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Council Bluffs Changing Scene
Council Bluffs Changing Scene--In 1884 when carriage factories were common business in Council Bluffs, E.T. Waterman operated this one at 45 N. Main St. here Waterman, with his crew, and two of his fancy models are pictured in front of the factory.
Council Bluffs Changing Scene
Council Bluffs Changing Scene--Back in 1898, this building at No. 6 Pearl St. was occupied by the Morris Railroad Shoe House. The operator, William C. Morris, is in the doorway. Note the window reflection of the old Council Bluffs Savings Bank,…
Council Bluffs Changing Scene
Council Bluffs Changing Scene--This is Bechtele's European Hotel as it stood at 336-338 W. Broadway, around 1885. A hand card on the hotel reads "Streetcars pass the door to and from all trains." Broadway was a dirt road. This old picture belongs…
Council Bluffs Changing Scene
Council Bluffs Changing Scene--"Big Mary," as the old time horse drawn ladder wagon of the Council Bluffs Fire Department was known among firemen, posed in front of the old Number 4 fire station at First St. and Broadway in 1888.
Council Bluffs Changing Scene
Council Bluffs Changing Scene--About 70 years ago at 529 South Main St. was the first of Holst & Appel, a combination grocery store and bar room, with Jacob Appel, proprietor. Jacob was the father of Bernie Appel, 223 Stutsman St., who turned up in…
Council Bluffs Changing Scene
Council Bluffs Changing Scene--Bloomer School building at the corner of Willow Ave. and South Seventh St., is shown as it appeared on the original dedication program of August 26, 1881. Accompanying this picture of the new school was the program and,…
Council Bluffs Changing Scene
Council Bluffs Changing Scene--This is Broadway as it appeared in 1969, according to a penciled note on the original stereo view card. Shown is the section between Market and Madison Streets, now N. Second and N. First Streets. A check of old city…
Council Bluffs Changing Scene
Council Bluffs Changing Scene--Schultz and Hill Wagon and Blacksmith Shop at corner of Fifth Ave. and Fourth St. in 1882, was complete with fancy gas street lamp and lots of manpower. This old print belongs to Roy Rasmussen, 1335 Fairmount Ave.
Council Bluffs Changing Scene
Council Bluffs Changing Scene--Corner of Stutsman and Platners Streets in 1882 was the site of the home of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Adolf at 219 Stutsman. Complete with dirt street, picket fence, the old one story house was moved around the corner to a…
Council Bluffs Changing Scene
Council Bluffs Changing Scene--Back 1bout 1886, the Rasmussen Wall Paper Store occupied this one story brick building at 14 S. Main. With Ole Rasmussen, right, the owner, are Chris Johnsen, center, a paperhanger, and Julius Petersen, a painter. This…
Council Bluffs Changing Scene
Council Bluffs Changing Scene--Three years ago, this tract at Twelfth St. and Broadway was a project in civic enterprise. Through the efforts of Robert W. Turner, banker, and the park department the weed-covered area was converted into this…
Council Bluffs Changing Scene
Council Bluffs Changing Scene--In 1888 before the Grand Hotel was built, the residence of James T. Lee, left, and D.C. Arkwright, 526 and 520 First Ave., faced Bayliss Park. This sketch was drawn by Gail Connelly, 3325 Avenue B, as a section of an…
Council Bluffs Changing Scene
Council Bluffs Changing Scene--When J.F Wilcox first started in the greenhouse business on East Pierce St., shortly before the turn of the century, this is how it looked. Only a few greenhouses and a large vineyard covered the east slope in the 1100…
Council Bluffs Changing Scene
Council Bluffs Changing Scene--In 1950 the big hill at the corner of Fifth Ave. and third St., known as "Gibralter" was attacked by bulldozers for the last time. The hill had been the source of thousands of yards of fill dirt over a period of many…
Council Bluffs Changing Scene
Council Bluffs Changing Scene--This is 520 Pearl St., as it appeared in a city report of 1906, and was redrawn by Gail Connelly, 3325 Avenue B. At that time the building was occupied by the Evans Laundry and deliveries were made by horse and wagon.
Council Bluffs Changing Scene
Council Bluffs Changing Scene--J.F. Wilcox Florist occupied the location at 521 W. Broadway in the 1890s. Fresh fruit and sodas were also offered by Wilcox, whose shop was decorated with flags and banners for circus day.
Council Bluffs Changing Scene
Council Bluffs Changing Scene--When Broadway was lighted with gas lamps in 1889, the building on the southeast corner of Broadway at Main St. appears to be just one unit with store rooms on first floor and offices on the second and third floors.…
Council Bluffs Changing Scene
Council Bluffs Changing Scene--In 1889 The Brown Building occupied the space between Main and Pearl Streets in the middle of the 100 block. It housed a plumbing shop, city water works office as well as offices of attorneys on the second and third…
Council Bluffs Changing Scene
Council Bluffs Changing Scene...Here is First Baptist Church as it appeared between 1879 and 1924 at First Ave. and S. Sixth St. This building was used by the congregation for 45 years, and this picture was drawn from an old sketch by Gail Connelly,…
Council Bluffs Changing Scene
Council Bluffs Changing Scene...Back in 1889 at First Ave and S. 28th St. the Keys Brothers operated this carriage factory, making fine carriages, buggies, spring wagons, and buck boards, which were in general use at the time.