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Bloomer School 1887
A photograph of Bloomer School taken in 1887
Bloomer School postcard
Postcard depicting Bloomer School.
Clarinda, Iowa--File #1
Photography of flag being raised at one-room schoolhouse, with signs saying "1873" and "Goldenrod" on the front of the building, which has a cupola with a bell. Large crowd in front of building.
Class photograph
Unidentified group photograph of a class of grade school children.
Council Bluffs Aerial Views
Aerial photo of St. Albert High School; McPherson Avenue runs across the upper left corner, Gleason Avenue runs from the top center to the right center of the photo.
Council Bluffs Aerial Views
Aerial photo of Lewis Central school, looking north.
Council Bluffs Changing Scene
In 1887, St. Francis Xavier Academy stood at the corner of Seventh St. and Fifth Ave. The building, then surrounded by young trees and a white rail fence, was used as an exclusive girls school which attracted students from all over the Midwest. At…
Council Bluffs Changing Scene
Council Bluffs Changing Scene--This is the old Council Bluffs High School as it appeared in 1887 when it served the entire city, In 1900 Abraham Lincoln was built and it was the lone high school until the addition of Thomas Jefferson in the early…
Council Bluffs Changing Scene
Council Bluffs Changing Scene--Bloomer School, as shown in a booklet "Council Bluffs of 1889" was one of 15 buildings then in the public school system which cost the city the sum total of $215,800. (That's considerably less than a single building…
Council Bluffs Changing Scene
Council Bluffs Changing Scene--Bloomer School building at the corner of Willow Ave. and South Seventh St., is shown as it appeared on the original dedication program of August 26, 1881. Accompanying this picture of the new school was the program and,…
Council Bluffs Changing Scene
Council Bluffs Changing Scene--The old Twentieth Avenue School as it appeared just a few years before the new building was built at Twentieth Avenue and S. 10th St. Started out as a four room building before 1900, the old building was built in…
Council Bluffs Changing Scene
Council Bluffs Changing Scene--This is now the Iowa School for the Deaf looked before a fire in 1902 destroyed the administration building far left. Note the windmill in the foreground. This picture recently was uncovered among other old…
Council Bluffs Changing Scene
Council Bluffs Changing Scene: This is the St. Francis Academy, as it appeared in the Illustrated Atlas of Pottawattamie County published in 1885. The school, at Fifth Ave. and Seventh St., was founded as a private institution by the Sisters of…
Council Bluffs Changing Scene
Council Bluffs Changing Scene: Old Pierce Street School is shown as it appeared on a postal card printed about 1910. The original portion of the structure was erected in 1884. Two later additions almost tripled its size. The building was…
Council Bluffs High School
Stereograph of Council Bluffs High School. Printed on back of stereograph: "High school, 1871-1903."
Council Bluffs High School
Stereograph image of Council Bluffs High School. View looking up Willow avenue from 5th Street, towards the High School.
Council Bluffs High School
Photograph showing construction on the front entrance of Council Bluffs High School (Abraham Lincoln High School). Notes on back of photograph read, "Entrance New High School - April 21, 1901."
Council Bluffs High School Cadets
Photograph of Council Bluffs High School cadets lined up in formation.
Council Bluffs High School postcards
Six postcards depicting Council Bluffs High School.
Council Bluffs Schools Abraham Lincoln High School (Old)
photo of Abraham Lincoln High School on Bluffs Street