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Filbert_Norman_H_Jr_&_Louise_09_29_1974_01.jpg
Please give up your rabbit: That's the plea of Jackee Wise as Myrtle Mae and her mother, Vita, played by Ida Neary, as Elwood, portrayed by Norman Filbert Jr., grimaces at the thought of giving up his six-foot-tall invisible friend. the scene is from…

Broadway_Past_and_Present_1982_024.jpg
Part of downtown Council Bluffs...financial center is the corner of West Broadway at Main and Fourth Streets where four banks or savings and loans are located.

Bertrand_11_24_1978_04.jpg
Rustless Hook---used by riverboat crews to move heavy freight appeared out of the hold of the ship. Kerrmit Dybsetter inspects the 16-pound, hand-forged find.

Bertrand_11_24_1968_05.jpg
Lost Boot...was thigh-high and had a very large foot with studded sole.

Bertrand_11_24_1978_06.jpg
Bottles Of Stomach Bitters...distributed from Pittsburgh, Pa., are brought out of the riverboat by Harry Sorensen, owner of his construction firm, and one of his workmen.

Housing_Projects_04_21_1985_001.jpg
Top To Bottom: Sail Apartments, a six-plex located at 3001 Second Ave; Place 35, low-income apartments located - as the plaque indicates - at 901 N. 35th St.; and a duplex located at 2934 and 2936 Seventh Ave.

Alter_Company_07_31_1976.jpg
Finished product . . . of big shredder is shown by Tom Hale, account executive at Alters. Old autos are reduced to clean metal more or less the size of baseballs, and read for steel mills and foundrys over the United States and abroad to be recycled…

American_Field_Service_Foreign_Exchange_Students_08_16_1957.jpg
Showing the Lappish shoes . . . she brought from Finland is Paula Ylanne. Surrounding her are the Rev. Mr. Miars, Shelly, Mrs. Miars and Jeff. --Nonpareil Photo.

Fire Department 093.tif
Photograph of a Council Bluffs fire

Fire Department Broadway & Nicholas ~ 1970.tif
Photograph of a Council Bluffs fire.

Fire Fighters - Home of Robert & Clifford Schultz families, Rte 4 , 4 mi North of C.B..tif
Fire on Route 4, 4 miles North of Council Bluffs near Crescent.

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Fire Fighters - Central Fire Station 3-15-1964.tif
Sign and fire alarm on the Central States Steel building at 1002 S. Main St.

Fire Department Nerve Center 1951.tif
Nerve center of city's 1951 fire alarm system is checked by city fire department personnel.

Fire Department 110 S 18th St 1962.tif
Photograph of a fire at 110 S. 18th St.

Fire Fighters - Fire at Bergstrom Woodworking Plant 11-27-1962.tif
Fire Capt. Earl J. Hansen is taken to an ambulance at fire scene.

The Bergstrom Woodworking Co. plant, 110 S. 18th St. was destroyed by fire.

Ford_Roy_V_FordVan&Storage_10_28_1961_001.jpg
Black Smoke Rolls . . . from the Hoagland Lumber yard during the height of the fire. The pall of smoke triggered telephone calls to The Nonpareil from as far away as the west side of the city. - Photo by Jack Kennedy
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