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First Count[sic] flag given supervisors
The County's First Flag...was presented Monday to the Board of Supervisors by Bicentennial Commission Director Dorothy Buckingham and Art Rogers, vice president of the Historical Society of Pottawattamie County.
12,000 watch C.B. parade
What's A Parade...without clowns. Here's a wagon load of Junior Clowns from the Moose Club. They are (front row) Nancy and Candy Black, Jody Thrain and Lloyd Schneckloth, and (behind) Todd Evans, Dennis Rockwell and Michelle Black.
12,000 watch C.B. parade
You've Come...a long way baby is the Fourth of July slogan of the Pottawattamie Legal Secretaries' float. While one typed on an electric machine, the other float rider used an antique typewriter.
12,000 watch C.B. parade
Zeta Chi Sorority...uses lots of red, white and blue for its float and costumes. The club, like many other organizations, spent many hours to make the parade a success. Behind the 'heritage" float rides a new Urban Renewal office building on…
12,000 watch C.B. parade
A Little Pioneer...is one of the many floats at the Council Bluffs Bicentennial Parade, which included 108 entries. Some floats were little, like this one, while others required a flat-bed truck.
12,000 spectators view C.B. parade
Police Said...about 12,000 people lined Broadway and Pearl Street to watch the Saturday council Bluffs Bicentennial parade. The Veterans of Foreign Wars Band sets the pace for the 108 entries in the long, winding parade. This picture gives a view…
Dodge House sets old fashioned 4th
Displaying Antique Autos...for the Dodge House ice cream social will be Roger Olsen, Phil Jensen, Larry Blecha and Dennis Diller, all of Council Bluffs. They are members of the Meadowlark Model A Club which has members in Omaha and Council Bluffs.…
Lou Lapsley
Photography of Lou Lapsley and falmily, Council Bluffs Fire Department.
William Grote
Photograph of Council Bluffs firefighter William Grote.
Station 2
Council Bluffs Fire Department Station No. 2
Strand Theater fire
Photographs of a fire at the Strand Theater.
Grand Hotel Fire
Photographs of the Grand Hotel fire.
Fire Truck
Photograph of a Council Bluffs Fire Department Truck.
1905 Fire Association Convention.
Rescue 3 Station. Bryant & North Main. 1905 Fire Assocation Convention.
Fire at Willow & Bluff St.
Photograph of a fire at Dr. Margule's Residence.
Fire - Broadway & Nicholas
Photograph of a Council Bluffs fire.
Elder Court fire
Photographs of the Elder Court fire.
City Auditorium
A photograph of a fire truck testing a ladder at the Council Bluffs Auditorium.
Central Fire Station
A photograph of a fire engine in front of the Central Fire Station.
Fire Alarm System
Nerve center of city's 1951 fire alarm system is checked by city fire department personnel.