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Sailboat on Lake Manawa
Photograph of a sailboat on Lake Manawa.
Sailboat on Lake Manawa
Photograph of a sailboat on Lake Manawa.
Sailboat on Lake Manawa
Photograph of a sailboat on Lake Manawa.
Sailboat on Lake Manawa
Photograph of a Sailboat on Lake Manawa.
Sailboats on Lake Manawa
Photograph of the sailboats Andover and Helen just before sailing for the race.
Sawing ice on Lake Manawa
Note on back of photo: "Mr. Duckworth"
Slide at Lake Manawa
Photograph of children on slide at Lake Manawa.
Slide at Lake Manawa
Photograph of a slide at Lake Manawa.
Steamboating on Lake Manawa
Photograph of a steamboat on Lake Manawa.
Sunset At Lake Manawa
Hundreds of persons daily find the receded shoreline at Lake Manawa a good place to relax and enjoy the beauties of nature. Especially during the evening hours, many fishermen drive right down to the water's edge. Here a lone fisherman holds down a…
Sunset At Manawa
Stretching toward a lost horizon, ice locked Lake Manawa reflects a dying December sunset in this view from the northeast shore. Half shrouded by the cold gloom, deserted Campbell's boat dock waits in vain for fair weather fishermen to come and…
Swimmers at Lake Manawa
Photograph of three swimmers at Lake Manawa
Swimmers at Lake Manawa
Photograph of three swimmers at Lake Manawa
Swimmers at Lake Manawa
Photograph of swimmers at Lake Manawa
The "Kursaal" Lake Manawa
The Kursaal Dance Hall at Lake Manawa
This Is Council Bluffs
A popular recreation area, Lake Manawa's facilities are used by residents of Southwest Iowa and eastern Nebraska. In the aerial photo, the village of Manawa is at the right. A housing development, with a canal leading in to the lake, is at the…
Today
Today...the lake is still one of the most popular in Iowa. The north shore where the park, board walk and docks once stood, is now built up to private homes and docks. This picture was taken looking east from the Elks County Club docks. The lake…
Today
Today...the park that once was the playground for thousands of Southwest Iowans is now a residential area. This photo looks southeast along the row of cottages that face the north shore of the lake, where the amusement buildings once stood. Only…
Today
Today...the floating docks of the Council Bluffs Fish and Game Club are partly lying on the bottom of Lake Manawa, due to the low water level. The lake, which has been rising this last month, is still several feet below normal. When the lake has…
Today
Today...the frontage site of the once-popular amusement park has been built up entirely of private dwellings. Private docks, at right, extend into the dry part of the lake bed, where the large boat docks of the streetcar company once stood.