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Council Bluffs Changing Scene--This is Broadway, looking southeast from Fourth St., as it appeared during a celebration of IOOF Lodge in 1868. The lodge was organized about the time Council Bluffs came into being. At the extreme right, on top of…

Council Bluffs Changing Scene--This is how Broadway, looking west from Glen Avenue, appears on a postcard dated 1907. Traffic was no problem, and hitching posts stood in front of each store building. This card came from Harry Neill, 721 S. 6th St.

Today...motor vehicles replace the horse-drawn rigs. And instead of hitching posts, Broadway is well lined with parking meters. Most of the buildings in the old photo have been remodeled or replaced within the last 50 years.