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Quaker Baking Company
Photograph of Quaker Baking Company, Council Bluffs, with trucks lined up outside.
Put It There
U.S. Rep. Tom Harkin, D-Iowa was hard at work Friday at Iowa Nebraska Xpress truck terminal. He took the job moving freight to learn more about the transportation needs of the Council Bluffs-Omaha area, he said. Harkin gets direction from Terminal…
Purchasing Department Sets Up 1st Perpetual Inventory Of City Property; Now Buys All Supplies
Assistant Purchasing Agents Leonard Brugenhemke tries new Civil Patrol helmet on Police Chief Earl Miller. Helmets were purchased at cost of 70¢
Purchasing Department Sets Up 1st Perpetual Inventory Of City Property, Now Buys All Supplies...
Garage mechanics keep city equipment in first class condition. Garage Department and City Hall Maintenance come under Purchasing Agent's supervision.
Purchasing Department Sets Up 1st Perpetual Inventory Of City Property, Now Buys All Supplies
Purchasing Agent Kennard W. Gardiner and Roberta Rankin check supplies in the City Hall store.
Pumping Water
Pumping Water...is the main operation now in the search for treasure aboard the sunken Bertrand. Watching pipe lifted out of deep hole is Sam Corbin, one of the two treasure hunters.
Pumping Station Is Secured
Completely sand-bagged against the threat of Missouri river flood water is the Council Bluffs waterworks pumping station, located just a few feet away from the stream. Pumping equipment inside the station is located in deep concrete pits, well below…
Pumping Station and Reservoirs
Two postcard depicting pumping stations and reservoirs.
Pump shed fire
Firemen pour water on wreckage of the pump shed which was the scene of an explosion and fire which claimed one life.
Pump house
2 photos of a typical pump house at Playland Park. Parcel 241A.
Public TV Coming Soon To SW Iowa
(Top) Soon To Broadcast . . . educational television to Southwest Iowa is the Iowa Educational Broadcasting Network (IEBN) tower northeast of Oakland. The building at the right contains various signal transmission devices and the tower's power…
Public Library, Council Bluffs, Iowa
Postcard. Public Library, Council Bluffs, Iowa
Public library to display 197-piece art collection
Arranging pictures . . . for the Council Bluffs Public Library's art exhibit are Librarian Miss Mildred Smock and assistant, Mrs. Amerlia O'Neill. --Nonpareil Photo.
Public library
Wally Tuel . . . a patron of the Council Bluffs Public Library, views one of the periodicals on display. Mildred Smock, librarian, explains procedure for use of the periodicals.--Nonpareil Photo.
Protestors seek to restore gas service
People's Natural Gas representatives Bill Schaffart (left) and Mike Theisen met Wednesday with 15 demonstrators from Citizens for Community Improvement are protesting new deposits required for customers who have been late in paying bills and have…
Prospect to mark Harvest Sunday
Admiring Mountain Scene...behind the baptistry in the pulpit area of his new sanctuary is the Rev. Michael Scott
Prospect Park Baptist Church
exterior of Prospect Park Baptist Church
Prospect Park Baptist Church
interior of Prospect Park Baptist Church, with Rev. Robert Fry
Prospect Park Baptist Church
exterior of new Prospect Park Baptist Church