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'Boy With The Leaky Boot' in the pond in Fairmount Park around 1919. Photo courtesy of Vernon O. Jensen of Council Bluffs.

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Swans in the pond in Fairmount Park around 1919.

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Swans in the pond in Fairmount Park around 1919.

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Fairmount Park, Council Bluffs, Iowa, October 16, 1899

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The streetcar stop at Fairmount Park

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The Fairmount Park Aviary in November, 1901

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The reservoir at Fairmount Park in 1931

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The gardens at Fairmount Park

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The gardens at Fairmount Park in 1957

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The streetcar cut at Fairmount Park

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Fairmount Lodge at Fairmount Park, late 1950's

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The winter playground at Fairmount Park, 1961

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Grinding a Stump . . . in Fairview Cemetery is Irene Angeroth, employee of the Parks and Recreation Department, which now operates the facility.

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Burnie Kirkpatrick, caretaker at Fairview Cemetery checks one of the 27 grave stones which were overturned Thursday night by vandals. It will take several days to reset the stones Kirkpatrick said. Crews are also getting the cemetery ready for…

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Broken and Displaced Tombstones . . . were the result of vandalism at Fairview Cemetery, 308 Lafayette Ave. The city, which is responsible to repair the damage, will begin working on the project late this week with special equipment.

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The Best Mower . . . at Fairview Cemetery is none too good. Inspecting the cemetery equipment - five lawn mowers in various states of repair and an old pickup truck, are Parks and Recreation officials Jame DiGiovanni, Kathy Schlott and Jerry Eckrich.…

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The Tombstone Of Francis Guttau . . . one of the earliest white settlers of Council Bluffs, is inspected in Fairview Cemetery by Robert Knox and his father, William P.

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sepia colored photo of Glasgow Tailors storefront, with man in a suit standing in doorway. [Glasgow Tailors opened in Council Bluffs in 1920, at 12 Main St. Photo appears to be older than that; may be store in Omaha, which existed before the…

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photo of three men standing on steps in front of 41 (and 39) Pearl Street. Signs on windows:
Day & Hess. Loans, Real Estate, Insurance
G.B. Mutual Bldg. & Loan Assn. Surety Bonds
Ohio Knox Co., Real Estate, Insurance 41
(also signs on column…

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photo on Broadway looking west (from Pearl Street?) with Council Bluffs Savings bank on the left. Man in bowler hat crossing the street, where people are boarding a streetcar. Horsedrawn carriage in front of the bank.
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