Air Mail plane at Iowa City Airport field, 1923
Airports
In the fall of 1922, the Iowa City Municipal Airport was designated by the U.S. Postal Service as the eastern terminus for air mail service. Planes from Chicago would stop in Iowa City during their regular Chicago to San Francisco routes. Most of these Iowa City stops were during the nighttime hours.
Kent, Frederick W. (Frederick Wallace), 1894-1984
10/1/1923
City of Iowa City
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Iowa City, Iowa
Air Mail plane flying over field,. 1923
Airports
In the fall of 1922, the Iowa City Municipal Airport was designated by the U.S. Postal Service as the eastern terminus for air mail service. Planes from Chicago would stop in Iowa City during their regular Chicago to San Francisco routes. Most of these Iowa City stops were during the nighttime hours.
Kent, Frederick W. (Frederick Wallace), 1894-1984
10/1/1923
City of Iowa City
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Iowa City, Iowa
Air Mail plane on field at nighttime, 1925
Airports
In the fall of 1922, the Iowa City Municipal Airport was designated by the U.S. Postal Service as the eastern terminus for air mail service. Planes from Chicago would stop in Iowa City during their regular Chicago to San Francisco routes. Most of these Iowa City stops were during the nighttime hours.
Kent, Frederick W. (Frederick Wallace), 1894-1984
1/7/1925
City of Iowa City
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Iowa City, Iowa
Air Mail plane on field, 1925
Airports
In the fall of 1922, the Iowa City Municipal Airport was designated by the U.S. Postal Service as the eastern terminus for air mail service. Planes from Chicago would stop in Iowa City during their regular Chicago to San Francisco routes. Most of these Iowa City stops were during the nighttime hours.
Kent, Frederick W. (Frederick Wallace), 1894-1984
1/7/1925
City of Iowa City
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Iowa City, Iowa
Air Mail plane on field, 1925
Airports
In the fall of 1922, the Iowa City Municipal Airport was designated by the U.S. Postal Service as the eastern terminus for air mail service. Planes from Chicago would stop in Iowa City during their regular Chicago to San Francisco routes. Most of these Iowa City stops were during the nighttime hours.
Kent, Frederick W. (Frederick Wallace), 1894-1984
1/7/1925
City of Iowa City
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Iowa City, Iowa
Choice Recipes Cookbook, 1920s
Cookbooks
St Katherine's Guild of Trinity Episcopal Church
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Iowa City, Iowa
Corner of Washington and Dubuque Streets, mid-1920s
Iowa City (Iowa)
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Iowa City, Iowa
Good Will Tour, 1929
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Iowa held its first Good Will Air Tour in 1928 primarily to help popularize aviation. This photograph is taken from the Iowa City stop on the second Good Will tour. This year was particularly successful, with 30 airplanes taking part in the tour, drawing over 250,000 spectators across the state. Pilots in three different divisions competed in performance for prize money during this tour.
Kent, Frederick W. (Frederick Wallace), 1894-1984
6/25/1929
City of Iowa City
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Iowa City, Iowa
Johnson County Fairground, 1923
1923
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Lone Tree High School, May 3, 1921
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Lone Tree High School, November 15, 1922
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Lone Tree High School, November 2, 1922
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Pilots, 1923
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In the fall of 1922, the Iowa City Municipal Airport was designated by the U.S. Postal Service as the eastern terminus for air mail service. Planes from Chicago would stop in Iowa City during their regular Chicago to San Francisco routes. Most of these Iowa City stops were during the nighttime hours.
Kent, Frederick W. (Frederick Wallace), 1894-1984
10/1/1923
City of Iowa City
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Iowa City, Iowa
Pilots, 1923
Airports
In the fall of 1922, the Iowa City Municipal Airport was designated by the U.S. Postal Service as the eastern terminus for air mail service. Planes from Chicago would stop in Iowa City during their regular Chicago to San Francisco routes. Most of these Iowa City stops were during the nighttime hours.
Kent, Frederick W. (Frederick Wallace), 1894-1984
10/1/1923
City of Iowa City
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Iowa City, Iowa
Pilots, 1923
Airports
In the fall of 1922, the Iowa City Municipal Airport was designated by the U.S. Postal Service as the eastern terminus for air mail service. Planes from Chicago would stop in Iowa City during their regular Chicago to San Francisco routes. Most of these Iowa City stops were during the nighttime hours.
Kent, Frederick W. (Frederick Wallace), 1894-1984
10/1/1923
City of Iowa City
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Iowa City, Iowa
River Junction, Iowa, June 20, 1924
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River Junction, Iowa, June 21, 1921
Crozier, W.
