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Firemen water down the remains of the second floor of the old Howard Plastics building, 1401 S. Main St., after it was gutted by fire Saturday. Samual Bittner, owner of the building, was not available for an estimation of the loss. Fire Chief Waldo…

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MOOOOve This Cage...off of me, bawls one of the cattle trapped under the overturned truck. Three were killed.
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Council Bluffs Fire Department Moonlight Madness event.

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Nine postcards of Council Bluffs monuments

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A large colorful monument to the Blessed Mother Mary stands on a hill overlooking Earling. The monument, in front of the Little Flower Haven Nursing Home, was constructed by Msgr. N.A. Gaul, 81, a resident at the home. The curved structure, of…

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Above is an artist's rendering of the Ruth Anne Dodge Memorial upon completion of restoration work.

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Mural . . . of faceted glass on St. Michael's Catholic Church in Harlan overlooks College Place.

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(Left-Harold Coyle) and Jerry Katz of the Alter Co. The bundled scrap is now ready for sale to firms who melt and use scrap metal. --Nonpareil Photos.

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Modern salvage : The Alter Co., one of Council Bluffs' newer industries, uses the very latest equipment in its scrap salvage operation. Here an old car body is being put into a press. It will come in bales.

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Opening A Hatch...on the three-foot scale model of the steamship Bertrand is John Carrier, park service employee at the DeSoto National Wildlife Refuge near Missouri Valley. The steamer model, which the Bertrand museum just purchased for $300, was…

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Mrs. Marie Olson, and Mrs. Fae Burkhalter, of the Ottumwa mobile Red Cross canteen, were toasted in coffee Tuesday afternoon by Sgt. J.A. Bramen, and Corp. William Lemfor, of Atlantic, in appreciation of the Red Cross' work in feeding the many hungry…

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Club 64 is the only Council Bluffs restaurant rated in the 1985 Mobil Travel Guide.

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Photograph of Missouri Valley, Iowa. Looking west from windmill. July 1, 1882.

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Three postcards of the Missouri River between Omaha and Council Bluffs.

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Painting of a boat crossing Missouri River.

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Aerial view of the Council Bluffs side of the Missouri River showing levee.

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Aerial view of the Council Bluffs side of the Missouri River showing levee.

Floods M577b.tiff
Photograph of the Missouri River overflowing its banks. Taken from Motor bridge, April 14, 1897.

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Photograph of the Missouri River at Narrows.
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