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"To Downtown" Directional, ICPL Construction Wall Panel, 2002
Wall surrounding ICPL construction site, "To downtown, to fountain, to Library."
"To Downtown" Close-Up Directional, ICPL Construction Wall Panel, 2002
Wall surrounding ICPL construction site, "To downtown, to fountain, to Library."
"There Is No Frigate Like a Book..." ICPL Construction Wall Panel
Wall surrounding construction site, "There is no frigate like a book to take us..."
"The Doll House"
The destruction at the Alpha Chi Omega Sorority House produced some of the most iconic imagery demonstrating the destructiveness of the tornado. The images of the bunk beds shown clearly, after a wall had been torn clean off, inspired many to call it…
"Sing" ICPL Construction Wall Panel, 2002
Wall surrounding ICPL construction site
"See the World on 'A.B.A.' Cheques"
American Bankers Travelers Cheques advertisement from First National Bank of Iowa City. Postcard sent from T. Frank Hersch to A.E. Irmscher, postmarked March 12, 19??. George Washington 1-cent stamp.
"Los Libros" ICPL Construction Wall Panel, 2002
Wall surrounding ICPL construction site, "Los Libros."
"Linn Street & Library Entrance" ICPL Construction Wall Panel, 2002
Wall surrounding ICPL construction site. Sign- Linn Street & Library Entrance
"Iowa City, Iowa, Dec 23-07. A corner of my office"
Postcard sent to Mabel Walker, postmarked December 23, 1907. Ben Franklin 1-cent stamp.
"Herbie" the Cat, 1970-1976
Herbert Hoover Historic Site mascot, West Branch
"For Sale: $14,000 OBO"
A car landed in Ralston Creek, near Governor Street. Someone jokingly put a "for sale" sign in the window.
"Feed Me" ICPL Construction Wall Panel, 2002
Wall surrounding ICPL construction site, "Feed me."
"Dorothy" unfazed
"Dorothy," the tornado sculpture at the Dubuque Street entrance of the pedestrian mall, was not damaged by the storm. The sculpture was created by Justine Zimmer.
"Come On In" ICPL Construction Wall Panel, 2002
Wall surrounding ICPL construction site, "Come on in."
"Come On In" Clost-Up, ICPL Construction Wall Panel, 2002
Wall surrounding ICPL construction site, "Come on in."
"Celebrating Together for Tomorrow" booklet
"Celebrating Together for Tomorrow" booklet created to celebrate the installation of a new organ at the First United Methodist Church of Iowa City.
"A New Public Library" ICPL Construction Wall Panel, 2002
Wall surrounding ICPL construction site, "A new public library for everybody."
"A New Public Library for Everybody" Wide View, ICPL Construction Wall Panel, 2002
Wall surrounding ICPL construction site, "A new public library for everybody."
"A New Public Library for Everybody" ICPL Construction Wall Panel, 2002
Wall surrounding ICPL construction site, "A new public library for everybody."
"A New Public Library for Everybody" ICPL Construction Wall Panel Corner, 2002
Wall surrounding ICPL construction site, "A new public library for everybody."
Chronicles of the Bell, A. D. 1848
Cartoon drawing of the controversy over the Rev. Michael Hummer and the Bell. The attached PDF contains the transcribed text of the cartoon's panels. The text document is likely from the 1940s, while the cartoon may have been contemporary to the bell…