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Railroads C497a.tif
Photograph of C.G.W. Railroad Grade at Little Mosquito Creek in Council Bluffs, Iowa.

Railroads C497b.tif
Photograph of C.G.W. Railroad Grade at Bennett Avenue in Council Bluffs, Iowa.

Carter_Lake_Iowa_2_26_1987_005 .jpg
A proposal before the Metropolitan Planning Agency would add $75,000 in improvements to the Carter Lake water system to service Owen Parkway West, a business office complex in the southern part of the city. The improvements would also open the area…

Chicago_&_North_Western_Transportation_Co_9_29_1962_008.jpg
Getting Them Rolling Again...was the concern of the first work crews reporting back to the Chicago and North Western Railway Saturday. Inspecting locomotives idled for the last 30 days in the Council Bluffs yards were the Division General Foreman…

Ambulance_Service_CB_&_Pott._Co_04_30_1978_01.jpg
Calling a 911 dispatcher . . . from a corridor at Mercy Hospital are emergency medical technicians Robert McKeighan and Stanley Miller. --Nonpareil Photo.

Societies C367b1of14.tif
Photographs of the 'Bloomer Girls' at YWCA Camp Brewster

Lainson_Percy_Bess_11_1953_001 (2).jpg
Mrs. P.A. Lainson . . . now formally a candidate for president of national American Legion Auxiliary.

Harkin_Tom_Ruth_02_01_1992_001.jpg
The upcoming Iowa caucus has Ruth Harkin on the move. Already busy, Ruth gladly puts in some extra time on her husband's behalf.

Dodge_House#3_08_30_1982_01_1.jpg
Being Returned . . . to their rightful place on the fireplace mantle in the dining room of the Dodge House are candle holders, once part of the original decor at the Dodge family residence. Colleen Juhl, Dodge House director, places the crystal…

Best_Pictures_1967_1970_1_22_1967_03.jpg
Black Line Traces...approximate relocation route of Highway 6 over Canning Hill. Present Highways 6 and 64 meet at the intersection of Pierce and Canning streets. At the right of the proposed route, from top to bottom are: Wilcox greenhouse,…

Chicago_&_North_Western_Transportation_Co_2_5_1967_012.jpg
Freight office, left...rebuilt by north Western Railroad in 1953 is now the Railway Inn, a tavern at Eleventh Street and First Avenue. The old passenger depot, right, was torn down shortly after the freight office as completed.

Chicago_&_North_Western_Transportation_Co_2_5_1967_011.jpg
Freight Office, left...rebuilt by the North Western Railroad in 1953 is now the Railway Inn, a tavern at Eleventh Street and First Avenue. The old passenger depot, right, was torn down shortly after the freight office was completed.

1-Simons Print - Captain Carlisle's California Train.tif
Consists of drawings made by Simons during railroad survey projects in Iowa and Nebraska beginning in 1853.

Captain Carlisle's California Train on the Platte Valley 1859.

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1940 LaFrance 750 Gallon
1939 Dodge First Emergency Unit
Captain J. Cockran
Driver R. Gates

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Capt H. Keegan - D. Baxley

Fire Department Capt Oamek & Mike Kilbane.tif
Photograph of Fire Department Captain Oamek and Fire Department Mike Kilbane.
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