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Council Bluffs & Omaha Wagon Bridge
Photograph of the Council Bluff & Omaha Wagon bridge. Opened to public Oct. 30, 1888. Notes about cost, size, and construction on back of image.
Omaha, Nebraska 1866
Photograph of the city of Omaha, Nebraska taken from south 11th street.
Opening of the Trans-Mississippi Exposition
Photograph of the opening parade for the Trans-Mississippi Exposition, 1898 - Omaha Nebraska.
Birdseye view of Council Bluffs
Photographic reproduction of the engraving of the Birdseye view of Council Bluffs.
Streetcar
Streetcar builty by Omaha and Council Bluffs Street Railway Company, 1907.
Metropolitan Hotel, Omaha
Photograph of Metropolitan Hotel, Omaha, Nebraska
Omaha Airways, Inc. Series
12 photographs showing various airplanes and airplane hangars. Includes airplanes of Omaha Airways, Inc. and the Omaha Legion Airport.
Omaha Post Office
Photograph of the Omaha (Nebraska) Post Office taken on August 30, 1899.
Bridge postcards
Ten postcards depicting Aksarben Bridge and Union Pacific Rail Road Bridge between Council Bluffs and Omaha.
Ak-Sar-Ben royalty crowned in Omaha
Ak-Sar-Ben royalty . . . are Queen Susan Hawkins and King Samuel Greenberg. They were crown Friday night and will be feted at the coronation ball this Saturday night.
Southwest Iowans look forward to Ak season.
All Spic and Span . . .for the start of the 1979 racing season is the grandstand and finish line at Ak-Sar-Ben Racetrack in Omaha. The Ak-Sar-Ben season will open May1 and a good many Southwest Iowans will doubtless be on hand. The track is expected…
Ak-Sar-Ben
An areal view of Ak-Sar-Ben
Historical Society of Pottawattamie County Member Journal
March 2001 Historical Society newsletter.
Historical Society of Pottawattamie County Member Journal
March/April 2015 Historical Society newsletter.
Omaha Cable Power House
Eight photographs of Omaha's Cable Power house after a fire. January 1899.
Hanscom Park, Omaha, NE
Postcard. Upper lake, Hanscom Park, Omaha, NE.
Harney St., Omaha, NE
Postcard. Boulevard looking South West from Harney Street, Omaha, NE
1st Claim Cabin in Nebraska
The first Claim Cabin built in Nebraska by Dan Norton in 1853 between Omaha & Bellevue.
Bluffs Fire Unit fights in Omaha
Council Bluffs firefighters spent hours in Omaha assisting with a four-alarm fire. Capt. Donald Barritt and his crew manned the snorkel unit which poured water in the front of the Karbach building at Fourteenth and Douglas.