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Jim Ross Lightfoot: Preparing to take his place in the U.S. Congress

Two photograph of a large crowd on Broadway, Council Bluffs (Iowa).

Providing An Example...of business/art partnership, Omaha's Riley Building highlights city's heritage while promoting building's occupants; a real-estate company, interior designer and advertising agency. Michael's owners expressed admiration for…

Members and officers of the Council Bluffs Business Association represent all walks of life in the community. Ronald R. Mahoney (foreground), owner of Mahoney Construction, is president and his wife, Suzanne, is secretary. Linda Meyer, who, with…

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Top Floor Falls - Here the fourth floor of the L.H. Katelman company building buckles and starts its fall to South Main Street. The third-floor front of the building, for the most part, fell inward. A fireman can barely be seen atop the…

Shortly After Start . . . of early-morning blaze, firemen battle flames from entrance to Nonpareil Court. Fire and smoke billow from the Katelman hardware store (tallest building at right center) while the fire ladder is run to the Morphy Drug…

Among A Dozen . . . small jobs that make the 3.2 mile project a bustling scene is this concrete culvert near the junction with Highway 42.

Biggest Single Job . . . on the Highway 2-275 construction project is the building of a box culvert to replace a bridge across a ravine south of Sidney.

Vice President George Bush gestures while reading from a report during a by-invitation-only session with area Republicans Friday. Nonpareil photo by Steve Glowacki.

President Bush standing, smiling, pointing finger off-camera; seated audience at the back of the photo..

head-shot of George Bush as he is speaking

Four Bus Shelters . . . similar to this artist's drawing would be placed in the central business district as part of city's Integrated Street Furniture Program.

Boarding the Bus...to return home after services at the Church of Christ are Tammy Neff, a teen helper on Bus 1; Tina Swift, partially hidden, Stephanie Schaffner, Jim Seymour, Harold Swift, Randy James, Renae Seymour, Billy Parks on the step, Lori…

Photograph of Burlington Passenger Depot, April 10, 1897

Burlington Northern Railroad

A runaway truck got its "horns" bent Tuesday afternoon as it slammed into a tree in front of 33 Frank St. The vehicle, owned by William Young of Peerless Products Col, of Omaha, jumped the curb before coming to its sudden stop. Young was ticketed…

Bumper steamer. Street is of wooden blocks.

Photograph of Playland Park
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