photograph of Burlington Passenger Depot, April 10, 1897

Boarding the Bus...to return home after services at the Church of Christ are Tammy Neff, a teen helper on Bus 1; Tina Swift, partially hidden, Stephanie Schaffner, Jim Seymour, Harold Swift, Randy James, Renae Seymour, Billy Parks on the step, Lori…

Four Bus Shelters . . . similar to this artist's drawing would be placed in the central business district as part of city's Integrated Street Furniture Program.

head-shot of George Bush as he is speaking

President Bush standing, smiling, pointing finger off-camera; seated audience at the back of the photo..
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