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Council Bluffs Aerial Views
Aerial view of Bennett Avenue from Franklin Avenue, running to Madison Avenue. Franklin Avenue is in the center right of the photo, with Bennett running along the center of the photo. Susan Lane is pictured at the left side.
Council Bluffs Aerial Views
Aerial photo, looking west along West Broadway toward the Missouri River and the Ak-Sar-Ben bridge to Omaha.
Council Bluffs Aerial Views
Aerial photo of St. Albert High School; McPherson Avenue runs across the upper left corner, Gleason Avenue runs from the top center to the right center of the photo.
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…
Council Bluffs Aerial Views
Aerial photo of east and west banks of the Missouri River at the Ak-Sar-Ben-Bridge (currently site of I-480 bridge). Council Bluffs' West Broadway and Playland Park are pictured in the top half of the photo, and the American Smelting and Refinery…
Scenes At Banquet For Jeffers
With a wide grin, William M. Jeffers looks up while inspecting this "magnificent" iron lung which was presented to him at the banquet in his honor at the Ak-Sar-Ben coliseum, Saturday evening. He will later present it to a Salt Lake City hospital.
Jeffers, W.M.
President, Union Pacific
U.P.'s William M. Jeffers . . . "greatest railroader alive."
Operating Head Of U.P.
President of the Union Pacific railroad is William M. Jeffers, who started railroading with the Union Pacific as a messenger and call boy at North Platte, Neb. Later he was progressively named telegrapher, clerk, chief dispatcher at North Platte,…
Jaycees In The 50's
The Current President . . . of the Council Bluffs Jaycees, Dave Long, left, visits with John Heithoff at the group's annual banquet. Heithoff was president in 1979-80.
Council Bluffs Jaycees Mark 50th Anniversary
Looking At Scrapbook . . . commemorating 50 years of the Council Bluffs Jaycees are, seated, John f. "Jack" Wilcox Jr., the first president, and David L. Long, 1983-84 president.
Ed Sanders Named Jaycee Of The Year
Discussing Award . . . presented to Ed Sanders, as the Jaycee of the Year, are Sanders, Mike Colledge, the new Jaycee president, and Jerry Goebels, outgoing president.
Jaycees Aid Flood Victims
Council Bluffs Jaycees G. William Smits, Gene Ratliff, Mark Hunter and Howard Reelfs will be calling on various areas of the city offering to paint house numbers on curbs or steps for a small fee. A portion of the proceeds will be donated to the Red…
Council Bluffs--Aerial Views
Aerial photo of Ak-Sar-Ben Bridge and the construction of the supports for the Interstate 480 Bridge across the Missouri River. Playland Park is pictured in the center of the photo, and Broadway is on the right side of the photo. A small section of…
Council Bluffs--Aerial Views
aerial photo of Abraham Lincoln High School, looking north from Bennett Avenue and Bonham St. St. Albert High School is in the top of the photo.
Municipal Airport
The Council Bluffs Municipal Airport has kept pace with the progress of the city. Some 55 airplanes are kept at the airport now, compared with about a dozen in 1950. Two new hangars have been constructed in the past five years and new tie-down…
Council Bluff--Aerial View
Aerial photo of Council Bluffs, looking north from 9th Avenue along South Main Street . Landmarks pictured include: old public library, old courthouse, Strand Theater, Woodward Candy Company, old post office, old Abraham Lincoln High School,…