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Bertrand_11_1_1968_02.jpg
The Front Section...of either the Bertrand or Cora is shown at bottom of digging site. A section of hull, at left, curves around old tree stump and boarded portion appears to be part of a deck containing a hatch (where small chain is located).

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Digging For The Stern...of the riverboat is some of the equipment at the excavation site at the De Soto National Wildlife Refuge after the bow section (arrow shows location) was uncovered Thursday.

Bayliss_Park_Fountain_9_23_1962_22.jpg
In Its Heyday...the fountain in Bayliss Square was a popular meeting place for Council Bluffs residents, young and old alike. This photo is from an old postcard.

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Relaxing In The King-Size Living Room . . . Mrs. Gary James and son Jason, 1 year, enjoy the space provided by converting classrooms in the old McClelland School. The living room and connecting dining room were created from two classrooms once…

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It May Look . . . like a schoolhouse on the outside, but "Cottonwood Hill" instead of "McClelland School" over the door gives you a clue to the changed look of the interior. Gary James claims the brick walls of the building are three feet thick.

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This Modern Kitchen . . . where Mrs. Gary James is cooking another meal for her family, certainly doesn't look like a former classroom.

MX-3115N_20200807_074003.pdf
Burial details and map for the Kinsman section of the Fairview Cemetery. Researched by Roy D. Linn - Graves Officer, William Kinsman Camp #23 - Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War.

Ridgecrest_Baptist_Church_10_22_1960_03.jpg
Redwood Paneling...is being installed to the outside walls of Ridgecrest Baptist Church, 1600 High St. Men caught on the job by the photographer were Sidney Swanson, Paul Il Ginn, Mickey Ray, and upon the scaffold, the Rev. H. E. Warren.

Council_Bluffs_Public_Library_File_#2_01_31_1980_03.jpg
Spanning the range . . . from texts to are are old books at Council Bluffs libray. Among the volumes are a 250-year-old textbook (left), an 1814 treatise on bridge-building (right) and a controversial 1937 book of photographs from Nazi Germany's 1936…

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Looking for space . . . for more old books is adult services librarian Mary Lois Nelson. Library has an undetermined number of old and rare books - including one worth perhaps $1,500 - but no place to display them to public. -Nonpareil by Jim Ebert.

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Retracing the past . . . in library's historical room, staff members and researchers can use references including Gen. Grenville Dodge's personal letters and autobiography. Room's books on early Midwest have been used by scholars, authors. Another…

Fonda_Henry_02_23_1962_001.jpg
Actress Olivia de Havilland and actor Henry Fonda are shown in dressing room after Thursday night's opening performance of the drama "A Gift of Time," at Broadway's Barrymore Theater. - AP Wirephotos.

Omaha O434a (4).tif
12 photographs showing various airplanes and airplane hangars. Includes airplanes of Omaha Airways, Inc. and the Omaha Legion Airport.

Fires O484a.tif
Eight photographs of Omaha's Cable Power house after a fire. January 1899.

1-Simons Print - Omaha Indian Village.tif
Consists of drawings made by Simons during railroad survey projects in Iowa and Nebraska beginning in 1853.

Omaha Indian Village on Pappillion Creek near Belleview Nebraska

Post Office O434.tif
Photograph of the Omaha (Nebraska) Post Office taken on August 30, 1899.

Hammond_Robert_01_07_1963_003.jpg
Cab Driver's Glasses . . . are tagged for evidence and the blood stains examined by Sheriff Roy Wichael, County Attorney Noran Davis and Deputy Sheriff Howard Nelsen. Other items found with the victim's body are in the foreground.

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Held By Captors . . . at Sigourney Sunday is Robert Kenneth Hammond, 18, with Keokuk County Deputy Sheriff Keith Bryant and Highway Patrolman Donald Woods. -- AP Wirephoto

Omaha O434d.tif
Photograph of the city of Omaha, Nebraska taken from south 11th street.

AAU_Women's_Basketball_021.jpg
Pat Landis of Omaha ... has been affiliated with women's basketball for more than 20 years.--Nonpareil Photo.
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