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Photograph of Amanda (Bell) Fox
Portrait of Amanda (Bell) Fox, Early Citizens of Council Bluffs.
Photograph of Adam V. Larimar
Portrait of Adam V. Larimar, Early Citizens of Council Bluffs.
Phone System At Hancock May Go Dial
This House In Downtown Hancock . . . includes a small telephone office at the left and an apartment on the right occupied by the night operator. When the night operator goes to bed, she connects a bell that rings in her apartment when someone wants…
Phone System At Hancock May Go Dial
This Is It . . . all the wires and gadgets needed to run a telephone company, a small one like the one at Hancock. But soon this tiny, independently-owned operation may be part of the past, if its stockholders vote to put in a direct dial system.
Petitions Ask Immediate City Action To Halt Odor
Youngsters On Avenue B . . . were stopping motorists Wednesday and asking them to sign a petition which calls for immediate action on odors in the city's west side.
Peterson School Has 'California' Motif
Light and Airy: Abandoning the customary monumental design of earlier school construction, the new 13-room Peterson grade school was given a "California" motif. The structure at Twenty-sixth Ave. and Ninth St., photographed from the northeast, is…
Pet Chicken Learns To Walk On Wooden Leg; The Whiligig
Wooden Leg...is worn by hen, pet of John Ege.
Peru Plow & Implement Co. postcard
Postcard of the Peru Plow & Implement Co.
Persia Fire Department
Photograph of fire fighters Virgil Miller, Myron Albers, and Mike Hughes.
Modern truck serves as background for hand-pulled hose cart held by Asst. Chief Virgil Miller and fireman Myron Albers. Chief D. L. (Mike) Hughes stands in shadow of the old…
Modern truck serves as background for hand-pulled hose cart held by Asst. Chief Virgil Miller and fireman Myron Albers. Chief D. L. (Mike) Hughes stands in shadow of the old…
Persia Fire
Photograph of fire damage. Persia, IA.
Permit Granted For Interstate 80 Span; $5.5 Million Project
This Is A Drawing...of the Interstate 80 bridge which will carry traffic between the southwest part of Council Bluffs and Spring Street in Omaha. The Omaha side is in the foreground.
Peoples Department Store
Photograph of the exterior of the Peoples Department Store, Wednesday November 21, 1928 at 3:00 pm.
People at Lake Manawa
Photograph of three women and a child at Lake Manawa.
Penny Arcade
Photograph of Penny Arcade at Playland Park
Pencils help ex-trucker create American flag
Bob Bensley admires his flag creation. "It took 10 years to find just the right shade of colors," he said. Bensley used 901 pencils to make his creation.
Pearl Street, looking south
Photograph of Pearl Street, looking south.
Pearl Street, looking north
Postcard of Pearl Street, looking north from the Council Bluffs Public Library.
Pearl Street postcard
Postcard of Pearl Street looking North from Bayliss Park.
Pearl Street from Court House
Postcard. Looking North on Pearl Street from Court House, Council Bluffs, Iowa.
Pearl Street From Broadway
Photograph of Pearl Street from Broadway. West side. New State Savings Bank building built on this corner in 1946.