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To Raze Buildings
These buildings at Seventh street and Fifth avenue will be razed for construction of a new St. Francis high school building. The high school occupies the center building, while the sisters are now housed in the left wing. The auditorium is at the…
To spend year with Robnetts, Icelander gets ready for coldest winter of life
Shopping for winter coat . . . at local store is Gunnar Sigurosson. Helping him are Robert and Marcia Robnett, hosts for the foreign exchange student. --Nonpareil Photo.
To Vacate Oldest School On Friday; New Tinley School To Replace Eighth Street
New Tinley School...on southwest corner of Eighth St. and Avenue G is ready for occupancy. Students will move from the Eighth Street School, left, into the new $344,000 building on Friday.
Toastmasters hear Miss Roy
Presenting trophy . . . to Jacqueline Roy for an outstanding speech is Toastmaster C.R. Williams. Lawton Larson is in the center. -- Nonpareil Photo.
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Today...the same space is occupied by The Nonpareil publishing plant. The paper's building was created shortly after fire destroyed the Brown building in the middle 20's.
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Today...all the old buildings are gone, except the one at extreme left. Dominating the present scene are the B and G Hosiery Shops, the Clark Drug Store and Joe Smith and Co. Citizens no longer line stiffly for such a common occurrence as a…
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Today...Beno's Department Store stands on a portion of the site where the [New Pacific] hotel was located. The new hotel was shifted into a wing of what is now the Wickham Building after an 1872 fire. The new hotel closed in 1893. Today streetcars…
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Today...a modern fireproof building has replaced the old structure. It was complete four years after the fire. The wagon trail and most of the small elms are gone but the smooth lawn of the School has an abundance of shade trees. The tower on the…
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Today...the 2,000,000 gallon capacity reservoir has been capped. The job was completed in the fall of 1942. Much of the heavy shrubbery has disappeared off the hill behind, although this picture was taken in the winter. A caretaker used to live in…
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Today...the same residence is owned by Mrs. Mary Loper. The projection in the rear has become a separate building, occupied by Mr. and Mrs. J.C. Budatz.
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Today...a modern building, remodeled in 1938, has replaced the old brick terminal. The hotel is gone. Diesel trains from eight of the nations leading railroads pull into the unloading sheds where the mail is thrown into automatic converyers[sic]. …
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Today...there have been additions and deletions. The grocery warehouse has become the Morphy Drug Co. and a parking lot occupies the spot where the other two brick buildings were located. Magarrell and Co., heating contractors, fill the spots used…
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Today...diesel locomotives like this switch engine in the Union Pacific yard move smoothly across millions of miles of U.S. tracks. Burning of oil has cut down on coal consumption to the point where cinders are becoming scarce for city streets. …
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Today...Radio Station KSWI, left, and the Nonpareil occupy the site of the two burned buildings. The Nonpareil Court provides a drive between the two present structures. The Moose Lodge occupies the former Nonpareil building at the right. In the…
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Today...instead of street cars we have buses, which are housed in a modern building. At the same location as the tin-covered frame shed of 60 years ago, it also includes an office. The building was constructed while street cars were still in…
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Today...from the same corner, the park still resembles the 1888 drawing. Note the similarity in the position of the trees--which were recently involved in a question to be settled by the City Council. The Chamber of Commerce proposed cutting some…
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Today...the same St. Peter's Church spire still stands, but the other buildings have either been rebuilt or remodeled. And this area now has modern mercury vapor lights. Beno's store occupies the old Pacific House site. Two new banks have been…
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Today...only the basement part of the building stands. The main building was condemned and razed in 1951. The annex, at right, is still being used. Council Bluffs has been recommended for a new Federal Building-Post Office under the Lease-Purchase…
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Today...the same home, third from left, has a lot of company on Locust Lodge. The address is 216. There is currently one one vacant lot on the street which stretches about one-fourth of a mile from North Broadway to the east city limits. Gebuhr…
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Today...the Bennett Building occupies the site of the old Woolworth building. The seven-story building, one of the larger office buildings in Council Bluffs, houses dentists, doctors, lawyers and other professional offices. It was erected shortly…