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Boat docks and pavillion, Lake Mana[v]a, Council Bluffs, Iowa

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Looking northwest at the Pavillion at the Grand Plaza which was built on the North Shore in 1885 with a saloon, restaurant and boardwalk. It was replaced by a dance hall in 1911, which burned down in 1926. The Council Bluffs Country Club can be seen in the background on the left. Lake Manawa was created in 1881 from a Missouri River flood. 1908 postmark. Number A5383.
Title Boat docks and pavillion, Lake Mana[v]a, Council Bluffs, Iowa
Alternative TitleCut-Off Lake
Alternative TitleLake Manawa
supporting host Grinnell College Libraries Special Collections
Index Date 1908
Publisher Omaha News Co. (Omaha, Neb.)
Publisher Leipzig, Dresden, Germany
Type of Resource still image
Genre postcard
Physical Extent 1 postcard : color ; 9 x 14 cm.
Medium Color lithograph print, divided back. Made in Germany.
Note Color
Provenance Purchase or donation
reproduction Scanned with HP Scanjet 4670 at 600 ppi. Archival master image available in tiff format.
citation/reference Historical Society of Pottawattamie County (https://www.thehistoricalsociety.org/)
Date Issued 1908?
Language English
Topic Cut-off Lake
Topic Boats
Topic Piers and wharves
Topic Pottawattamie County (Iowa)
Topic Council Bluffs (Iowa)
Topic Lakes and ponds
Topic Lake Minawa
Cartographic 41.212740, -95.852123
Classification MS 108, Box 2, ihpc_councia0023
Related Item Iowa Historical Postcard Collection (IHPC)
Related Item Grinnell College. Special Collections and Archives
Related Item Digital Grinnell
Identifier (local) ihpc_councia0023
Identifier (local) grinnell:16884
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Identifier (hdl) http://hdl.handle.net/11084/16884
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