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Log Home At Harlan New Trend?
A Beetle Log Home . . . adds a touch of history to the neighborhood of Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Jensen of Harlan. Built by Jensen in just 86 days, the house has over 1,200 feet of living space. Although the house has no basement, a large utility room is…
Log Home At Harlan New Trend?
Admiring The Texture . . . of an exposed-log wall in one of the bedrooms is LaVale Jensen of Harlan. The adaptability of the logs enabled the Jensens to choose between paneling, dry-walling or leaving the logs exposed for a variety of interior…
Logan Miller
Logan Miller - 1st alarm desk, Central Sta. Bryant & Washington - 1950
Long Way From Iowa
Rep. Ben F. Jensen of Exira, Republican from the Seventh Iowa District, tries a brief ride on a camel during his visit last week to Baalbek, Lebanon, with other members of the House appropriations subcommittee on agriculture. Lebanon natives keep a…
Long-Range Plans For 2 Million Dollar School Informally Accepted By Board
The Eastside High School...will appear like this architectural drawing--in about seven years. In the first stage only the wing on the right foreground and a portion of the large wing in the rear will be built.
Longer race season increases wagering
George Beno, executive director of Iowa West Racing Association, is pictured in the covered grandstand at Bluffs Run with a poster showing 1987 earnings and payments for the dog track. Track owners say the overall economic impact of racing in…
Longfellow School Library
Photograph of Fourth Grade Library Period, Longfellow School, 1940.
Longfellow School Library
Photograph of the interior of Longfellow School Library, students reading.
Look homeward, angel? Move still a possibility
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.
Looking Beautiful At 7:30 a.m. Tough
Happily Relaxed...after their announcement as finalists in AAU National Women's Basketball Tournament are Mary Zimmerman, Vicky Porter, Sandy Konrad and EaVon Almquist. Cathy Wilson, the fifth finalist, has to leave for an early game and was not…
Looking For Trouble
Tons of diesel locomotive above him doesn't bother this Burlington Railroad yard man as he checks the alignment of the engine's wheels. The lead wheels on the three trucks of a double diesel unit dropped off the track near Main Street and Eleventh…
Looking up Broadway
Reproduction of a postcard looking up Broadway from 4th street
Looking up Broadway
Reproduction of a postcard of Upper Broadway.
Looking West on Broadway
Reproduction of a postcard looking west on Broadway below 4th street.
Loretta Fischer
Photograph of Loretta Fischer.
Lot Of Pieces Left To Pick Up
Covered With Debris . . . the First Federal Savings and Loan West Broadway sign lays as mute evidence of the explosion's destruction.
Lot Of Pieces Left To Pick Up
The Night Deposit Box . . . from First Federal Savings and Loan's West Broadway office survived the explosion. It was removed from the rubble and transported to the savings and loan's main office, a bank official said.
Lot Of Pieces Left To Pick Up
Peering Through Broken Glass . . . is Beverly Paben, restaurant manager at the Burger King just west of the decimated First Federal office. Employee Pearl Franks handed a food order to a drive-up customer seconds before the blast. Paben said Franks…
Lot Of Pieces Left To Pick Up
Taking Notes . . . on Christmas Day amidst the rubble of the First Federal building is Fire Chief Delbert Burdick. To Burdick's left is the gas meter that supplied the natural gas to the savings and loan office.
Lot Of Pieces Left To Pick Up
Fighting The Remnants . . . of Friday's fatal explosion, firefighters quickly contained the blaze that followed it and gas company employees checked surrounding gas lines for damage.