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Amelia Bloomer [photo portrait, head and shoulders, of Amelia Bloomer, copy of 1954 photo.]
On back of photo:
Mrs. D.C. Bloomer
"Amelia" Bloomer
copy 1854 ]

studio portrait photo of Dexter C. Bloomer
On back of photo:
D.C. Bloomer
Husband of
Amelia Bloomer
copy 1854

John O'Connor.,..takes a break after doing some final touches on the refurbished monument of Amelia and Dexter Bloomer. The tall refurbished monument and a newly bought marker will be dedicated tonight.

photo of Pioneer Storage Company Public Warehouse building. Also shows sign for Corn Belt Adhesives.
Wiring on back indicates Blue Star

photo of corner of Blue Star Produce Inc. building. at 4th Street and 11th Avenue. Also on building signs: Eggs, Poultry

nighttime photo of firefighters on ladders, with hoses, entering building's second story windows; smoke at top of photo

William and John Kaplan show off their line of frozen foods. The local company has shifted its emphasis away from government contracting.

Photo of exterior of Blue Star Foods building, with Blue Star semi and a train

Blue Star Foods' float, which featured both the plant building and the space shuttle Challenger. [photo part of parade photo collage].

color photo of Blue Star Foods logo on the side of the building at 25 Main Place

distance view of Blue Star logo on side of the building at 25 Main Place (W. Broadway and W. Washington/South Main)

Boning chickens...for Blue Star are 125 women at the plant here. Machine in the foreground is a meat dicer.

On This Pie Line...workers put out part of the 225,000 per day production

Charred Batteries...in the foreground held some 6,000 live chickens which were destroyed in the Blue Star fire at Atlantic. Company officials termed the plant a "total loss."

A Ton Of Turkey...in perforated container is lowered by Walter Igou, 2725 S. 6th St., into a vat of bubbling cooking broth.

Hooked For Surgery...on the boning line, the holiday bird is butchered by Mrs. Margaret Morrison, 21 Kimberly Drive.

Food Cans...are shoveled from the second floor of the Blue Star plant by the truck load, as workmen start cleanup after fire.

Blue Star Foods...is producing a "Dining Lite" lite [sic] of foods at its Council Bluffs plant, selling the entrees initially in Omaha and Dallas. The food line change is attributed to a change in lifestyle.
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