Antique truck in the parade, July 4, 1994
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An antique truck, with '1919 Defiance' painted on its side, in the Fourth of July parade.
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July 4, 1994
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Big Brothers/Big Sisters parade float, July 4, 1990
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Children and adults sit on a Big Brothers/Big Sisters parade float.
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July 4, 1990
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Coralville, Iowa
Econogas Service and company trucks, 1952
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Six company trucks sit in front of the Econogas Service building. The trucks are loaded with propane gas canisters and tanks.
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Library float in Fourth Fest, July 2021
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Sierra Keeney and Maggie Dale ride in the back of the Coralville City Truck that has been decorated with rainbows with the theme 'Reading Colors your World'.
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Library float in Fourth Fest, July 2021
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Sara Glenn, Maggie Dale, Karen Stierler, Sierra Keeney, and [?] ride in the back of the Coralville City Truck that has been decorated with rainbows with the theme 'Reading Colors your World'.
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Library staff and family members in Fourth Fest parade, July 2021
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Mike Jorgensen, Karen Stierler, [?], Kate Dale, [?], Maggie Dale, [?], Sierra Keeney, and Sara Glenn stand in and around a Coralville City Truck that has been decorated with rainbows with the theme 'Reading Colors your World'. Several people in the photo are using bubble blowers.
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Discover new trails Coralville Library float for Fourth Fest Parade, 2004
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Discover New Trails was the Coralville Library float for Fourth Fest Parade. A Coralville Parks and Recreation truck was decorated for an outdoor adventure, including a backpack coolers, lawn chairs and a fake campfire.
pictured left: Teri Rogers ( drinking water), Linda Parker ( in hat with yellow scallops), others unknown
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July 4, 2001
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Snow plow, December 2020
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A Coralville snowplow clearing streets following a snow storm in December 2020.
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Snow removal update:
-Crews continue to plow today, Wednesday, Dec. 30, 2020. Due to the heavy snowfall rate, crews focused on arterial streets and bus routes on Tuesday and into the night.
-As of 3:00 am Wednesday, crews moved on to the remaining residential streets. Once that initial pass is complete, they will start on the cul-de-sacs (which require an end loader).
-After all remaining streets and cul-de-sacs have had a first pass, crews will push back snow from curbs and haul snow from intersections as needed
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December 2020
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Snow Removal, January 2021
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Following a significant snowfall the previous week, Coralville Streets Division removed snow that had been piled up in the Coralville parking lot. The pile had taken up most of the parking spaces on the north side of the Coralville Library Parking lot.
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January 5, 2021
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Donutland, 1980s
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Donutland opened on Highway 6 in April of 1984 with an official ribbon-cutting ceremony. The business offered doughnuts and other baked desserts to Coralville residents until closing in January of 2004 (Coralville Courier, 1984; Iowa City Press-Citizen, 2004).
The photograph was taken by Karen Becker for the book The Strip: An American Place, by Richard Horwitz.
Karin Becker
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Early 1980s
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Coralville, Iowa
George Prehoda stands by truck full of corn, 1920s
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Farm man George Prehoda stands by his open truck cab (Walch, p. 34). The truck bed, made of wooden boards, contains a large pile of corn.
In addition to farming, George Prehoda volunteered as Coralville's first fire chief. When interviewed, he could remember three fires occurring while he was in this position: one at the Carlton house, the second on a spur line on the Rock Island railway, and the third at a garage the fire fighters rented from the Mayor Edward Koser to use as a fire house (Lovetinsky et al., p. 52-53).
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1920s
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Johnson County, Iowa
Truck stopped at the edge of water from Iowa River flood, 1940s
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Three men stand on top of a truck bed to look at the Iowa River water that floods 1st Avenue. Koser's Store can be seen in the background. A tractor carrying two other men faces the other direction.
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1940s
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Coralville, Iowa
Gathering outside Koser's Store during Iowa River flood, 1940s
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Coralville residents gather outside Koser's Store before embarking on an expedition to see the flooded riverbanks of the Iowa River. Flood water can be seen flowing through the street; two men work with a chain in front of a parked truck, while two other man stand further back from the camera, holding up a bottle as if to toast someone.
The second version of the image is written on in marker; the writer points out different individuals and items in the photograph. Starting from left to right:
"Dad" points to Joseph A. Brandstatter, who wears overalls . He holds up his arm, holding what appears to be a bottle.
An unknown word points to the bottle in Brandstatter's hand.
"Rarey" points to Ray Rarey, who wears a white shirt. He stands next to Brandstatter, also with his arm up; he holds a different bottle in his other hand.
"Refrigerators" points to the two refrigerators sitting on the front porch of Koser's Store.
"John Wineke" points to a man standing in the back of the truck, wearing a hat. He looks directly at the camera. John dressed poultry for Koser's Store.
"Vera" points to a woman also standing in the bed of the truck. This is Vera (Koser) Russell, the daughter of Edward and Harriet (Paintin) Koser. Edward was the original owner of Koser's Store.
Rex Brandstatter identified the man in the truck looking away from the camera as Wade Russell, Vera's husband and the owner of Koser's Store when this photo was taken. The boy is Wade and Vera's eldest son Jimmy Lee, born 1936 (Brandstatter; Lovetinsky et al., p. 110-111).
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1940s
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Coralville, Iowa