A woman smiles at the camera while using the home water pump to fill up a pitcher. She wears a checkered dress lined in lace and high heels. While unknown, this woman was likely a family member or friend of the Kriz family.
Four of the Wenman children sit on edge of a worn porch, some of their bare feet dangling off the side. The three girls wear light colored dresses, while Roy, or Leroy, wears rolled up overalls and a long sleeved shirt.
The student photographs of the graduating class of University High School in 1923. The name of the photographer, Newberg-Breece, sits at the lower right hand corner.
The transcription of the hand-written list on the back of the matting of the…
Two friends stand next to each other on the bridge over the Coralville Dam, The Iowa River spills off the dam into a waterfall beneath them. Trees can be seen in the background.
Baseball players pause for a photograph during their informal baseball game: Frederick J. Kriz (left) has both hands on his bat, while the boy in the center wears a baseball mitt and lets his bat rest against his shoulder. The boy on the right holds…
A family portrait of Mary "Polly" (Dowman) Paintin and her four daughters. Also pictured is Harriet (Paintin) Koser; she was a sister to Mary's husband James Sr. and therefore Mary's sister-in-law. Harriet was married to Edward Koser (Lovetinsky et…
A photograph of the Bowers family, taken on the front porch of the William Bowers home.
Back row, left to right: Emma (Bowers) Cropley, Miriam (Reeves) Bowers, Samantha Ann (Poland) Bowers, Joseph W., William H. Bowers, Benjamin W. Bowers, Ethel…
A photograph of Benjamin W. and Samantha Ann (Poland) with their four children, taken outside. Also pictured is Zella (Mathes) Bowers, who married A. Ray Bowers in 1920.
Benjamin W. Bowers was born on January 30, 1851 to Nathaniel and Esther…
The ten boys who made up the Coralville School football team in 1921. Dressed in a mixture of button down shirts, ties, and coveralls, they squint in the sunlight as they look at the camera. The boy in the middle of the front row (Fred Dever) holds a…
Mary (Chambers) Kriz, wearing a long skirt, holds the bridle of a dark horse in the back yard of a farm house. A bare footed Fred Kriz, her son, sits on the horse, reins in his hands.
John H. Halvorsen walks beside his ditching machine. He used this machine to put in water and sewer lines both in Manville and University Heights in Iowa City; pieces of pipe can be seen on the ground near him.
Frederick J. Kriz (left), an unidentified friend (center), and Helen Kriz (right) ride side-by-side on their bicycles (Walch, p. 87). They appear to be in front of the Kriz family home.
Genevieve (Nagle) Brandstatter sits behind a wooden chair, holding daughter June (b. 1921). On the chair, her son Erwin (b. 1919) and oldest daughter Ruth (b. 1916) sit side by side. All three children gaze left, while Genevieve stares directly into…
A formal portrait of Fred James Kriz and Mary (Chambers) Kriz.
Fred was born on February 19, 1881 in Iowa City to James and Catherine (Tempa) Kriz. Mary was born August 7, 1881 to John and Ellen (Brady) Chambers. She lived at Camp Cardinal Road…
A formal photograph of Frances (Koser) Kershner. She wears a belted, white dress with long leather gloves. A hat, decorated with a large rose and feather, is perched on her head. She holds an umbrella or parasol under her elbow, grabbing the top of…
Clark McGinnis, son of John Ralph McGinnis and Florence (Clark) McGinnis, and Ezekiel Clark, Jr, stand on a concrete ledge, likely part of the Iowa River Electric Light and Power Company near the Coralville mill dam and catwalk. Both grip the lower…