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Theaters S773b.tif
Photograph of the Strand Theater. Destroyed by fire Dec. 1974.

Theaters S773a.tif
Reproduction of a photograph of the exterior of the Strand Theater.

Highway_6_11_10_1968_001.jpg
Relocated Highway 6, straighter and wider than its predecessor, stretches from the Interstate 80 overpass into the distant Iowa prairie in this view. The highway between I-80 and Quick was opened to traffic during the past week. The new road…

Floods s767c.tiff
Photograph of storm damage on Park Avenue.

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Floods s767b.tiff
Photograph of storm damage at the corner of Knepper and South 1st Street, Council Bluffs. Mrs. Jessica Siedentopf's house is in the background.

Floods s767a.tiff
Photograph of car damaged by fallen tree. Behind the Ogden hotel.

Best_Pictures_1967_1970_7_10_1967_01.jpg
High Winds,,,Sunday night uprooted this large Cottonwood tree, causing it to fall on the home of Mr. and Mrs. David Carter, 1411 Second Ave. All that remained of the front porch Monday was the screen door and frame. Carter had hooked the screen…

Fire Fighters - 3-21-1972 the Stork Club.tif
Inspecting fire damage to the interior of the Stork Club are Ron Evilsizer of Denison, arson investigator for the state fire marshal's office, and Fire Chief Norman Elgan.

Hinky_Dinky_09_23_1970_001.tif
Cutting The Ribbon . . . formally opening the new Hinky Dinky Supermarket at Bluff Plaza Wednesday is Mayor John Pogge, center. Present for the opening are C.A. Monasee, president of Hinky Dinky; J.M. Newman, chairman of the board; Ed Brown, store…

Epworth_Methodist_Church_02_02_1963_01.jpg
Epworth Methodist Church is making plans for a Stewardship Crusade to start Tuesday, Feb. 5 and continue through Feb. 10. The Rev. Claire Shupe, Mrs. Lloyd Howland and Dean Ingram are pictured adjusting a sign on the church lawn to emphasize their…

Lincoln  S474.tif

Stereograph of Abraham Lincoln during the Civil War. Note from Carl Sandburg to J. R. Perkins on the back of stereograph.

City_Hall_09_27_1968_017.jpg
Jack Doty, 3005 Avenue J, city employe, was shaking up City Hall as he worked a jack hammer on the old front steps which have been in disrepair for a couple of years. The City Council budgeted $3,000 for replacement of the steps this year, but final…

Ak_Sar_Ben_Bridge_06_09_1968_01.jpg
Steel patternwork . . .in the main span of Ak-Sar-Ben Bridge will be partially dismantled and partially floated away late this summer. Robert Hoenig, job superintendent for Industrial Construction Division of Allied Structured Steel Co., surveys the…

1-Simons Print - Steamer Omaha.tif
Consists of drawings made by Simons during railroad survey projects in Iowa and Nebraska beginning in 1853.

Steamer Omaha landing Mormons at Florence Neb in the Spring of 1854.

img079.jpg
Photograph of a steamboat on Lake Manawa.

Missouri River S743.tif
Photocopy of a drawing by M. Watson of the Steamboat Yellowstone.

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Union_Pacific_Locomotive_ 8444_06_17_1983_003.jpg
Railroad buffs, young and old alike, crowded the Chicago and North Western roundhouse yards Friday to see Union Pacific's 'Old 8444' steam locomotive get turned around. The locomotive, delivered to the railroad in 1944, is fired by oil and weighs…

Memorial S743.tif
Postcard. Steam Engine Memorial. 39th and West Broadway Council Bluffs.

American_Field_Service_Foreign_Exchange_Students_09_08_1957.jpg
Enjoying a view of the campus . . .at Thomas Jefferson High School are Mrs. C. Francis Putnam and daughter, Virginia, with Suzanne Van Well, at right. --Nonpareil Photo.
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