Browse Items (7721 total)

Flood_of_1952_File5_04_16_1952_01.jpg
Silent Vigils . . . were kept round the clock to watch the river along the flashboard, backed with dirt and walled with rows of sandbags. Miles of wire were strung to allow night-and-day work on the hurriedly built defenses. Council Bluffs went…

Flood_of_1952_File5_04_18_1952_03.jpg
Men gather in downtown Council Bluffs

Flood_of_1952_File5_04_20_1952_01.jpg
Playing baseball in Bayliss Park

Flood_of_1952_File5_04_19_1952_01.jpg
A Hamburg, IA evacuee loads a wagon

Flood_of_1952_File5_04_18_1952_02.jpg
Hanging out of the kitchen window

Flood_of_1952_File5_04_18_1952_01.jpg
Salvation Army volunteers bring food to evacuees

Chadwick, Charles N.,
Elkhorn, Nebraska
Accused of murder of Kate and Stanley Fisher 9/16/81
Hrbek, John Lee #2--also accused

Chalet_Motor_Lodge_4_1970_001.jpg
Photo, from the street, of the Chalet Motor Lodge. Sign says: "Quality Motor Lodge," and "Finest Food in C.B."
Date on back: 4-70

Chalet Motor Lodge & Lounge
1530 Ave. G
Torn down about 2008-09
Lakin owns it

Chamber_of_Commerce_CB_5_9_1972_002.jpg
New Chamber President...Lelan Lykke presents appreciation award to Morris Miller, president of the Omaha Chamber of Commerce.

Flood_of_1952_File5_04_15_1952_03.jpg
Aerial view of the flooded Missouri river between Council Bluffs and Omaha looking south

Flood_of_1952_File5_04_14_1952_02.jpg
Plank roadway was being laid by volunteers on the levee near Big Lake on Monday. Later, trucks will haul dirt and sand for two miles along this stretch of levee to "beef up" against "wash waves."

Flood_of_1952_File5_04_14_1952_01.jpg
Volunteers are putting up flashboard on the Council Bluffs side of the Missouri river a few days before the expected crest.

Flood_of_1952_File5_04_15_1952_02.jpg
Cots fill the gymnasium at Abraham Lincoln High School, the main evacuation center set up by the Red Cross. More than 250 evacuees took refuge in this center as the Missouri river threatened their homes.

Flood_of_1952_File5_04_15_1952_01.jpg
Mighty Defender . . . mans the ramparts on the levee. This giant diesel-powered earth mover was one of 10 on the job. Each was capable of hauling 30 cubic yards of dirt per load to form emergency levees.

Flood_of_1952_File5_04_01_1962_02.jpg
Watching River Water . . . spew from a conduit box near the Narrows Pumping Station is electrician Dave Ives. River level was above conduit box, forcing water through the conduit from the intake station.

Flood_of_1952_File5_04_01_1952_01.jpg
History Revisited: From out of the past come these scenes of the epic struggle that saved Council Bluffs from the rampaging Missour River 10 years ago this spring. Typical of those stirring times was this bit of drama on the levee near Playland Park.…

Flood_of_1952_File5_04_01_1962_01.jpg
The Ordeal Ends . . . on a glorious note of triumph, and thousands of displaced families return to their undamaged homes. This mother and son find a personal message of greeting awaiting their return.

Chamber_of_Commerce_CB_9_1987_001.jpg
The reins of leadership were transferred to new officers of the Council Bluffs Chamber of Commerce's annual banquet Monday night at the Lakeshore Country Club: (from let) Tony payne, outgoing Chairman of the board of directors; Mike Theisen, New…
Output Formats

atom, csv, dc-rdf, dcmes-xml, json, omeka-xml, rss2