View from Burlington Street of Johnson County Courthouse surrounded by empty fields and rubble from urban renewal. Also pictured: U.S. Post Office and Goodyear Service Center on Clinton Street.
Businesses featured: Dotty Dunn Hats, Rosheks, Moose, Iowa State Bank & Trust Company. There appear to be Christmas decorations on a building and street lamp.
The ICPL at 123 South Linn Street began construction in October 1979 and opened its doors to the public on June 14, 1981 after hundreds of volunteers moved all of the library materials across the street. Crowded conditions in the Carnegie Library…