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Broadway_Past_and_Present_001.jpg
sepia colored photo of Glasgow Tailors storefront, with man in a suit standing in doorway. [Glasgow Tailors opened in Council Bluffs in 1920, at 12 Main St. Photo appears to be older than that; may be store in Omaha, which existed before the…

Broadway_Past_and_Present_002.jpg
photo of three men standing on steps in front of 41 (and 39) Pearl Street. Signs on windows:
Day & Hess. Loans, Real Estate, Insurance
G.B. Mutual Bldg. & Loan Assn. Surety Bonds
Ohio Knox Co., Real Estate, Insurance 41
(also signs on column…

Broadway_Past_and_Present_004.jpg
photo on Broadway looking west (from Pearl Street?) with Council Bluffs Savings bank on the left. Man in bowler hat crossing the street, where people are boarding a streetcar. Horsedrawn carriage in front of the bank.

Broadway_Past_and_Present_005.jpg
ca 1930 ?
on back of photo: "Broadway looking east form Main to Fourth Streets". Herman's Clothes Shop is on the corner.

Broadway_Past_and_Present_006.jpg
ca 1950?
Broadway looking west from Fourth Street to Main. Iowa Finance Company on the corner of Fourth and Broadway, and Edwards Cafe mid-block.

Broadway_Past_and_Present_007.jpg
Broadway looking west, from Eighth Street, across new viaduct. Business signs pictured: Goodrich Hotel, Brown Derby Cafe, and Hansen & Hansen. ca 1955

Broadway_Past_and_Present_008.jpg
Broadway looking east from 700 block. Among businesses pictured: Strand Theater, Liberty Theater, Wickham Building. ca 1960?

Broadway_Past_and_Present_009.jpg
Broadway Cleaners Laundry at 125 Broadway. Photo has been altered with white-out, and lettering added.

Broadway_Past_and_Present_010.jpg
Looking from rooftop at northeast corner of Broadway and Pearl, at Council Bluffs Savings Bank. Old Post Office is shown at the edge of photo. ca 1950?

Broadway_Past_and_Present_011.jpg
Looking south from 500 block of West Broadway, at King's Kafe, Emarine's Printers and Stationers, and McMillen Studio.

Broadway_Past_and_Present_012.jpg
Two young women kneeling under tree at approx 200 block of Broadway, looking west. ca. 1970?

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Broadway_Past_and_Present_1864_013.jpg
Broadway, looking west from Fourth Street, in 1864.

Broadway_Past_and_Present_1950_015.jpg
Night-time photo of Broadway looking west from 4th Street.

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Broadway_Past_and_Present_1950_016.jpg
ca. 1950 Broadway (100 block) looking west from 1st Street, through arched window (in Broadway Methodist Church?)

Broadway Past & Present6-4-53 Unearth Fire well at Main & Broadway12-15-53 Broadway surfacing in Two feet deep in spotsSee also "Council Bluffs West" 3

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Broadway B763g.tif
Postcard of Broadway looking west.

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Ten postcards depicting Broadway - Council Bluffs, IA.

Theaters B763.jpg
Photograph of the Broadway Theater, Council Bluffs.
Billboard reads: "Colleen Moore in "Why be good" - Three Vitaphone Vodvil Comedy Acts."

Broadway_Theater_ca_1936_003.jpg
front of Theater, street level, at night. On the marquee: "Tonite Bank Award $300
'Sky Murder' also
'Military Academy'
Over the doors/ticket window:
"Total Bank Awards $400"
On back of photo:
Broadway Theter
About 1936
(copied 1-16-1974)
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