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Lakeview Park
Postcard. Municipal Bathing Beach, Lakeview Park, Council Bluffs, Iowa.
Landmark House Eyed As New Inn - Structure 110 Years Old
The Samuel F. Martin House . . . in Atlantic will one day be a country inn if Michael Audino and his wife, Donna Beason, have their way. The couple plans to replace a tower that once extended from the attic.
Landmark On Way Out
The 26-room, three-story house at 120 So. 6th St., was being wrecked Thursday to make way for the new office of Robert Swassing, accountant, who has purchased the property from the Dr. McMicken Hanchett estate. The house has been unoccupied, except…
Large Areas Of Iowa Threatened By Floods; Snow Cover Disappearing Fast
A Cloud Of Fog . . . rises from the ice jam which has sealed off the mouth of the Boyer River. The jam extends upstream well beyond this bridge, which is near the Leonard Crispin farm.
Large New Industry To Open In Council Bluffs - With Annual Payroll Of $350,000
Cheered By Prospects . . . for industrial expansion here are: Orris Dean, T. Joe Smith and Sam C. Prest. Council Bluffs was picked out of an area from Tacoma, Wash., to the Mississippi River.
Last Main Stem Dam
Big Bend Dam, last of the six main stem Missouri River dams authorized by the Pick-Sloan Plan will be dedicated Sept. 15, although final work on the dam will not be completed until next year. The $103 million dam, with its 538,000 kilowatt electric…
Last Of Colorful Past To Go; Interstate Wipes Out Stage Line Marker
Only Remaining Evidence...of former stage coach station at Bartlett is this pile of rocks from the fireplace.
Last Piling For City Hall
Last Piling For City Hall...had just been driven when this photo was taken 30years ago. From left in rear are Gordon O'Neill; George Belshaw; unidentified man; Marion O. Hodge; J. Richard Bogue; Richard Barber. Front row: George Hall; Onel Cain;…
Latest Delay In Remodeling Of Hotel Is 'Hot' Water
Water Fills Basement . . . in the Hotel Chieftain and the presence of electrical wires near the water may cause another delay in the building's remodeling.
Lathrop Novelty
Photograph of Lathrop Novelty, 542 West Broadway - Council Bluffs, Iowa.
Laughter returns to C. B. home
"Ask in my name"...reads the verse from Scripture on a prayer cloth worn by little Leland Blankenship.
Laughter Returns To C.B. Home
"Ask In My Name"...reads the verse from scripture on a prayer cloth worn by little Leland Blankenship.
Law partner
Greg Barentsen[sic]
LDS Church Buys Old Beck Property - Red Cross Home Goes To Jewish Group
Council Bluffs' Jewish Community Center . . . purchased from the Red Cross for $15,000.
Leaflet from Nielsen's airplane
Advertising leaflet that was dropped from Lieutenant Andy Nielsen's airplane.
Leaky-boot boy getting a 'bath'; Headed fro Midlands Mall
Detail work...is nearly done as David Holmes, a local artist and art teach, cleans the leg on the Boy With the Leaky Boot.
Legion band to seek 4th title
Rainbow post band . . .will defend its state championship title at Cedar Rapids. The marching band is pictured in Des Moines in 1951 when it won its third consecutive state championship title.
Legion carries out wife program in Bluffs ; post now has 1,204 members
Gab sessions . . are an unofficial part of a lot of meetings. Glen Hammer, Warren Voght and Robert Reimer find some humorous items in a copy of the Forty and Eight. --Nonpareil Photos.
Legion will observe golden anniversary
Birthday festivities . . .to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the American Legion are discussed by Herk Sollazzo, senior vice commander, and H. H. "Bud" Sheiry, junior vice commander of Rainbow Post 2. --Nonpareil Photo.
Leon Frankel
Photograph of Leon Frankel