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Bldg 26.tif
Building #26 at Playland Park

Christian_Home_Association_File_1_12_23_1951_001.jpg
Christian Home Chapel...on Avenue E between Seventh and Eighth streets is example of non-residential construction that helped make 1951 a record year.

Downtown_Redevelopment_08_17_1985_01.jpg
The proposed Knudson-Morgan downtown office building (center) is triangular and features a plaza area (left) and parking lot (far left). The dark area to the right is the shadow of the building. Cars would exit from the parking lot to the alley…

Hong_Kong_Rest_aurant_06_24_1986_001.jpg
Firefighters battle a blaze that destroyed the Hong Kong Restaurant east of Council Bluffs Monday.

Griffin_Pipe2_04_1984_003.jpg
Still Hot . . . out of the casting machine, this pipe is being marked by a Griffin Pipe employee. The Griffin plant manufactures ductile iron pipe used primarily in the housing industry.

Bldg 7.tif
Four photographs of buildings at Playland Park:
Building #7
Building #9
Concession Stand
Building #6

Meatpacking_Harlan_10_03_1966_001.jpg
Windows Broken . . . in melee at pork packing plant outside Harlan, east on Highway 64, are surveyed by Bob Gibson, police officer from Dow City.

Bumper Cars.tif
Photograph of Playland Park

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Bumper steamer. Street is of wooden blocks.

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A runaway truck got its "horns" bent Tuesday afternoon as it slammed into a tree in front of 33 Frank St. The vehicle, owned by William Young of Peerless Products Col, of Omaha, jumped the curb before coming to its sudden stop. Young was ticketed…

Burlington Northern Railroad

Railroads B875.tif
Photograph of Burlington Passenger Depot, April 10, 1897

Church_of_Christ_Ave_E_4_22_1978_001.jpg
Boarding the Bus...to return home after services at the Church of Christ are Tammy Neff, a teen helper on Bus 1; Tina Swift, partially hidden, Stephanie Schaffner, Jim Seymour, Harold Swift, Randy James, Renae Seymour, Billy Parks on the step, Lori…

Bush_George_and_Barbara_12_3_1979_001.jpg
head-shot of George Bush as he is speaking

Bush_George_and_Barbara_1987_005.jpg
President Bush standing, smiling, pointing finger off-camera; seated audience at the back of the photo..

Bush_George_and_Barbara_3_7_1987_004.jpg
Vice President George Bush gestures while reading from a report during a by-invitation-only session with area Republicans Friday. Nonpareil photo by Steve Glowacki.

Highway_2_275_05_20_1964_001.jpg
Biggest Single Job . . . on the Highway 2-275 construction project is the building of a box culvert to replace a bridge across a ravine south of Sidney.

Highway_2_275_05_20_1964_002.jpg
Among A Dozen . . . small jobs that make the 3.2 mile project a bustling scene is this concrete culvert near the junction with Highway 42.

Main_Street_Fire_1950_11_20_1950_001.jpg
Shortly After Start . . . of early-morning blaze, firemen battle flames from entrance to Nonpareil Court. Fire and smoke billow from the Katelman hardware store (tallest building at right center) while the fire ladder is run to the Morphy Drug…
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