[The circular on the front door appears to be an advertisement for Purdy Celebrated Cottage Bitters, which was first formulated in the mid-1860s, so photo is probably ca 1867; a similar ad appeared in the Nonpareil in 1867]]]> [First photo of the pair in the Nonpareil is not in file, but the caption reads: 'Council Bluffs Changing Scene--SAs late as 1953 this half block between Broadway, Pierce and State Streets was known as the Clawsen property. That year the old house, nearly a century old, was torn down after the place was sold to settle the estate.]]>