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This Is Council Bluffs
This Is Council Bluffs: Eastside Junior High School and its rustic surroundings present this view from the air. That's Bennett Avenue running across the bottom of the photo and Bonham Avenue just left of the school parking lot. At the top center,…
This Is Council Bluffs
A popular recreation area, Lake Manawa's facilities are used by residents of Southwest Iowa and eastern Nebraska. In the aerial photo, the village of Manawa is at the right. A housing development, with a canal leading in to the lake, is at the…
This Is Council Bluffs
From the air, homesites at the junction of Bennett Avenue and Highway 6 provide a study in suburban residential planning. The curve of Highway 6 bends in at upper right. Bennett Avenue runs across the top of the photo. Adrian Street cuts…
This Is Council Bluffs
tugboat churns its way upstream on the Missouri Riber pushing its barges. Council Bluffs already has become a frequent port-of-call for water traffic such as this and local businessmen hope to see it increase. This view, taken north of the South…
This Is Council Bluffs
The Illinois Central draw bridge over the Missouri River is one of the largest of its kind in this country. The Iowa span of the bridge was built in 1893; the Nebraska span later. The Omaha skyline is at the top of this piecture which is looking to…
This Is Council Bluffs
Gilbert's Pond, top center, and the dredged pond in Lake View Park stand out like mirrors as they reflect the gray sky on an overcast day. In the foreground is the Illinois Central Railroad tracks. North Western tracks are in the background. The…
This Is Council Bluffs
Thomas Jefferson High School and athletic field stand out in this aerial shot taken from north of Broadway. The wide street in the foreground is Broadway, and the street angling from the left of the photo is Twenty-fifth.
This Is Council Bluffs
You are gazing at the heart of Council Bluffs in this aerial photo. The camera, pointing slightly northeast, captures dozens of well known landmarks. Bayliss Square, with its X-shaped walks, dominates the lower portion of the picture. Broadway,…
This Is Council Bluffs
Roberts Park supplies a neat centerpiece for this aerial view of north-central Council Bluffs. Twenty-sixth Street forms the bottom border. Looking east, the Army Reserve Center is just beyond the park. Woodrow Wilson Junior High School is at…
This Is Council Bluffs
A fast growing corner of northeast Council Bluffs is running from the bottom of the picture to the two-pronged angle of De Long and Grand Avenues at upper left. North Broadway appears in the distance at the upper right hand corner. Streets running…
This Is Council Bluffs
One of the major industries of Council Bluffs--railroading--is evident in this aerial photo. In the foreground is the Burlington roundhouse and yards. Above the yards is Sixteenth Avenue. Main Street is on the right. The track that runs at an…
This Is Council Bluffs
There are plenty of off-street parking lots here, this aerial photo of the downtown area reveals. It looks southwest. The wide street is Broadway. At the left foreground is the back view of Broadway Methodist Church. Bayliss Square is near the…
This Is Council Bluffs
The "new school era" is aptly represented by the impressive facilities of Lewis Central. Buildings and grounds are detailed by the aerial camera from a point near Iowa School for the Deaf. Highway 375 extends from left to right across the photo. A…
This Is Council Bluffs
Woodrow Wilson Junior High School. Twenty-first Street and Avenue H, resembles a neat arrangement of toy building blocks from the air. Hopes at upper left are part of the Phoenix development. At upper right, a string of railroad freight cars is…
This Is Council Bluffs
Jack Frost's first playful visit to hilly Fairmount Park has turned summer's greenery into brilliant autumn colors. The new background of red and yellow adds a festive touch to the flowers that haven't yet been frozen (foreground). Flower beds are…
This 'Possible Fatality Crash' Has Happy Ending
A Mercy Convoy...of officers and ambulance stops at Green Hill as sheriffs deputies confer with Highway Patrolman A.W. Kellar about a reported traffic crash.
This 'possible fatality crash' has happy ending
A mercy convoy...of officers and ambulance stops at Green Hill as sheriffs deputies confer with Highway Patrolman A. W. Kellar about a reported traffic crash.
This 'Library' Boasts Bar, Wine Cellar, Chandeliers
Jan and Dennis Stamp pose in front of The Library, their newly-opened restaurant in Harlan. Built in 1929, the building closed as the city's public library in 1983.
Third Iowa Infantry
Postcard of the Dodge Light Guards arriving in Brownsville, Texas.
Things Have Changed
Things Have Changed...since large brick home [of George A. Keeline ] was torn down. Now standing on the site is the home of City Building Inspector Oscar Biesendorfer. The tree has grown.