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Dodge House
File #2
12/1/74-12/31/80
"Historic Dodge House"
605 3rd Street
Includes Beresheim House

(top) Scene In Monument Valley . . . looking across Ford's Point, Navajo country. - AP Photo

(middle) The Traditional Hogan . . . one round room of logs and mud with a smoke hole in the roof, still is home for most of the Navajos. - AP…

Iowa National Guard officials will ask Congress for money to build a $2.53 million armory and vehicle maintenance shop to replace the Dodge Light Guard Armory at Fifth Avenue and Pearl Street in Council Bluffs. Planning has been in the works for the…

Cloudy weekend in Kansas for this National Guard company which was recently transported to Camp Riley for a drill training on equipment not available around Council Bluffs. Two companies boarded helicopters at the municipal airport April 8 for the…

Members of Company B, 168th Infantry, a Southwest Iowa National Guard unit based in Glenwood and Council Bluffs, snowshoe their way along a frosty road at Camp Ripley, Minn. About 600 Iowa guardsmen are participating in winter maneuvers this week.

"A Flemish Fantasy"...is the name of a flower-decked tree that brings holiday spirit into the Dodge House front parlor. The tree is decorated with dainty nosegays and lacy ribbons, while gold-colored Christmas lights provide a warm glow. The tree…

Taking A Look...at the elegant dining room table ready for Christmas visitors is Dodge House director Dawn Mosher. The large punch bowl that occupies the place of honor on the table is on loan from a local resident. Two gleaming silver candelabras…

Holding A Christmas Bouquet...this statue joins in the spirit of the season at the Dodge House. Victorians were fond of statuary, and this little figure stands guard in the dining room. Christmas wreaths and greenery also help lend a festive air to…

Dainty Snowflakes and Flowers...decorate the tree in the Art Nouveau room on the second floor of the Dodge House. The ornaments are entirely handmade from "quilled" paper and although fragile-looking, they are actually very sturdy. Nonetheless,…

Pointing Out...ornate detailing on a clock in the Dodge Library, Mosher notes Victorian penchant for decoration. "They applied decoration to almost anything, she said. "They loved ornament." Library is among the most authentic rooms in the house,…

An ice cream-gulping crowd mills around the Dodge House Friday afternoon, partaking in the house's July Fourth social. Humid and hot weather sparked a taste for the ice cream, and the large crowd may prompt sponsors of the event to make it an annual…

Among The Treasures...in the Dodge House doll show is this lavish house, in the museum's permanent collection. The six-foot walnut house has glass doors, four levels and contains an exceptional array of period doll furniture. Thew house was believed…

Wheat Tassles [sic] Frame...the wooden angel atop Mrs. James Gaffney's Scandinavian tree, and do so spectacularly.

Details of Ornaments...show they are, indeed, wheat and rye straw fashioned into various shapes with patience and little red bows.

The Goat...is a traditional symbol of Christmas in Scandinavia, perhaps because of its Santa-like whiskers.

Examining the fabric of the new Brussels Lace curtains at the Historic Dodge House Wednesday are Trustees R.B. Graeme, 445 Glen Ave., Mrs. William Cutler, 324 Clark Ave., and Mrs. James L. Knott, 12, Westlake Village.
The Swiss-made historical…
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