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Today...the same stretch of Broadway has a modernized appearance. The buses, at lower left, have replaced the streetcars. And automobiles are everywhere. Few buildings remain that can be compared with those in the old picture. Missing are the…
Council Bluffs Changing Scene
Council Bluffs Changing Scene--Streetcars played an important role in everyday life here when this photo of Broadway--looking west from the Masonic Temple--was taken in 1908. There are three trams in the photo. The only other visible means of…
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…
Council Bluffs Changing Scene
Council Bluffs Changing Scene--Back in 10--, when this picture was taken, Lake Manawa contained plenty of water. original quarters of the Fish and Game Club were on the top floor of this building. The first floor contained a saloon and gambling…
Courthouse Time Capsule To Be Opened
A Celebration Marking The Centennial Of The Shelby County Courthouse Will Be Held Aug. 1
Harlan, Iowa
File #2: 1/1/88 -
Shelby County Courthouse, Harlan, Iowa
Harlan, Iowa
File #2: 1/1/88 -
Harlan, Iowa Airport
Today
Today...after a face lifting in 1941, the Liberty Theater looks like this. There have been slight changes in adjoining buildings. Over the years, admission prices have changed with the times. So have the automobiles
Council Bluffs Changing Scene
Council Bluffs Changing Scene--Following World War I, when the business section was decorated for the return of Unit K, the Liberty Theater and adjoining buildings on Broadway between Scott and Sixth Streets looked like this. Admissions to the…
Today
Today...a modern masonry structure at Twenty-eighth St. and Avenue A houses the office and storage barns of the Council Bluffs Transit Co. Changeover from electric street cars to buses has eliminated the need for the many rails and switches that…
Council Bluffs Changing Scene
Council Bluffs Changing Scene--About 1892 the Omaha and Council Bluffs Railway and Bridge Co. barns at Twenty-eighth St. and Avenue A, were little more than a shelter constructed of corrugated metal over a wood frame. This old photo comes from A.J.…
Today
Today...a new building has replaced the old machine shop, now houses the parcel post station on a temporary basis while the Chieftain Van and Storage uses the old garage building. The same tower on Central Fire Station shows at left.
Council Bluffs Changing Scene
Council Bluffs Changing Scene--In 1912 when automobiles were still somewhat of a hobby instead of a necessity, this garage at 45 N. Main St. was being operated by John A. Franks. Next door was the machine shop run by Fred Duerr, with the tower of…
Letter to Amelia Bloomer from Frank B. Stewart
A letter to Amelia Bloomer from Frank B. Stewart, Council Bluffs, Iowa, thanking her for a gift.
Tribute to Amelia Bloomer (Poem)
A poem, "Tribute to Amelia," sent to Amelia Bloomer
Letter to Amelia Bloomer from M.F.C..
A letter to Amelia Bloomer from M.F.C. [Des Moines, Iowa?] asking Bloomer to secure people to agitate the [women's rights] questions in Iowa's newspapers.
Letters to Amelia Bloomer, Submission for Lily
A poem, "The Little Advocate," by Mrs. L.H. Sigourney to Amelia Bloomer. Possibly a submission to 'The Lily."
Resolutions From Star of Hope Lodge of the Good Templars to Amelia and Dexter Bloomer
Resolutions from the Star of Hope of the Good Templars upon the occasion of the Bloomers' move to The West.
Amelia Bloomer Incomplete Note
Last part of a note or letter apparently meant to accompany a gift of a photo album; signed by Amelia Bloomer [?]