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Four photographs of the Water Works office - Southeast corner of North Main and Vine

I.C. Water Tower 13th and Ave. N. Eng 1 Crew 8th and Main

Frank Schultz calmly watches the Missouri River lap at his doorstep below the east end of Ak-Sar-Ben Bridge. Schultz, on familiar terms with the river since 1930, said this spring's water level is the highest he's seen in eight years. But Schultz…

Photograph of the water front at Lake Manawa.

Photograph of Washington School. Spring 1954. Looking north down Bryant Street. Central Fire Station on left, Auditorium on right.

Work is now underway on the new $458,040 Washington School. A dirt loader is being used in the excavation work by Andersen Construction Company, general contractors. The new school will face Scott Street. The present school is in the background.

Business card for Washington National Bank in New York. G.M. Dodge, Vice President.

Postcard depicting Washington Avenue School.

Photograph of teacher and four children at the Washington Avenue Red Cross School for Crippled Children. No names given.

First Christian Church . . . now reaches the full length of Mynster Street from the church proper at 532 Mynster St., on the northeast corner of Mynster and Scott Streets to the far corner which houses the Ingraham Real Estate Co., 101 N. 6th St. The…

Photograph of Warren Franke

Warren Filbert sitting at his desk.

Sifting through the smoking remains of the office area of Warren Feed and Grain Co. are three Council Bluffs firefighters. The one story building was almost totally consumed by the blazing inferno in about an hour although thousands of gallons of…

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Photograph of fire at 900 S. 8th St.

November ended with temperatures that could almost make this sailboat ramp at the Lakeshore Country Club usable. The weatherman reported a record high of 62 on Nov. 29, after monthly temperatures averaging 38.2. The average is .7 below normal for…

Fire Shines Brightly . . . through the windows of the Katelman Brothers warehouse as it gits the interior of the two-story building.

A city fireman pours water into a building at Thirteenth Street and West Broadway under the Broadway Viaduct. Officials say the fire may have been set.

Walter L. Doiel, Council Bluffs Fire Department.

Music is topic...of conversation between Walter Cassel and Jack Herweg after the famed operatic baritone presents his trophy to the Jay student.
[photograph is cropped version of photo printed in the Nonpareil; physical photo in file has been…

An alphabetical list of burials at the Walnut Hill Cemeteries through May 4, 2018.
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