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Council_Bluffs_Aerial_Views_04_15_1962_050.jpg
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,…

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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…

GeneralDodgePapersV23Part1.pdf
General Dodge Papers - 1914-1916, Book 23

Extracts from Illinois Central Magazine January 1914. (Story of I. C. lines during the Civil Conflict 1861-65. Page 1 to 14 inc.).
How General Rawlins Came to be a Cabinet Minister. (Chas. Aldrich…

GeneralDodgePapersV22Part1.pdf
General Dodge Papers - 1912-1913, Book 22

Recollections of General Grant.
Delegate as one of Inter-State Commission.
Early History of Union Pacific and its Relations to Omaha.
Death of J. B. Hawley.
Colorado Midland Railway.
Death of Major…

GeneralDodgePapersV02Full.pdf
General Dodge Papers - The War Period, Book 2
1861-1863

Index for Book 2 included.

Typescripts of originals housed at the State Historical Society of Iowa.

Missing title page and pps 1-10

GeneralDodgePapersV01Full.pdf
General Dodge Papers - Book 1
1851-1889

Family history of Dodge family as recalled by Nathan P. Dodge.
Diary of Dodge, 1853-1857.
Correspondence.
Anti-War Period.
Norwich University.

Index for Book 1 included.

Typescripts of originals…

Jennie_Ed3_01_01_1984_001.jpg
First Passenger . . . in the new Jennie Edmundson Hospital surgical wagon is Jennifer Porter. The surgical escort is Virginia Flynn. Chatting with Jennifer is Max Smelser who, with Ken Bermel, designed and helped construct the wagon.

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Serving Coffee . . . in lounge to an oncology patient's husband, Arthur C. Woolman of Oakland, is Wanda Hessel, a Jennie Edmundson Hospital volunteer.

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Classroom Has Folding Doors . . . Pediatrics lecture room in new wing at Jennie Edmundson hospital can be opened for demonstrations by pushing back folding curtain. Demonstration table (right front) features steel lamp. 'Blackboard" is really green…

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Premature Nursery Is Glassed In . . . Glass cubicles house 12 incubators and bassinets in the premature nursery of the new Jennie Edmundson hospital wing. Both "premies" and sick newborn babies will be cared for here. Above each is an individual…

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Feeling Like A Hotel Guest . . . is an early second floor patient, Mrs. Fern Knight of Malvern. The Rev. Loren Works, hospital chaplain, chats with her. Each room has two-way light unit and oxygen outlet.

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Heated Cupboard In Pantry . . . makes serving warm food easy for Mrs. Marie Miller, 630 South First Street. Tray and steam carts to the left are both constructed of steel. Coffee burner and toaster supply quick snacks.

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All The Convenience Of A Boudoir . . . is provided by make-up tray in movable table. Mrs. Clara E. Strobehn, chairman of the hospital board, smiles into mirror while Miss Dorothea Ely shows her the two-bed adult room on second floor.

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Sick Babies In Steel Cribs . . . are tended by Mrs. Wilma King, pediatrics supervisor. Adjustable sides on each of the four cribs in this room permit nurses to care for the infants with the least possible handling.
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