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Globe Electronics To Double Production Capacity In C.B. - Purchased By Rhode Island Corp.
On The Assembly Line . . . at Globe Electronics, Owen Meyerson and Leo Meyerson show George William Miller a new-type radio broadcasting set which can be used by untrained operations.
Globe Electronics To Produce Tiny, 2-way Radio - 'Pocketphones' Will Go On Market In June
Tightening Case . . . on a test model of "Pocketphone" is roger Mace, vice president in charge of engineering for Globe Electronics.
New Electronics Firm Grows Fast; To Expand - Top Executives Tour Bluffs Plant
Reviewing The "Success" . . . of their ventures are Leo I. Meyerson, L.A. Caster and George William Miller.
Judge: Witness Not Credible
Roger Goff
Golden Spike/Golden Spike Days
Residents in old fashioned clothing in celebration of Golden Spike Days in Council Bluffs.
Beauties And History
In preparation for the "Union Pacific" motion picture, Cecil De Mille did a great deal of research work, necessarily. His delving into history took him into the old Harper magazine, and he is shown here with the star of the picture, Barbara Stanwyck,…
In Council Bluffs, You May Stand In Abe's Footprints
Golden Spike Monument . . . commemorates completion of the first transcontinental railroad.
Seek $2000 to Renovate Golden Spike
Sketch Of Plans . . . for the Golden Spike monument. The drawing at left shows how the Junior Chamber of Commerce will beautify the grounds. The sketch at right is a perspective of the monument.
Action Group Would Like To Move The Golden Spike - To 'More Suitable' Location
Golden Spike . . . Ninth Avenue and Twenty-first Street
The Wedding Of The Rails
On May 10th, 1869, the last spike . . a Golden Spike . . was driven and America was united by the transcontinental Pacific Railway. The Union Pacific's locomotive No. 119 and the Central Pacific's "Jupiter" inched together, finally touching nose to…
Golden Spike/Golden Spike Days
The Golden Spike Monument, Council Bluffs, IA
April 1939
April 1939
Golden Spike/Golden Spike Days
Expo Train Coming to Bluffs...Union Pacific Railroad's Golden Spike Centennial Expo train will visit Council Bluffs this Friday, Saturday and Sunday and will be on display in the U.P. yards south of the Golden Spike monument, Ninth Avenue and…
Golden Spike/Golden Spike Days
A major attraction of UP's Golden Spike Centennial Expo Train that will visit Council Bluffs Sept. 26-27-28 is the colorful Expo car. It houses 19 displays telling the story of the building of the railroad from the earliest surveys right up to the…
Goldwater, Barry M.
Sen. Goldwater And Wife Peggy . . . acknowledge standing ovation at the Cow Palace. - AP Wirephoto
Barry & Ike:
Former President Dwight Eisenhower and Sen. Barry Goldwater, GOP presidential candidate, talk things over before filming of TV campaign file on Ike's Gettysburg, PA farm. - AP Wirephoto
New Store Plans Opening
Bill Clark, manager of the new B.F. Goodrich store at Broadway and Twenty-fifth Street, said Saturday the store's grand opening will be the first week in December. The store is presently open for business.
Council Bluffs Changing Scene
Council Bluffs Changing Scene--This is one of the early "Iron Horses" that chugged into Council Bluffs as the city became a leading railroad point shortly before the turn of the century. The billowing black smoke and the old fashioned "coal car"…
Today
Today...diesel locomotives like this switch engine in the Union Pacific yard move smoothly across millions of miles of U.S. tracks. Burning of oil has cut down on coal consumption to the point where cinders are becoming scarce for city streets. …
Council Bluffs Changing Scene
Council Bluffs Changing Scene--The old Citizens State Bank was one of five banks available to Southwest Iowans in 1889. It stood on the corner of Main St. and First Ave. in what was known as the Shugart-Beno block. Other offices in the building…
Council Bluffs Changing Scene
Council Bluffs Changing Scene--This was a temporary Missouri River crossing of the Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad in 1872. The bridge was raised above ice level on pilings. During the summer months railroad cars were reportedly ferried…