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Alvin and Leona (Conklin) Prizler pause for a picture on their way down the church aisle during their wedding. Alvin wears a dark suit. Leona has her arm in his, and wears a white wedding gown, veil, and pearls. A bouquet of flowers is held in her…

A wedding photograph of two couples: on the left, Clarence & Ruth (Wade) Alwine, and on the right, Ben & Dorothy (Alwine) Schneider.

Clarence was married previously to Alice McMillan. They had two children, Marian (b, 1927) and Kenneth (b. 1929),…

Two unknown Coralville residents recreate the iconic American Gothic painting by Iowa artist Grant Wood for their Fourth Fest float.

Members of the American Legion Post #721 stand in a row with their arms around each other and smile for photographs. Two of the men hold shovels that were used during the ceremony.

The members of both the American Legion Walter Johnson Post #721…

A member of Coralville's American Legion Post 721 carries a rifle in the Fourth of July parade.

Veterans wearing dress blues wave from the American Legion Post 721 parade float.

A 4thFest parade float featuring the members of the American Legion-Walter Johnson Post #721. The men sit on hay bales and hold small American flags.

The first meeting of the Legion #721 was on January 28, 1954. At that meeting, it was decided…

The American Legion Post #721 color guard and firing squad line up in the Oak Hill Cemetery during Memorial Day Services in 1962.

This Legion Post was the first organization in Coralville to hold Memorial Services at the cemetery. The Coralville…

A group of American Postal Workers Union members and children sit on a parade float, which won first prize for Most Patriotic in the Fourth of July parade of 1989.

A trio of colorful commemorative buttons for the 1988 American/Soviet Peace March in Coralville and Iowa City. Marchers participated in Coralville's Fourth of July parade.

Bud Louis drives his 1923 American LaFrance fire engine , sponsored by Hills Bank, in the Fourth of July parade.

Frank Vesely drives a 1949 Case LA Antique tractor in the Fourth of July parade.

An Oliver 70 row-crop tractor in the Fourth of July parade.

An antique truck, with '1919 Defiance' painted on its side, in the Fourth of July parade.

The family home of Arch and Nelle (Paintin) Hemphill, located at 203 Fifth Street. Arch and Nelle raised two children in this house: Robert Kimbal and Mary Elizabeth, who died at the age of twelve.

Arch W. Hemphill was born to Joseph Kimbal and…

A group of Army service members dressed in camouflage carry a 20' x 30' American flag in the Fourth of July parade.

Lisa Ortale, a baton twirler, performs in the 1991 Fourth of July parade.

Children dressed in matching red shirts and white shorts and shoes perform baton twirling in the 1993 Fourth of July parade.

Julie's Golden Girls baton twirlers perform in the Fourth of July parade.

Young adults and children ride in the back of an antique firetruck decorated with a Big Brothers/Big Sisters banner in the Fourth of July parade.