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Blue Star Foods' float, which featured both the plant building and the space shuttle Challenger. [photo part of parade photo collage].

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Photo of exterior of Blue Star Foods building, with Blue Star semi and a train

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William and John Kaplan show off their line of frozen foods. The local company has shifted its emphasis away from government contracting.

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nighttime photo of firefighters on ladders, with hoses, entering building's second story windows; smoke at top of photo

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photo of corner of Blue Star Produce Inc. building. at 4th Street and 11th Avenue. Also on building signs: Eggs, Poultry

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photo of Pioneer Storage Company Public Warehouse building. Also shows sign for Corn Belt Adhesives.
Wiring on back indicates Blue Star

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John O'Connor.,..takes a break after doing some final touches on the refurbished monument of Amelia and Dexter Bloomer. The tall refurbished monument and a newly bought marker will be dedicated tonight.

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studio portrait photo of Dexter C. Bloomer
On back of photo:
D.C. Bloomer
Husband of
Amelia Bloomer
copy 1854

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Amelia Bloomer [photo portrait, head and shoulders, of Amelia Bloomer, copy of 1954 photo.]
On back of photo:
Mrs. D.C. Bloomer
"Amelia" Bloomer
copy 1854 ]

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Mrs. Amelia Bloomer..."I had no idea of setting a style, no thought that my act would create excitement throughout the civilized world and give to the costume my name and the credit due to Mrs. Miller."
[photo of drawing of Amelia Bloomer wearing…

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Photograph of the Council Bluffs Fire Department syphoning City National Bank. Pictured: C. Smith and R. Reynolds and L. Hoyt.

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A Large Sign...at Blanchard indicates the town's attitude toward Highway 208.

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The View...looking north. The road can be seen at left.

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Taking Rubbings...of a headstone in the Malvern Cemetery are Lois Woodfield and Betty Wilson, members of the Hastings Federated Women's Club. The club indexed as many graves as they could throughout Mills County. There were some they could not find…

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The County's First Flag...was presented Monday to the Board of Supervisors by Bicentennial Commission Director Dorothy Buckingham and Art Rogers, vice president of the Historical Society of Pottawattamie County.

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What's A Parade...without clowns. Here's a wagon load of Junior Clowns from the Moose Club. They are (front row) Nancy and Candy Black, Jody Thrain and Lloyd Schneckloth, and (behind) Todd Evans, Dennis Rockwell and Michelle Black.

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You've Come...a long way baby is the Fourth of July slogan of the Pottawattamie Legal Secretaries' float. While one typed on an electric machine, the other float rider used an antique typewriter.

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Zeta Chi Sorority...uses lots of red, white and blue for its float and costumes. The club, like many other organizations, spent many hours to make the parade a success. Behind the 'heritage" float rides a new Urban Renewal office building on…

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A Little Pioneer...is one of the many floats at the Council Bluffs Bicentennial Parade, which included 108 entries. Some floats were little, like this one, while others required a flat-bed truck.
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