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Schools w374A.tif
Photograph of teacher and four children at the Washington Avenue Red Cross School for Crippled Children. No names given.

First_Christian_Church_02_16_1974_01.jpg
First Christian Church . . . now reaches the full length of Mynster Street from the church proper at 532 Mynster St., on the northeast corner of Mynster and Scott Streets to the far corner which houses the Ingraham Real Estate Co., 101 N. 6th St. The…

Franke_Warren_1970.jpg
Photograph of Warren Franke

Filbert_Warren_9_10_1963.jpg
Warren Filbert sitting at his desk.

Fire Fighters - 2-5-1976.tif
Sifting through the smoking remains of the office area of Warren Feed and Grain Co. are three Council Bluffs firefighters. The one story building was almost totally consumed by the blazing inferno in about an hour although thousands of gallons of…

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02-05-1976 Fire glows 100 %.tif
Photograph of fire at 900 S. 8th St.

Lakeshore_Country_Club_12_01_1970_001.jpg
November ended with temperatures that could almost make this sailboat ramp at the Lakeshore Country Club usable. The weatherman reported a record high of 62 on Nov. 29, after monthly temperatures averaging 38.2. The average is .7 below normal for…

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Fire Shines Brightly . . . through the windows of the Katelman Brothers warehouse as it gits the interior of the two-story building.

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A city fireman pours water into a building at Thirteenth Street and West Broadway under the Broadway Viaduct. Officials say the fire may have been set.

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Walter L. Doiel, Council Bluffs Fire Department.

Cassel_Walter_5-8-1954_002.jpg
Music is topic...of conversation between Walter Cassel and Jack Herweg after the famed operatic baritone presents his trophy to the Jay student.
[photograph is cropped version of photo printed in the Nonpareil; physical photo in file has been…

walnut hill cemetery full.pdf
An alphabetical list of burials at the Walnut Hill Cemeteries through May 4, 2018.

Walnut Grove Time Capsule Contents.pdf
Documents taken from the corner stone of Walnut Grove Elementary School building in Council Bluffs when it was demolished in 2017. Included are a variety of materials from 1925 & 1926. Scanned with permission of the CBCSD.

Walnut_Grove_Baptist_Church_9_9_1956_02.jpg
The Long, Trim Lines...of the Walnut Grove Baptist Chapel educational unit are a far cry from the basement classroom of 1950.

Walnut_Grove_Baptist_Church_9_9_1956_01.jpg
A Special Feature...of the new unit--fold away classroom partitions--is demonstrated by Rev. Joseph Howland, pastor of the chapel.

Walnut Grove Baptist Church
(formerly Walnut Grove Chapel)
1001 North 29th St.

Midwest_Walnut_01_29_1956_001.jpg
(top) Rolling Logs . . . with a cant hook in the Midwest Walnut Company yards is George Bacon. Each log is measured and graded.

(bottom) Guiding A Log . . . into the 60-inch mill saw, are Gene Sorensen and Robert Lewis, chief sawyer. Some logs…

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Waldo Merrill, Chief Oct. 1, 1940 to Jan. 17, 1964

Jennie_Ed1_02_01_1952_001.jpg
Chairs in waiting room of new hospital wing are patterned in green and gold plastic. Figured drapes on the windows harmonize. Children's playroom can be seen through the inner window (left).

Dodge_Memorial_02_17_1980.jpg
Waiting for the touch . . . of repair crews is the Ruth Ann Dodge memorial, better known as the Black Angel. Downing said the city will spend about $3,000 to spruce up the memorial, fixing the lights and possibly reconnecting the fountain that once…
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