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Council Bluffs Changing Scene
Council Bluffs Changing Scene--This was a temporary Missouri River crossing of the Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad in 1872. The bridge was raised above ice level on pilings. During the summer months railroad cars were reportedly ferried…
Council Bluffs Changing Scene
Council Bluffs Changing Scene--The old Citizens State Bank was one of five banks available to Southwest Iowans in 1889. It stood on the corner of Main St. and First Ave. in what was known as the Shugart-Beno block. Other offices in the building…
Council Bluffs Changing Scene
Council Bluffs Changing Scene--This is one of the early "Iron Horses" that chugged into Council Bluffs as the city became a leading railroad point shortly before the turn of the century. The billowing black smoke and the old fashioned "coal car"…
Council Bluffs Changing Scene
Looking up Main Street toward Broadway this was the picture in 1887. Groneweg and Schoentgen were wholesale grocers. other businesses occupied the two buildings immediately north of the grocery warehouse. The wooden building with the horse tied in…
Council Bluffs Changing Scene
This is the Council Bluffs Mail Terminal as it appear in 1887, when it was known as the Union Pacific Transfer. A hotel, one of the finest in the nation, was housed in the three-story brick building. It was patronized largely by railroad workers…
Council Bluffs Changing Scene
The A.B. Walker home stood at 705 Sixth Ave. in 1887. Building had an iron pipe fence around it. Streets were unpaved. Walker was a real estate dealer.
Council Bluffs Changing Scene
In 1887, the home of George A. Keeline stood on the hill at 129 Park Avenue. Not the small tree in the foreground and the figure standing on the front porch.
[print photo is captioned: Residence of Mr. Geo. A. Keeline
[print photo is captioned: Residence of Mr. Geo. A. Keeline
Council Bluffs Changing Scene
This is the way the Glen Avenue water reservoir appeared in 1887. Although fenced, the open body of water was the scene of several drownings. Note the wooden stairway leading up to the reservoir and the house at right.
[photo print is captioned:…
[photo print is captioned:…
Council Bluffs Changing Scene
It was November, 1885. At Pearl and Broadway stood the New Pacific Hotel where citizens gathered to discuss a new-fangled electric trolley line in Baltimore and the activities of Geronimo on the western plains. One year later Council Bluffs became…
Council Bluffs Changing Scene
In 1887, St. Francis Xavier Academy stood at the corner of Seventh St. and Fifth Ave. The building, then surrounded by young trees and a white rail fence, was used as an exclusive girls school which attracted students from all over the Midwest. At…
Council Bluffs Changing Scene
The west side of Main Street was lined with small shops, stores and office in 1887. At the corner of Main and First Avenue, center, stood a banking house and on the south corner the "Excelsior Gallery" A sign across the street at lower right said…
Council Bluffs Changing Scene
Citizens in derby hats and high button shoes stood stiffly in front of the old First National Bank in this 1887 picture. The Kimball and Champ Building stood at the corner of Main St. and Broadway. The First National was one of the earliest city…
Council Bluffs Changing Scene
In 1887, the junction of Main and Pearl Streets looked like this. The little building that looks like a popcorn stand was the city scales. There were hitching posts along the streets and all wiring was suspended on cross-arm poles. There were…
Council Bluffs Central Fire Station photographs
Photographs of Council Bluffs Central Fire Station
Council Bluffs Carnival
Postcard of the Council Bluffs Carnival Parade. Features Dr. Donald MacRae (front with white horse), George Van Brunt, Mac Hanchett (holding banner), unknown, Bill Douglas, unknown, George Wright, Pat McBride, Harry Haas?, Bill Coppock, V. T.…
Council Bluffs Canning Works
Photograph of the Council Bluffs Canning Works on corner of Tenth Avenue and Twelfth Street
Council Bluffs Business District
Bird's eye view of business section. Shows Old Ogden Hotel in left foreground and Old High School in background
Council Bluffs Bookfellows
Photographs of the Council Bluffs bookfellows.