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Today...Council Bluffs City Hall, built in 1940, now occupies the same site. Changed very little in the last 14 years, the building was built by the Works Progress Administration at a cost of slightly over $300,000.
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Today...there is a trimmer, cleaner look in contrast to the 53-year-old photo. A new building houses the Council Bluffs Savings Bank, and at right is the new State Savings Bank. Other new buildings behind them were rebuilt after the Grand Hotel…
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Today...Pearl Street has taken on a modern appearance. Note the new bank building, new store fronts, streamlined automobiles, parking meters and modern street lights.
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Today...the same area reveals a lot of changes. The Public Library is surrounded with nice shade trees and automobiles replace the streetcars and horse drawn wagon. And new buildings have been added. The five-story structure is the Park building. …
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Today...the same section of Pearl Street, with many noticeable changes during the past 26 years. At left, The Nonpareil building replaces the old one following a fire. Trees in the older picture have since grown up and been removed.
Street Scene, Broadway
Color painting from a magazine, looking east on Broadway from Pearl. Text of article titled "Broadway in Council Bluffs Marks Trail of the Pioneers" on the back of the picture.
Pearl Street, looking south
Photograph of Pearl Street, looking south.
Pearl Street, looking north
Postcard of Pearl Street, looking north from the Council Bluffs Public Library.
Pearl Street postcard
Postcard of Pearl Street looking North from Bayliss Park.
Pearl Street From Broadway
Photograph of Pearl Street from Broadway. West side. New State Savings Bank building built on this corner in 1946.
Panoramic view of Willow Ave. & Pearl St.
Reproduction of a panoramic view of Willow Ave. and Pearl St. showing the Public Library and courthouse.
Pacific Hotel
Photograph of the Pacific Hotel on Pearl and Broadway in Council Bluffs, Iowa. July 26th, 1900.
Junction Main and Pearl Streets
Photograph of junction of Main and Pearl Streets. North view from present Hay Market Square.
Historical Society of Pottawattamie County Member Journal
October 2007 Historical Society newsletter.
Council Bluffs--Aerial Views
aerial photograph looking north from about 9th Avenue; South Main Street to the lower right and West Broadway across center of photo. Landmarks include: the old Courthouse, the old Public Library, Bayliss Park, the Strand Theater, the Wickham Block,…
Council Bluffs Changing Scene
Council Bluffs Changing Scene: This is the Grand Hotel, as it is pictured on a postcard dated 1915. The hotel burned in 1925, along with several other buildings in the 100 block on Pearl St. This picture is from a postal card collection of Arthur…
Council Bluffs Changing Scene
Council Bluffs Changing Scene--This is Pearl Street, looking north from near the Hotel Chieftain in 1936. Streetcars were still running and the Council Bluffs Savings Bank building towered above other Pearl Street structures. The picture was made…
Council Bluffs Changing Scene
Council Bluffs Changing Scene--Taken from a postcard, dated 1908, this scene looks north on Pearl Street. At left is the Free Public Library. At right is the old Merriam block. Beno's store is in the distant center and a streetcar is midway up the…
Council Bluffs Changing Scene
Council Bluffs Changing Scene--Just 26 years ago this month Pearl Street, along the east side of Bayliss Park, looked like this following a storm that brought wind, hail, and rain. Broken branches littered the street, while hail whitened the ground.…
Council Bluffs Changing Scene
Council Bluffs Changing Scene--From 1860-1888 St. Francis Xavier Church was located on Pearl St. just South of Willow Ave. This later became the site of the Miriam Block, which was removed in the late 1940s.