Browse Items (8480 total)

Jail_09_03_1978_001.jpg
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.

Government C686.tiff
Group photograph of the County Treasurer and assistants, Council Bluffs, Iowa. October 22, 1927.

Hogan_Rev_Richard_11_11_1972_001.jpg
Pastor and Mrs. Richard D. Hogan . . . of First Christian Church.

Animal_shelter_PAWS_04_16_1978.jpg
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,

Bergquist_Maurice_and_Mrs_5_27_1981_06.jpg
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…

Government C687.jpg
Photograph of the second Courthouse in Council Bluffs, 1866.

Harlan_IA2_07_24_1992_001.jpg
A Celebration Marking The Centennial Of The Shelby County Courthouse Will Be Held Aug. 1

Hist_Soc_Pott_Co_08_16_1981_001.jpg
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.

img046.jpg
Photograph of Covalt's Concert Band at Lake Manawa.

Katelman_Foundry_01_19_1975_001.jpg
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…

Katelman_Foundry_01_19_1975_002.jpg
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.

Katelman_Foundry_01_19_1975_003.jpg
After It Is Molded . . . this is how the design above looks. This cover is at Mynster and Seventh Streets.

Katelman_Foundry_01_19_1975_004.jpg
The Katelman Name . . . is found on most manhole covers around town. Some give pedestrians a friendly "clank" when walked on.

Katelman_Foundry_01_19_1975_005.jpg
A Beehive Cover . . . allows excess water to enter the opening below but strains out such undesirables as weeds and sticks.

Katelman_Foundry_01_19_1975_006.jpg
Preparing A Cap . . . to stop the steel flowing from the cupola into the ladle is Willie Riley, Omaha. The steel worker uses a sand mixture similar to what the molds are made of to stop the molten steel flow each time the ladle is ready.

Council_Bluffs_Schools_Edison-Elementary_Edison_Junior_High_03_05_1975_008.jpg
Displaying The Covered Wagon...they built are Edison Junior High freshmen Jim Frieze, Russell Lekey, Roger Fox, Sherry Anderson and Bill Lane.

Manning_IA_12_20_1970_001.jpg
Manning School District Voters . . . will go to the polls Wednesday to vote on a $985,000 bond issue to build a new addition to the elementary-junior high school. In September state engineers declared about half of the present school "structurally…
Output Formats

atom, csv, dc-rdf, dcmes-xml, json, omeka-xml, rss2