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Today...this is the church that was built nearly 50 years ago. The brick education unit, at left, was built in 1956. The unit ties into the older portion, nearly doubling the size of the original church.
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Today...the corner has taken on a modern appearance. In 1921, the Peoples Store was rebuilt, with the exception of the corner section. It was replaced in 1929 to conform with the rest of the building. The old opera house is gone and new fronts and…
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Today...Pearl Street has taken on a modern appearance. Note the new bank building, new store fronts, streamlined automobiles, parking meters and modern street lights.
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Today...the ups and downs of the Missouri River, plus a lower water table in the area, have turned Big Lake into a nearly dry hole. The area is mostly covered with weeds and willows, with a slight trickle of spring water running into the lake. The…
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Today...nearly 50 years later, and with several additions, the hospital has grown to several times its original size. This picture is made from the corner of Pierce and Ridge Streets. It shows the newest addition to the hospital, extreme left, as…
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Today...the photograph taken from Harmony and Frank Streets shows only part of the hospital. The original front entrance on Harmony is now the emergency entrance. And the many additions now dwarf the original section of the hospital. Another new…
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Today...Mosquito Creek, photographed from the same spot, has taken on a new look. Up stream is the Highway 375 overhead bridge. The high levees and widened creek channel were built by the Corps of Engineers in 1948.
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Today...the lake site is occupied by the new Elks Country Club building, which was completed this fall. The one-story building of masonry and glass is a far cry from the old frame two-story club house.
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Today...a beautiful cobblestone church adorns the site. It was erected 25 years ago. The garage still stands at the right and a new manse is being constructed at the left. This Sunday, St. Paul's Lutheran Church is observing the 75th anniversary…
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Today...the former location of the city buildings on Bryant Street have been converted into a metered parking lot. The change took place in 1940 when a new city hall building was erected at Pearl St. and Willow Ave.
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Today...a shot from the same position as that used in the old photo gives this view of Iowa School for the Deaf. The academic building occupies about the same position as the old windmill and blocks the view of many of the other buildings on the…
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Today...after two remodeling jobs, the Fifth Avenue Methodist Church looks like this. The church was first remodeled about 1906; then again in 1924, when the brickwork was added. And today, both streets are smoothly paved.
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Today...the same area reveals a lot of changes. The Public Library is surrounded with nice shade trees and automobiles replace the streetcars and horse drawn wagon. And new buildings have been added. The five-story structure is the Park building. …
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Today...The South shore of Lake Manawa furnishes only fishing and picnicking facilities. It is kept up by the state conservation commission and is without buildings of any sort. Here, looking toward the lake from the state park area, are some of…
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Today...on the historic site of the old Clawsen property--and one of Council Bluffs' oldest building spots--stands a bowling alley, used car lot and ice cream store. This picture looks southeast at the intersection of Broadway and State Street.…
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Today...the southeast corner of Pierce and Stutsman Streets is a residential area. The IOOF lodge is in much larger quarters at 400 W. Broadway. This is another of the many changes that are constantly taking place in Council Bluffs.
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Today...the city's newest offstreet parking lot is ready for operation on the site of the former Quaker Baking Co. at Scott and Mynster Streets. Parking meters will be installed on the posts. The First Christian Church as at the left.
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Today...the same block has changed considerably within the last 21 years. overhead trolley wires and brick paving have disappeared. The old fire station was removed for a grocery store, the garages have new fronts, and a laundry service building…
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Today...the same section of Pearl Street, with many noticeable changes during the past 26 years. At left, The Nonpareil building replaces the old one following a fire. Trees in the older picture have since grown up and been removed.
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Today...the frontage site of the once-popular amusement park has been built up entirely of private dwellings. Private docks, at right, extend into the dry part of the lake bed, where the large boat docks of the streetcar company once stood.