1921
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River Junction, Iowa, June 21, 1924
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1924
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River Junction, Iowa, June 21, 1924
Crozier, W.
1924
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River Junction, Iowa, June 21, 1924
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1924
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River Junction, Iowa, June 21, 1924
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1924
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River Junction, Iowa, June 21, 1924
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1924
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River Junction, Iowa, June 21, 1924
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1924
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River Junction, Iowa, June 22, 1925
Crozier, W.
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River Junction, Iowa, June 22, 1929
Crozier, W.
1929
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River Junction, Iowa, June 23, 1923
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River Junction, Iowa, June 23, 1923
On the left: Mary Leslie (daughter of Barbara Stratton), Barbara Stratton (daughter of Mary Ritter, first white woman married in Johnson County, 1838), Theodore Stover, Frances Stover. On the right: Lynn Richardson, Kate Richardson (daughter of Barbara Stratton), Maude Huff, Howard Huff. Standing at right: Samuel Stover.
1923
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River Junction, Iowa, June 25, 1921
Crozier, W.
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River Junction, Iowa, June 25, 1927
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River Junction, Iowa, June 25, 1927
Crozier, W.
1927
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River Junction, Iowa, June 27, 1925
Crozier, W.
1925
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Two Room School, North Liberty, Iowa, 1929
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U.S. Air Mail maintenance plane and pilot, 1925
Airports
In the fall of 1922, the Iowa City Municipal Airport was designated by the U.S. Postal Service as the eastern terminus for air mail service. Planes from Chicago would stop in Iowa City during their regular Chicago to San Francisco routes. Most of these Iowa City stops were during the nighttime hours.
Kent, Frederick W. (Frederick Wallace), 1894-1984
5/1/1925
City of Iowa City
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Iowa City, Iowa
U.S. Air Mail plane, 1922
Airports
In October 1910, Captain Thomas Baldwin, with his aircraft Red Devil, conducted the first flight over Iowa City at the Johnson County Fairgrounds. This was additionally one of the very first flights over the state of Iowa. Soon afterwards, the land that would soon become the Iowa City Municipal Airport became popular as a landing strip for local pilots, attracted to the ease of landing due to the area
Kent, Frederick W. (Frederick Wallace), 1894-1984
5/1/1922
City of Iowa City
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Iowa City, Iowa
U.S. Air Mail plane, 1922
Airports
In October 1910, Captain Thomas Baldwin, with his aircraft Red Devil, conducted the first flight over Iowa City at the Johnson County Fairgrounds. This was additionally one of the very first flights over the state of Iowa. Soon afterwards, the land that would soon become the Iowa City Municipal Airport became popular as a landing strip for local pilots, attracted to the ease of landing due to the area
Kent, Frederick W. (Frederick Wallace), 1894-1984
5/1/1922
City of Iowa City
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Iowa City, Iowa
U.S. Air Mail plane, 1922
Airports
In October 1910, Captain Thomas Baldwin, with his aircraft Red Devil, conducted the first flight over Iowa City at the Johnson County Fairgrounds. This was additionally one of the very first flights over the state of Iowa. Soon afterwards, the land that would soon become the Iowa City Municipal Airport became popular as a landing strip for local pilots, attracted to the ease of landing due to the area
Kent, Frederick W. (Frederick Wallace), 1894-1984
5/1/1922
City of Iowa City
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Iowa City, Iowa
U.S. Air Mail plane, 1923
Airports
In the fall of 1922, the Iowa City Municipal Airport was designated by the U.S. Postal Service as the eastern terminus for air mail service. Planes from Chicago would stop in Iowa City during their regular Chicago to San Francisco routes. Most of these Iowa City stops were during the nighttime hours.
Kent, Frederick W. (Frederick Wallace), 1894-1984
6/1/1923
City of Iowa City
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Iowa City, Iowa
U.S. Air Mail planes, 1923
Airports
In the fall of 1922, the Iowa City Municipal Airport was designated by the U.S. Postal Service as the eastern terminus for air mail service. Planes from Chicago would stop in Iowa City during their regular Chicago to San Francisco routes. Most of these Iowa City stops were during the nighttime hours.
Kent, Frederick W. (Frederick Wallace), 1894-1984
10/1/1923
City of Iowa City
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Iowa City, Iowa
Unidentified person, 1925
Airports
Kent, Frederick W. (Frederick Wallace), 1894-1984
5/1/1925
City of Iowa City
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Iowa City, Iowa
Unidentified persons, 1928
Airports
Kent, Frederick W. (Frederick Wallace), 1894-1984
1/1/1928
City of Iowa City
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Iowa City, Iowa