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Seven postcards depicting the County Courthouse building.

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A 'Peace Symbol"...containing elements of the county's history is the winning entry in the Pottawattamie County Bicentennial Flag contest. It was submitted by Kenny King of Bloomer School.

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An Outline...of Iowa with a silhouetted farm scene won second place. It was entered by Bonnie Bingel of Woodrow Wilson Junior High School.

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The Mormon Trail...serves as the focus of the design drawn by Diane Husz of Carson-Macedonia School. The entry won third place.

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Watching The Monitor . . . at the Pottawattamie County Jail on the fifth floor of the courthouse is Ralph L. Miner, corrections specialist. Each part of the arrest and booking proceedings is videotaped.

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Group photograph of the County Treasurer and assistants, Council Bluffs, Iowa. October 22, 1927.

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Pastor and Mrs. Richard D. Hogan . . . of First Christian Church.

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Accepting a friendly nibble . . . is Humane Officer Jerry Archibald from one of two black bears on a farm near Crescent. The officer and several county and state officials checked the condition of the bears Thursday afternoon. --Nonpareil Photo,

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Posing With...an old organ in one of the Victorian homes they own on South Seventh Street are Maurice and Carole Bergquist, 616 S. Seventh. They plan to christen the street Victorian Row, a group of houses that will have apartments, shops and a…

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Photograph of the second Courthouse in Council Bluffs, 1866.

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A Celebration Marking The Centennial Of The Shelby County Courthouse Will Be Held Aug. 1

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Concealing Its Age . . . is the Pottawattamie County Sub-Courthouse in Avoca. The brick building's construction predates the county's earliest records of it from 1885.

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Photograph of Covalt's Concert Band at Lake Manawa.

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Pouring Molten Steel . . . into manhole cover forms are M.L. McMiller, Omaha, at the ladle handle and three other Katelman Foundry steelworkers. The liquid reaches 2800 degrees before the men fill their 35 to 40 daily molds. When completed, the rings…

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Plans Are Created . . . by company draftsmen for a variety of manhole covers. This sketch is part of a two-inch thick book of cover designs.
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