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Arts Council begins sprucing of 'Angel'
Mayda Goodberry . . . a bronze expert, works at the base of the Ruth Ann Dodge Memorial in Fairview Cemetery Wednesday. A restoration project is being sponsored by the Bluffs Arts Council. --Nonpareil Photo by Steve Glowacki.
Arts Council Begins Sprucing of 'Angel'
Mayda Goodberry . . . , a bronze expert, works at the base of the Ruth Anne Dodge Memorial in Fairview Cemetery Wednesday. A restoration project is being sponsored by the Bluffs Arts Council.
Big Scoop For J Student
The Black Angel . . . may be turning a little green with age but it sure didn't need a coat of paint by vandals.
Black Angel postcards
Two postcards depicting the Mrs. G. M. Dodge Memorial ("The Black Angel') at Lafayette Ave and N. 2nd St.
Dodge Memorial, Ruth Anne Dodge Memorial, Black Angel
The Black Angel . . . located near Lafayette Avenue and North Second Street, was dedicated to the late Mrs. Grenville M. Dodge in 1920. At that time the statue was bronze, but through the years the weather has changed her to black. Now the weather…
Dodge Memorial, Ruth Anne Dodge Memorial, Black Angel
Waiting For The Touch . . . of repair crews is the Ruth Anne Dodge memorial, better known as the Black Angel. Downing said the city will spend about $3,000 to spruce up the memorial, fixing the lights and possibly reconnecting the fountain that once…
Dodge Memorial, Ruth Anne Dodge Memorial, Black Angel
Angel Lights: Colored lights mounted in surrounding tree limbs illuminate the Black Angel, near Lafayette Avenue and North Second Street. The lights were installed by the City Park Board.
Dodge Memorial, Ruth Anne Dodge Memorial, Black Angel
Know Your Scenes: This imposing bronze figure is the city's most famous statue and, appropriately, is associated with one of the best known families in Council Bluffs history. Can you identify it? the answer appears elsewhere on this page.
Dodge Memorial, Ruth Anne Dodge Memorial, Black Angel
Ruth Anne Dodge Memorial in Fairview Cemetery
Dodge Memorial, Ruth Anne Dodge Memorial, Black Angel
The Ruth Anne Dodge Memorial at Fairview Cemetery
Dodge Memorial, Ruth Anne Dodge Memorial, Black Angel
Renovation plan revealed for Ruth Anne Dodge Memorial
Dodge Memorial, Ruth Anne Dodge Memorial, Black Angel
Rededication event at the Ruth Anne Dodge Memorial
Dodge Memorial, Ruth Anne Dodge Memorial, Black Angel
A winter view of the Ruth Anne Dodge Memorial at Fairview Cemetery
Fountain's return to be commemorated
The "Black Angel," near Fairview Cemetery. The statue's fountain is now flowing again. --Nonpareil Photo
Fountain's Return To Be Commemorated
The "Black Angel" near Fairview Cemetery. The statue's fountain is now flowing again.
Money Flowing In As 'Black Angel' Work Continues
Above is an artist's rendering of the Ruth Anne Dodge Memorial upon completion of restoration work.
Move Still A Possibility - Look Homeward, Angel?
Covered With Paint . . . is one indignity memorial statue has sustained at hands of vandals. Inaccessibility and vandalism are reasons sometimes cited for moving Dodge Memorial from present location near Fairview Cemetery. But city officials hope…
Ruth Anne Dodge Memorial
Photograph of the Ruth Anne Dodge Memorial "Black Angel"
Ruth Anne Dodge Memorial
Photograph of the Ruth Anne Dodge Memorial "Black Angel" at Fairview Cemetery in Council Bluffs.