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A group of tourists on a busy street.
In front of a novelty shop in New York's Chinatown are members of The Nonpareil's holiday tour. The group took a bus tour of the big city Tuesday and spent Wednesday at the World's Fair.

A horse pulling a tram loaded with people.
Part of The Nonpareil's holiday group goes to Mount Royal Park in Montreal aboard a horsedrawn tallyho wagon.

A group of six adults posing for the camera.
Squinting In The Mist . . . from Niagara Falls are a group of Nonpareil tourists, including Jack Millard, Mr. and Mrs. Ray Stamp, Mrs. Ada Rockwell, Mrs. Lynn Alberti and Mrs. Clara Corbin. The Stamps are from Walnut; the rest from Council Bluffs.

Four women looking at paperwork.
Checking Itinerary . . . of The Nonpareil tour are (left to right) Mrs. Imogene Curl, Mrs. Elsie Ralston and Mrs. Marshall Ketchum, all of Carson, and Mrs. Anne Allen of Avoca.

A large castle-like building.
Once the seat of government of a vast and powerful colony that stretched to the Mississippi, the colonial Capitol building at Williamsburg, Va., has been carefully reconstructed to its appearance of the early 1700s. Here met the House of Burgesses,…

Eight people seated on the ground at a luau and a man playing a guitar.
The Traditional Luau . . . is known as the "Feast of the Islands" and includes the many exotic foods and dishes native to the South Seas. This will be one of the features of The Nonpareil's Hawaiian trip.

Three dancing women in grass skirts and leis.
The Hawaiian Welcome . . . which awaits those taking The Nonpareil's vacation trip will feature smiling hula dancers such as these pictured here.

Photo of smiling man in a suit
Linda Shank...administrative assistant and executive secretary at Council Bluffs Savings Bank, receives a basket of flowers from her bosses, Ed. H. Spetman, left, chairman and chief executive office, and Thomas D. Whitson, resident. [Photo in the…

Woman in suit stands behind table of crafts
Getting Acquainted with one of Rudolph's Friends are these members of Broadway United Methodist Church Women Carol Thien, Kathy Whitson and Shirley Smith. The women are arranging items to be sold at a bazaar at the church Thursday. Various foods…

Man in suit in tie, seated behind desk with papers and open files
Tom Whitson...is a firm believer has a duty to serve the community

Photo of seated young woman in a houndstooth suit
Mrs. Thomas Whitson, at right, is the new president of the Southwest Iowa City Panhellenic Council. Mrs. Douglas Boos, at left, is the treasurer, and Mrs. Bill Armstrong is the vice president. Mrs. Walter Nadler, secretary, was not present for the…

Profile of young woman with short hair
Information provided to senior girls is reviewed by Mrs. Willis Armstrong, standing and seated from left, Mesdames Thomas Whitson, P. Scott Platter and Frank Shifter Jr. of the Southwest Iowa City Panhellenic.

Printed news paper article from the Daily Nonpareil on July 12, 1888 commemorating the launching of the steamship M.F. Rohrer on Lake Manawa.

Souvenir Booklet for Lake Manawa

Contains:
-Descriptions of the amenities and points of interest on Lake Manawa
-Photos of Lake Manawa and Fairmount Park

Polk's Council Bluffs (Pottawattamie County, Iowa) City Directory, 1980.

Contains:
- Buyers' Guide and a complete classified business directory
- Alphabetical directory of business concerns and private citizens
- Complete street and avenue…
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