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Council Bluffs Chautauqua
Ticket booth and entrance to the Council Bluffs Chautauqua.
Council Bluffs Chautauqua
Photograph of a group of children outside of tents at the Council Bluffs Chautauqua.
Council Bluffs Chautauqua
Photograph shows a crowd listening to a speaker.
Council Bluffs Changing Times
Council Bluffs Changing Scene: At the turn of the century an open city water reservoir at the head of Glen Avenue left, and the pumping station roof can be seen at right. Large building in the background was the old Council Bluffs high School. …
Council Bluffs Changing Scene 1958
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Photo of Main Street, looking north from Broadway. City National Bank is pictured on the northwest corner.
Photo of Main Street, looking north from Broadway. City National Bank is pictured on the northwest corner.
Council Bluffs Changing Scene
This is the old Wickham Brick Yard at the end of North Eighth Street paving as it appeared in 1904. The brick yard was at one time one of the city's leading industries, turning out millions of bricks for homes and streets. The bricks were stacked in…
Council Bluffs Changing Scene
Council Bluffs Changing Scene: Back in 1909, this is how the Chicago North Western Railroad Depot at 12 S. 12th St. and Broadway looked. The old picture, complete with steam engine and train in front of the platform is from an old postal card from…
Council Bluffs Changing Scene
Council Bluffs Changing Scene: In 1925 this property at 410 N. 6th St. had been the home of the late Mrs. Effie Poffenbarger. Judging from the "gingerbread" decorative trim it was more than 30 years old at the time. The brick sidewalks also date…
Council Bluffs Changing Scene
Council Bluffs Changing Scene: In the early 1900s the Illinois Central Railroad had this passenger station at Thirteenth St. and Avenue A. Note the mail wagons waiting for an incoming train. The picture is from a post card in the collection of…
Council Bluffs Changing Scene
Council Bluffs Changing Scene: From a souvenir booklet about Council Bluffs, published in the early 1900s, comes this sketch of Moore's Stock Food Co. The address was listed as 27 and 29 Fourth St. At that time there were still many frame…
Council Bluffs Changing Scene
Council Bluffs Changing Scene
Council Bluffs Changing Scene
Council Bluffs Changing Scene: Another old Council Bluffs home was the residence of C.B. Waite pictured in a book called 'Council Bluffs Illustrated," which was published in 1887. At that time the address was listed as 634 Sixth Ave. Stewart…
Council Bluffs Changing Scene
Council Bluffs Changing Scene
Council Bluffs Changing Scene
Council Bluffs Changing Scene: Old Pierce Street School is shown as it appeared on a postal card printed about 1910. The original portion of the structure was erected in 1884. Two later additions almost tripled its size. The building was…
Council Bluffs Changing Scene
Council Bluffs Changing Scene: In 1903, these three and four-story buildings stood on the southwest corner of Main St. and Thirteenth Ave. They housed the Union Transfer Co. and the Peru Plow and Implement Co. This picture is from an Illustrated…
Council Bluffs Changing Scene
Council Bluffs Changing Scene: This is the northwest corner of Twentieth Street and Avenue A as it appeared in 1910. Streetcars clattered along Avenue A and building sites were readily available. This old picture is from the album of Mr. and Mrs.…
Council Bluffs Changing Scene
Council Bluffs Changing Scene: This brick residence at 140 Benton St. belonged originally to John Hammer, a contractor, who constructed many downtown buildings including the Ogden Hotel. The picture taken about 1906 is from an album belonging to…
Council Bluffs Changing Scene
Council Bluffs Changing Scene: Some 60 years ago, the bluffs one mile south of the city looked like this. This picture, one of a series of old stereo views, is from a collection owned by Harland Collins of 301 Morningside Ave.
Council Bluffs Changing Scene
Council Bluffs Changing Scene: The Kinsman Monument in Fairview Cemetery looked like this before the granite shaft was added by "his Comrades, Citizens, and School Children of Council Bluffs" in 1902. The picture age unknown, was made from an old…
Council Bluffs Changing Scene
Today...the Elks Club building looks about the same, although it has undergone much interior remodeling within the last 50 years. At the left, the Council Bluffs Clinic has replaced the two houses. And the Hotel Chieftain now stands on the site of…