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Today...firefighters spent part of their day furthering their knowledge and education with the department's drillmaster. Studying hydraulics in the modern kitchen at Station No. 1 are Capt. Mike Gillman, left, driver L.L. Miller, drillmaster Jack…
Council Bluffs Changing Scene
Council Bluffs Changing Scene--A firehouse scene believed to be at No. 1 station on South Main Street before 1900, finds three typical firefighters playing three handed cribbage. This photo comes from retired fireman Bud Cheyne, 412 Oakland Ave.
Today
Today...the same block is used for garage and auto service including the spaces used as a stable in the 1923 photo. However, the modern one-story buildings replace the old two-story section.
Council Bluffs Changing Scene
Council Bluffs Changing Scene--Thirty-three years ago a garage at Fourth St. and Fifth Ave. was operated by Ed and Jess Brockman, with the frame building, center right, housing the stables for the Express company, and with the Continental-Keller…
Today
Today...the new warehouse of Continental-Keller Furniture Co. stands on the same ground. This is a long one-story fireproof building. It replaces a warehouse that burned in 1952.
Council Bluffs Changing Scene
Council Bluffs Changing Scene--Around the turn of the century South Main Street was quite an industrial center for the city. This is a sketch of the old Deere Wells Implement Co. building at 1495 and 1601 S. Main St. It was painted by Gail…
Today
Today...a few buildings remain the same as in the 1918 photo. For the most part, however, remodeling and new buildings have kept up with the times.
Council Bluffs Changing Scene
Council Bluffs Changing Scene--This is how the north side of Broadway, east of Sixth Street, looked some 37 years ago. This photo was taken by the late H.W. Hansen during a World War I parade. It belongs to a son, Ray W. Hansen of Route 2. In the…
Today
Today...the barn has been replaced with this two-story frame building, which houses the Leeper Motor Co. The large frame house at the left is the same which appeared in the 1900 photo, but it has been replaced with brick material.
School Maintains Secrecy
Hamilton
Principal's Absence Raises Questions
Hamilton
Abuse Center Eyed For Hamburg - Would Use Old Hospital Building
A Drug Abuse Center . . . serving nine counties in Southwest Iowa may be housed in the old Hamburg Community Hospital at Hamburg. The 26-bed hospital has been vacant since the new hospital, Grape Memorial, was occupied.
Hamburg Hospital Now A Reality - Federal Grant Cinches Plans
Proposed Hospital . . . and extended treatment center at Hamburg as seen by the architect. The facility initially will include 40 beds in the hospital wing and 40 beds in the treatment center.
Hamburg Hospital Drive Nearing $500,000 Mark - Started With Gift
Present Hospital . . . at Hamburg is outmoded and too small for the community's needs.
Hamburg Hospital Drive Nearing $500,000 Mark - Started With Gift
Attractive Hill Site . . . in north Hamburg is proposed location for new hospital and nursing home
No Organization Is Needed, Claim Hamburg Boosters - Everyone Is Willing To Work
Going Up In Hamburg . . . is a combination Legion Hall and bowling lanes. And gathered on this Main Street corner are some of the men responsible for Hamburg's growth - Jack Douglas, Dick Dugan, John Gottsche and Miller Payne.
Competition Now More Equal Between Missouri, SW Iowa - Still No Fireworks
Filling Gas Tank . . . at "peacetime" prices is Simon Barrett, who has been selling gasoline at the edge of Hamburg for 16 years.