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Council Bluffs Changing Scene
Council Bluffs Changing Scene--In the 1880s, Broadway and Pearl Street looked like this copy of an old picture in the files of the City Water Works. On the corner was the Burlington Railroad ticket office in the Everett building. Real Estate…
Council Bluffs Changing Scene
Council Bluffs Changing Scene--Broadway, looking east from Fourth St., is shown as it appeared about the turn of the century. The Nonpareil was published in the IOOF Building at that time, street cars rumbled up and down the main street, among the…
Council Bluffs Changing Scene
Council Bluffs Changing Scene--Back in 1895 the first double truck streetcar was built in Omaha and Council Bluffs Railway and Bridge Company Shops at 28th Street and Avenue A. Made from two horse drawn cars, the new unit was No. 51. The picture…
Council Bluffs Changing Scene
Council Bluffs Changing Scene--Back in 1903 Fairmount Park was a popular spot in Council Bluffs, but had no paved roads. And most persons reached it by way of street car. This photo from Park Superintendent John Christensen, shows a public pavilion…
Broadway Past and Present
Broadway, looking west from Fourth street, in 1936
Broadway Past and Present
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.
Fairmount Park
The streetcar cut at Fairmount Park
Fairmount Park
The streetcar stop at Fairmount Park
Streetcar
Photograph of a streetcar
Streetcars
Photographs and negatives local streetcars.
Streetcar
Photograph of a streetcar at 30th street and Avenue A in Council Bluffs, IA.
Omaha Cable Power House
Eight photographs of Omaha's Cable Power house after a fire. January 1899.
Historical Society of Pottawattamie County Member Journal
Winter 2015-16 Historical Society newsletter.
Historical Society of Pottawattamie County Member Journal
September/October 2015 Historical Society newsletter.
Historical Society of Pottawattamie County Member Journal
October 2010 Historical Society newsletter.
Historical Society of Pottawattamie County Member Journal
May 2007 Historical Society newsletter.
Historical Society of Pottawattamie County Member Journal
July 2011 Historical Society newsletter.
Historical Society of Pottawattamie County Member Journal
April 2010 Historical Society newsletter.
Broadway postcards
Ten postcards depicting Broadway - Council Bluffs, IA.
Corner of Broadway and Pearl
Photograph of street car tracks being layed at the corner of Broadway and Pearl.