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Title: 1st Presbyterian Church, Council Bluffs, Iowa, First Presbyterian Church
Description: Looking northeast at the front entrance of the First Presbyterian Church built in 1865. This building was raised and a new, larger church building was built in 1887. It was located at 634 Willow Avenue, Council Bluffs, Pottawattamie County, Iowa. 1905 postmark. Number 19.
Date Created: 1905
PID: grinnell:16979

Title: Air view of Council Bluffs, Iowa, Aerial view of Council Bluffs, Iowa, Bayliss Park
Description: Looking northeast at an aerial view of Council Bluffs, Iowa. Bayliss Park is in the right-hand corner of the image. Verso: Council Bluffs, located in Southwestern Iowa, near the geographical center of the U.S.A. has a population of nearly 50,000. Its history goes back to 1804 when Lewis and Clark held council with the Indians on the high bluffs overlooking the Missouri River. 1964 postmark.
Date Created: 1964
PID: grinnell:16243

Title: Catholic Church, Council Bluffs, Iowa, St. Peter's Catholic Church
Description: The Gothic Revival style church was designed by architect Mathias Schnell and built in 1887. It is located at 1 Bluff Street, Council Bluffs, Pottawattamie County, Iowa.
Date Created: 1910
PID: grinnell:18376

Title: City court house, Council Bluffs, Iowa, Pottawattamie County Court House, Pottawattamie County Courthouse
Description: Looking southwest at the second Pottawattamie County Courthouse on South Pearl Street. The building was built in 1888 in Beaux Arts-style. It was later declared unsafe and was replaced with a Modernist structure in 1977. 1904 postmark. Number 5454. Copyright 1904 by H.K. Barnett.
Date Created: 1904
PID: grinnell:16978

Title: Council Bluffs Country Club, Lake Manawa, Council Bluffs, Iowa, Cut-Off Lake
Description: Looking north at the Council Bluffs Country Club which has its origin with the Council Bluffs Rowing Association, formed in 1887, and operated the club until 1928. Located at 4500 Piute Street, Council Bluffs, Pottawattamie County, Iowa. Lake Manawa was created in 1881 from a Missouri River flood. 1923 postmark. Number R-91415.
Date Created: 1923
PID: grinnell:16231

Title: Court house, Council Bluffs, Iowa, Pottawattamie County Court House, Pottawattamie County Courthouse
Description: Looking southwest at the second Pottawattamie County Courthouse on South Pearl Street. The building was built in 1888 in Beaux Arts-style. It was later declared unsafe and was replaced with a Modernist structure in 1977. 1907 postmark. Number A5377.
Date Created: 1907
PID: grinnell:18383

Title: Douglas Street Bridge over the Missouri River, between Omaha, Neb., and Council Bluffs, Iowa, Ak-Sar-Ben Bridge
Description: Looking northwest at the Douglas Street Bridge (Ak-Sar-Ben Bridge) which was a truss bridge built in 1888 designed to handle streetcars. It was the first road bridge to cross the Missouri River connecting Omaha, Nebraska and Council Bluffs, Iowa. It was replaced in 1966 by the Interstate 480 girder bridge. Number 0A4958.
Date Created: 1930
PID: grinnell:16241

Title: Fairmount Park, the Old Redwood Stump, Council Bluffs, Iowa
Description: The story is that the Redwood stump was hauled here many decades ago and placed in the park. It was not a solid stump, but was "a wired-together shell of the original tree--consisting mostly of bark". With the Park Board's approval the hashed-up stump was placed in Fairmount Park. Number 9051.
Date Created: 1910
PID: grinnell:16239

Title: Fairmount Park, the swan and duck pond, Council Bluffs, Iowa, Swan Pond, Graham, Andrew C.
Description: Andrew C. Graham (“father of the Council Bluffs park system"), created Swan Pond, so named after the white swans which swam there during the warm months. The pond was a popular attraction at Fairmount Park, but unfortunately, the pond no longer exists. Number 9053.
Date Created: 1910
PID: grinnell:16238

Title: Florist J. F. Wilcox, residence, Council Bluffs, Iowa, Wilcox, J.F.
Description: Looking northeast at the home of J.F. Wilcox. Council Bluffs had more greenhouses than any city of its size in the U.S. J.F. Wilcox & Sons was one of the four largest greenhouses in Council Bluffs. It was located at 1132 East Pierce Street, Council Bluffs, Pottawattamie County, Iowa. 1907 postmark.
Date Created: 1907
PID: grinnell:16883