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First In Fifty: Tuesday was moving day and Thursday will mark the opening of Dunlap's first new post office site in 50 years. The brick, aluminum and stone building, decorated by a planter running most of the front width, is being leased to the…

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Tim Dunlap, President, Local 2991, American Federation of State, County & Municipal Employees. Glenwood State Hospital, school resource treatment worker (with son Steve).

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Dead elm trees have been vanishing from city parking in Council Bluffs as the rate of 1,435 in less than a year. The city contracted last fall with Havelone Construction Company for removal of the diseased or dead trees and a new contract for removal…

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Dwarfies Fire between 12th & 13th Ave on South Main St.

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Two photographs of Eagles Lodge - 21 North Main

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Drawing Shows . . . new $300,000 Nursing and Rest Home which will be constructed west of Earling by Little Flower Haven Inc.

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Joe Feeney, with Sr. M. Petrine O.S.J. as accompanist, sings at the dedication ceremonies at Little Flower Haven Nursing Home in Earling, Iowa. John Wageman is in the background.

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This Illinois Central Coal chute may well have been one of the first high-rise structures in Council Bluffs. Its use discontinued about 1954, a railroad employe[sic] said. The tall building was used to feed coal to hungry steam engines, and a few…

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Another Era . . . lives on at the Allen Dudley home, 1500 North Broadway. The 10-room, white frame house is surrounded by massive old trees and a yard that covers 7.5 acres.

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Designed For Hospitality . . . is this three-room downstairs setting in the Dudley house. All three are living rooms. Much of the furniture shown here dates back to the day the home was built.

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Original Furniture . . . adds a fitting touch to this upstairs bedroom. The walnut heirlooms were restored by Mrs. Dudley.

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Descending The Stairway . . . are Mr. and Mrs. Allen Dudley. Light fixture, now converted to electricity, has illuminated the hall since 1874. Stained glass window at the top of the stairs is one of five throughout the house.

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Gone Are the Days! Scene at the Union Pacific Railroad depot at 'Omaha City,' taken September 12, 1868.

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To The Warm Blue Yonder . . . Dr. and Mrs. Hennessy.

Earth Day 1970 Part 5 - Council Bluffs, Iowa (CBS News with Walter Cronkite) (1).mp4
Original broadcast of CBS News Special Report with Walter Cronkite about the first Earth Day, 1970. Also known as Earth Week 1970.

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Cattle Price Problems . . . are discussed by Charles Gross of Walnut and U.S. Rep. Tom Harkin, D-Iowa, at Harkin's Council Bluffs office Wednesday.

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Photograph of SE corner of East Broadway & Frank St.

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