Looking as it did . . .when placed in 1919, file photo shows memorial statue with water running from bowl. Fountain may be repaired this year. Sculptor Daniel Chester French once said the sculpture was his finest work. --Nonpareil Photo.
Printed on back of image: "Overflow of Missouri River at Council Bluffs. April 25 1881. View taken from bluff near Gen. Dodge's residence. Looking south west."
Photograph of the flood of 1881, looking to the southeast. Several locations identified on the photograph: Drover's Hotel, Eight Avenue School, Bloomer School, James McMillen residence, U.P. Railway company house and Stewart's packing house