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Today...the location is the site of the City Hall parking lot. The location is positively identified by the tower of Pottawattamie County Jail showing in the same position in both photographs.

Council Bluffs Changing Scene--Back in 1886 a man by the name of Harry Schmidt was operating this photography gallery at 220 S. Main St. Later Schmidt moved closer to the center of town. Owner of the picture, Mrs. Marie Kern, 600 Third St., says…