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The eleven girls and troop leader who made up the first Girl Scouts troop in Coralville pose for a photograph. All wear the official Girl Scouts uniform, and four wear hats. The Girl Scouts troop leader, Irene (Vogel) Bowers, is standing in the…

Sixteen members of the Coralville Heights Club gather for a photograph. Six women kneel, while the others stand behind them in a line. All wear dresses in various patterns.

First row, left to right: Ona Zimmerli, Beatrice Rinda, Sally Robertson,…

Elizabeth (Fellows) Dennis, a Coralville pioneer, sits in a wooden chair at a Fourth of July celebration. She wears a striped dress, dark coat, feathered hat, and a glove on her left hand. Writing in the bottom right corner of the image states,…

A formal group photograph of the Iowa City Soldier's Aid Society of the Civil War. A painted background of curtains, a column, and a pitcher can be seen behind them. This women's group would meet to sew and knit for the soldiers and veterans of the…

A formal portrait of Minna (Zeisler) Miller. Her photograph sits in an oval-shaped matting.

Minna (Zeisler) Miller, a native from Germany who immigrated to the United States in the early 1860s to join a sister who lived in Iowa City, Iowa. She…

A formal photograph of Coralville residents Tony & Mary (O'Connor) Nortmann.

Tony was born to Mr. & Mrs. George Nortmann on June 11, 1884 in Quincy, Illinois. Mary was born to David & Ellen (Sullivan) O'Connor in Keokuk, Iowa on June 21. 1884. Her…

Alice (Hunter) Ott was born to Cyrus and Eliza (Ramsay) Hunter in Riverside, Iowa on September 27, 1870. In 1897, three years after Eliza's death, Alice and her father moved to Coralville, Iowa. She was the city's first postmistress.

Alice married…

A family photograph of James Sr. and Mary (Dowman) Paintin. The family wears coats and hats; the children in front are sitting on some type of cart or bicycle.

First row, left to right: Paul Paintin, Murry Robinson, Robert Hemphill, Maria Paintin,…

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 portrait of the children of John and Mary (Prior) Paintin: James Senior, John "Jack", and Harriet (Paintin) Koser. Also pictured are their spouses: Mary (Dowman) Paintin, Francis (Robinson) Paintin, and Edward Koser, respectively.

James Sr. and…

A formal family portrait of the Jacob Reiland family. The photograph has a matting, which has a written signature in cursive on the bottom right corner.*

Front row, left to right: George A. Reiland, Kathryn (Fisher) Reiland, Laura Klema, Jacob…

Frank and his wife Anastasia Grace (Beranek) Stinocher stand by a house, their daughter Dorothy (Stinocher) Stimmel between them. Dorothy holds her baby son, Larry Stimmel; she looks down at him, her hair tied back with a ribbon. Frank also looks…

A formal portrait of John and Emma (Lowe) Wenman.

John Arthur Wenman was born to Henry and Harriet (Dunn) Wenman on February 15, 1853 in Battle Creek, Michigan. He married Emma Lowe on October 9, 1875. The couple had eleven children: William,…

Henry Justice and Lora Jane (Fulkerson) Wenman lean against the side of their car; the back door of the vehicle is open behind Henry. Their two youngest children, Della and Robert, stand on the foot board of the car, grinning at the camera. A third…

Dana H. White and Emma (Tofting) White sit on a wooden church pew in between two white vases of flowers. He wears a suit and a white boutonniere, while she dons a striped dress, white gloves, and a corsage. This photograph was taken at their 54th…

A formal photograph of the daughters of Alexander and Frances (Henry) Wilson. The six young women sit in a triangle formation, arms and hands resting on each other. All are dressed in dark, long sleeved, full length dresses with their hair done up. A…

May (Adair) and John Wineke sit together for a portrait. She wears a long-sleeved dress with embroidered tassels off the shoulders and tassel-shaped buttons. He wears a dark suit with a bolo tie, the top of which is decorated with the silhouette of a…

Four Wineke family members stand in a line in front of a vehicle. The women wear knee length dresses; Pirl wears jeans, a dark jacket, and a hat. A small dog stands next to him. Another vehicle can be seen parked on the street behind the…

Married couple John Ralph and Florence (Clark) take family members, including their only son Clark Eugene, Florence's sister Cora (Clark) Kile, her son Robert Clark, niece Lillian Emma Clark (the daughter of brother Ezekiel Jr. Clark), and Gladys…

A family photograph of the Ira McAllister family. Parents Susan (Wentz) and Ira McAllister sit in dark wooden chairs, while their grown children stand in a row behind them.

Front row, left to right: Susan (Wentz) McAllister and Ira…