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Fire Department & Fire Stations File #1 (to 04-30-1974)
Council Bluffs Fire Station No. 3
Fire Department & Fire Stations File #1 (to 04-30-1974)
Central Fire Station in Council Bluffs circa 1950
Fire Department & Fire Stations File #1 (to 04-30-1974)
Gentlemen checking out one of 40 street fire alarm boxes located in Council Bluffs. The boxes were monitored through a 'repeater' located at the Central Station.
Fire Department & Fire Stations File #1 (to 04-30-1974)
Firemen checking out fire alarm cable at the Council Bluffs Fire Department
Fire Department & Fire Stations File #1 (to 4-30-1974)
Firemen at the Council Bluffs Fire Department
Some Broadway improvements have been made
Future plans...look bright for the Wickham-Beno buildings in the 500 block of West Broadway, but for many months now, windows have simply been papered over.
Some Broadway improvements have been made
Flowers and landscaping...like this at Burger King, 3209 W. Broadway, have made several restaurants, banks and other kinds of businesses notable exceptions on a drive through Council Bluffs via Broadway.
Some Broadway improvements have been made
Though it's the nature of the business...a scrap metal operation isn't a very pretty panorama picture as travelers pass over the Broadway viaduct between 15 and 8th Streets.
Some Broadway improvements have been made
Bill Hargis...(left) and Terry Gilliland have been working on a graphic design for Diamond Vogel Paint Store, 2320 W. Broadway. A few coats of paint could make a big difference for some of the businesses in the area.
Some Broadway improvements have been made
Overgrown weeds...mar the view of buildings and streets along much of Broadway.
Norman, Louise Filbert Honored For Contributions To Area Theater
Norman Filbert
Louise Filbert
Louise Filbert
Filbert 'Not Nervous' In TV-Movie Bit Role
Louise Filbert, foreground, awaits her call to go before the cameras Tuesday morning. to her right is Jo Honaker, a registered nurse at Bergan Mercy and manager of the hospital's emergency room.
Final Performance
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…
Filbert, Norman H, Jr. & Louise
Norman Filbert, Jr. 1975
Filbert, Norman H, Jr. & Louise
Norman Filbert Jr. 1973
Filbert, Norman H, Jr. & Louise
Norman Filbert 1959
Filbert, Norman H, Jr. & Louise
Louise and Norman Filbert in a theater production.
Remember when?
Remember when Broadway boasted the Continental kellar Co., Broadway Theater and The Ranks Department Store? The buildings shown in the 1950s photo were part of the downtown business district. Note the films on the theater marquee--Shirley Temple in…
Beno-bank wall stands in the way of C.B. demolition
The common wall joining the First National Bank and the Beno building on West Broadway has become a $13,000 stumbling block in proposed demolition of the long-vacant Beno, Wickham, and Kresge buildings. Mayor Tom Hanafan said he would veto a…
Financial Institutions weather economic storm
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.