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Photograph of Pacific House hotel, Council Bluffs, Iowa.

Photograph of the Pacific Hotel on Pearl and Broadway in Council Bluffs, Iowa. July 26th, 1900.

Postcard of the Pacific Fruit Express Company's Ice Plant. From back, "The Pacific Fruit Express Company's new ice plant at Council Bluffs, which has a capacity of 270 tons daily and a storage capacity of 25,000 tons. The mammoth iceing platform is…

This Building . . . houses the Glenwood Post Office but would be replaced under a Post Office Department plan.

Dog owners Don and Lori Cooper

Aerial photograph of downtown Council Bluffs

Aerial photograph looking over Council Bluffs from Fairmount Park Hill.

A Tense Moment . . . results when Fremont County sheriff, Al Christopher, in white hat, advises group of Bartlett residents that their town will be flooded.

Shelves Are Emptied . . . in the Bartlett general store by owners Mr. and Mrs. Gary Ware after news of impending flood danger is received.

An Evacuation Route . . . is kept open by diking Mills county road G into Bartlett. National Guard trucks shuttle in and out of the flood threatened area.

Towering Above . . . Interstate Highway 680 at the Loveland rest area is the long-awaited observation platform. The wooden tower has five levels, giving tourists a panoramic view of the Missouri River valley to the west. The tower was part of a…

Exchange student . . . from France, Miss Jacqueline Roy, right, and Karen Hunter are entertained by the Hunters' French poodle. --Nonpareil Photo.

Iowa Deer Caught Grazing on the Elmer Svendsen farm, four miles northeast of Harlan. Thirty-eight deer are in this airphoto by State Conservation Office Jerry Jauron. Note how close they are to the farm home.

Church Officials . . . Richard C. Stratford and Ross Weaver prepare to set the cornerstone at the new Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints.

Mercy Hospital officials are negotiating with EnerGroup to take over operation of the hospital power plant as a cost-cutting measure.

River Access Area . . . is Wilson Island, near DeSoto Bend, offers Missouri River boat ramps, parking facilities and camping pads adjacent to the roads (white lines) winding through the trees.

The Small Clearing . . . in the woods (center) along the Missouri River just above the Iowa Power and Light Co. generating plant is part of the 20 acres of Long's Landing, newest river access area built and keyed to the Lewis and Clark Trail.

A panel discussion featuring State Representative MaryAnn Hanusa, Congresswoman Cindy Axne, Senator Joni Ernst and members of the AAUW: Loess Hills Branch of Iowa.

The year 2020 marks the 100th anniversary of the passage of the 19th Amendment,…

Harry Mauck, Jr., associate editor of The Nonpareil, has moved his typewriter to Des Moines . . .
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