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Fire was at Things, Things & Things on the corner of Clinton & College Streets, downtown Iowa City. The approximate date that the building was on fire is January 20, 1970.

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Fire was at Things, Things & Things on the corner of Clinton & College Streets, downtown Iowa City. The approximate date that the building was on fire is January 20, 1970.

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Fire was at Things, Things & Things on the corner of Clinton & College Streets, downtown Iowa City. The approximate date that the building was on fire is January 20, 1970.

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Fire was at Things, Things & Things on the corner of Clinton & College Streets, downtown Iowa City. The approximate date that the building was on fire is January 20, 1970.

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Fire was at Things, Things & Things on the corner of Clinton & College Streets, downtown Iowa City. The approximate date that the building was on fire is January 20, 1970.

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Fire was at Things, Things & Things on the corner of Clinton & College Streets, downtown Iowa City. The approximate date that the building was on fire is January 20, 1970.

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Fire was at Things, Things & Things on the corner of Clinton & College Streets, downtown Iowa City. The approximate date that the building was on fire is January 20, 1970.

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Nonpareil Card Company, Beacon, Iowa

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Three walls and roof of the garage gone. Garage door was sucked around our car.

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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,…

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Dorothy Worrell was the teacher at this school.

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Front row left to right: Clarence Bahlmer, Dolores Worrell, Jim O'Neill, Francis Bahlmer, Bernard Donohoe, Vince O'Neill. Back row left to right: Cecelia O'Neill, Ellen O'Neill, Norma Mathes, Phyllis Meade, Micky Meade, teacher Dorothy Worrell.

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Dorothy Worrell was the teacher at this school. Front row left to right: Vince O'Neill, Howard Sleeth, Larry Fountain, Shirley Weldman Benishek, Jim O'Neill, Billy Donohoe. Back row left to right: Earl Dooley, Bernard Donohoe, Marcella Benyshek,…

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Aerial view of downtown Iowa City, including the Pentacrest, University of Iowa campus, and the Iowa River.

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Henry K. Morton ran Morton’s Shoe Store at 101 East Clinton Street. He resided on the west side on Coralville Road, according to the 1908 City Directory. The 1910 Census lists his wife’s name as Mary E., and they had two sons named John M. and Vance…

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The F2 tornado caused the Gilbert Street Happy Joe's to shut down permanently. A Quad City Times article from 2007 reported the owner, John Danneman, ran his business at 102 2nd Street Coralville, the pizza parlour's current home. That article also…

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Henry Hartwig founded this automobile dealer in 1910 in Clutier, Iowa. He relocated the business to Iowa City's Riverside Drive in 1961. The family sold the business to Deery Brothers in 2007. The location of Hartwig Motors falls within the 500-year…

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The location of the Haunted Bookshop at the time of this postcard was 520 Washington Street at Ralston Creek, Iowa City.

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The location of the Haunted bookshop at the time of this postcard was 227 South Johnson Street, Iowa City.

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Hotz Street was hit particularly hard by the storm. Many houses, cars, and trees were damaged or destroyed.

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Lucy H. Dean, Effie H. Scales, and Addie Hemphill. As photographed by Townsend, 22 Clinton Street.

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In the 1910 Census, Henry Louis was recorded at having been born in 1866 in Germany and immigrating in 1869. He lived at 319 South Linn Street, at the house of his mother-in-law, Amanda Webb. His wife was named Ada and they had two children named…

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Detailed descriptions of various flora and fauna to be seen during a walk on the southwest part of the Hickory Hill Park nature trail during the fall season. Flora and fauna mentioned: Virginia Creeper, Poison Ivy, Yellow Shafted Flicker, White Oak,…

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Detailed descriptions of various fauna and flora to be seen during a walk on the southwest part of the Hickory Hill Park nature trail during the spring season. Flora and fauna mentioned: Solomon

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Detailed descriptions of various flora and fauna to be seen during a walk on the southwest part of the Hickory Hill Park nature trail during the summer season. Flora and fauna mentioned: Beaver, Honey Bee, Clover, Hummingbird, Jewel Weed, Raccoon,…

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Detailed descriptions of wild flowers common to Hickory Hill Park. Booklet printed with black ink on 8.5x11" multicolored paper. Includes glossary of terms. Flowers include: Poison Ivy, Jack-In-the-Pulpit, Common Sorrell, Garden Sorrel, Stinging…

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This Iowa City home has been standing for more than 100 years. The F2 storm did not succeed in demolishing it.

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Historical statement detailing the process of aquiring an organ at the First Methodist Church of Iowa City

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John Williams's Family Photos
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