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Fancy stonework forms an elaborate crown for a publicly owned landmark which has been lauded as a link with the past and castigated as an eyesore.

Answer: The building is the Pottawattamie County Jail on the courthouse grounds.

Thirsty citizens are making this spot one of the most popular attractions at a park on the south side this summer. It is part of an improvement constructed last fall.

Answer: Drinking fountain at the Sunset Park shelter.

Grille work in the light and airy style caps the entrance to an apartment building near the central business district just off Broadway. Recognize it?

Answer: The grille decorates the entrance to Ja-Ru-Ka Court, 30 N. 6th St.

This fancy architecture, which doubles as a pigeon roost, is atop a well-known building in Council Bluffs.

Answer: The fancy work is on the Strand Theater Building, 554 W. Broadway.

Wine is a product of Council Bluffs, as can be seen by this sign framed in vines.

Answer: The sign is on the building of the Council Bluffs Grape Growers Association, 900 S. 7th St.

Tower on an old and prominent transportation building in Council Bluffs.

Answer: The tower is trackside of the Chicago Rock Island depot at Sixteenth Avenue and Main Street.

KOIL Radio Station

Photograph of the KOIL Radio station looking from the operator's booth into the studio.

Photograph of the KOIL Radio studio with orchestra and performers.

Photograph of two women in the KOIL Radio studio - Fairmount Park, Council Bluffs (Iowa).

Photograph of people waiting in the foyer of the KOIL Radio station in Council Bluffs (Iowa).

Chatting On The Steps . . . of the Meng Ho Choe family of Irwin are Mrs. Goldie McGee, Meng Ho, his wife, Honyup Ho, and their three children, Kwan Soo, 10, Kwoung San, 7, and You Kyoung, 3. Meng Ho's family arrived from South Korea just a few weeks…

Scheduling New Programs . . . for Radio Station KSWI are Earl Mullin, Mrs. Marge Morris and Robert Hallgren.

Seven postcards depicting the Kursal building at Lake Manwa.

Kwik Shops
Convenience Food Stores

Photograph of a Labor Day Parade taken from the corner of Scott and Broadway in Council Bluffs, Iowa

Photograph of a Labor Day Parade, corner of Scott and Broadway - Council Bluffs, Iowa.
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