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Council Bluffs Changing Scene
Council Bluffs Changing Scene--The Grand Hotel and First Ave. and Pearl St., said to be the finest hotel in the West at its opening in 1891, burned to the ground in a million dollar fire in 1925. Sketch was made by Gail Connelly, 3325 Ave. B. from an…
Council Bluffs Changing Scene
Council Bluffs Changing Scene--Back in 1868, these buildings occupied the north side of Broadway between Main and Pearl Sts. The ground floor corner office, at right, was occupied by Officer and Pusey bankers. Next were: B. Newman, clothing store;…
Council Bluffs Changing Scene
Council Bluffs Changing Scene--This two-story building at 1017 Third Ave. was the residence of apartments of W.W. Bilger in 1889, according to information published in the booklet, Council Bluffs Illustrated. Text of the book did not elaborate.
Council Bluffs Changing Scene
Council Bluffs Changing Scene--Dohany's Opera House as 554 W. Broadway, is shown as it appeared in the booklet, Council Bluffs Illustrated, published in 1889.
["Today" photography not present in the file, but the caption for the photo in the…
["Today" photography not present in the file, but the caption for the photo in the…
Council Bluffs Changing Scene
Council Bluffs Changing Scene--High on a bluff overlooking Tostevin and Graham Avenues is the residence of W.O. Gordon as it appeared in the booklet Council Bluffs Illustrated published in 1889. Typical of large homes of the times, the big brick…
Council Bluffs Changing Scene
Council Bluffs Changing Scene--Back in the horse and buggy days, even before the electric cars ran into Fairmount Park, the deep cut near the Graham Ave. entrance looked like this. Sketch was made by Gail Connelly, park department employe [sic],…
Council Bluffs Changing Scene
Council Bluffs Changing Scene--Broadway, looking east from Fourth St., is shown as it appeared about the turn of the century. The Nonpareil was published in the IOOF Building at that time, street cars rumbled up and down the main street, among the…
Council Bluffs Changing Scene
Council Bluffs Changing Scene--The Wheeler-Herald Block at 134 E. Broadway looked like this back in 1889 when this sketch appeared in the Council Bluffs Illustrated booklet. At that time, the building housed the Wheeler-Herald bottling works. Note…
Council Bluffs Changing Scene
Council Bluffs Changing Scene--Bloomer School, as shown in a booklet "Council Bluffs of 1889" was one of 15 buildings then in the public school system which cost the city the sum total of $215,800. (That's considerably less than a single building…
Council Bluffs Changing Scene
Council Bluffs Changing Scene--In the early part of the century the Bluff City Laundry, located a 22 North Main St., used a fleet of horse and wagons for delivery service with the help of one truck. Building at right was the second location of the…
Council Bluffs Changing Scene
Council Bluffs Changing Scene--The old Merriam block, as viewed from Willow Ave. and Main St., was a fine three-story building, with lots of fancy trim. It housed many store rooms on the ground floor, in addition to offices, clubrooms and--at one…
Council Bluffs Changing Scene
Council Bluffs Changing Scene--The Ogden House at Park Ave. and Broadway was one of the most popular places in Council Bluffs when this photo was taken 85 years ago. Note the people on the roof of the four-story structure. Oil lamps lighted the…
Council Bluffs Changing Scene
Council Bluffs Changing Scene--Some 50 years ago, when this photo was taken, this old band stand was a popular part of Fairmount Park. It was located near the south entrance of the park, along the main drive. Thousands of persons attended the…
Council Bluffs Changing Scene
Council Bluffs Changing Scene--In April of 1881, the Chicago North Western Railroad station was located at Broadway and Sycamore Street, and it looked like this during the historic flood when the depot was used as a boat landing. Note the depot and…
Council Bluffs Changing Scene
Council Bluffs Changing Scene--The southwest corner of Main St. and Washington Ave. was occupied by the Standard Fuel Feed & Seed Co. when this photo was taken in the 1880s. The firm handled hard and soft coal and Missouri wood. Frame building at…
Council Bluffs Changing Scene
Council Bluffs Changing Scene--An Elks Carnival Parade led by the late Dr. Donald Macrae, marches by these downtown stores in an area known as the Sanborn Block in September of 1911. From the left, the stores house a bicycle shop, drug store, loan…
Council Bluffs Changing Scene
Council Bluffs Changing Scene--On a cold December day in 1922, this three-story building at the corner of Fourth St. and Broadway caught fire. The fire burned a path through the two top floors. Note the frozen water on the side of the building. At…
Council Bluffs Changing Scene
Council Bluffs Changing Scene--A horse-drawn trolley passes the Masonic temple at Fourth St. and Broadway back in 1888 when this sketch was drawn. Note the carbon arc light tower at the left of the building. The tower marked the debut of the…
Council Bluffs Changing Scene
Council Bluffs Changing Scene--Back in 1918, when the United States was at war with Germany, Locust Lodge looked like this. The lonely home was occupied by John Gebuhr, who owns the photograph. At that time, a crushed brick street passed his home…
Council Bluffs Changing Scene
Council Bluffs Changing Scene--This is the Council Bluffs Post Office as it appeared in 1888. It was one of the largest buildings in the city at that time and it served as a focal point of civic interest.