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Librarians and library staff walking the Fourth Fest Parade route ahead of the Jeep parade float.

Ruth Halterman visible at the front of the group

Wagons with balls, sports equipment and sanitizing supplies

Ruth Halterman stands behind a table to sign up patrons for Winter Adult Reading Month ( W.A.R.M.) for the Coralville Public Library. The reading program is an annual event held in the month of February. On display are the reading logs, prizes and…

Volunteers work to help update and remodel the Fesler building

Two volunteer firefighters, marked in pen as 'Dick Clinite (retired)' and 'Bill Lee (moved)', observe as the Econogas fire overtakes a truck further away. Clinite stands behind a fire engine with an partially unraveled fire hose at his feet while…

A formal portrait of Violet S. (Hankins) Williams. She wears a high collared dress. The photographer's name, Townsend, is typed on the bottom of portrait, along with his studio address: "22 Clinton Street, Ground Floor, I.C. IA".

Violet Selena…

A Fourth of July parade float celebrating Victory 4-H Club's tenth anniversary.

Veterans smile from their seats on a patriotically decorated parade float in the 1991 parade.

Cub Scouts from Troop #207 and veterans from the US Armed Forces stand together, holding military branch flags, on a parade float.

A military veteran sits on a float in the Fourth of July parade.

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.

Left to right: Laverne…

Children and adults sit in the open back of a Variety Club of Iowa van in the 1990 Fourth of July parade. Per the organization's website, "Variety - the Children's Charity of Iowa is dedicated to improving the lives of children who are…

The family home of Valentine and Minna (Zeisler) Miller. Located at 205 Fifth Street, this house was built during the early 1870s, after the family moved back to Coralville after living in Marshalltown.

Valentine and Minna raised seven children…

A US Bank employee passes out candy in the Fourth of July parade.

Two horses hitched to carriage stands in front of a store front with the word "Groceries" across the top. In the carriage sits two persons, one in the front holding the reins, and one in the back. A third horse stands next to the carriage. Two men in…

A piper with the University of Iowa Scottish Highlanders plays the bagpipes in the Fourth of July parade.

A group of pipers and drummers from the University of Iowa Scottish Highlanders walk in the Fourth of July parade.

People on a parade float sit around a card table adorned with various pieces of Hawkeye memorabilia.

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 students run along the fields that stood behind and to the south of the Coralville Central School. These fields were often used for recreational activities; a group of students can be seen further back engaged in a game of baseball.

Petroleum…