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  • Collection: Capturing Local History

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Flooding on 1st Avenue, with partially submerged storefronts, signs, electric poles, and cars in the background. "Father's Day June 17 1990" is written in marker in the top-left corner.

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Flooding at Econogas Service, viewed from beside a billboard.

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Flooding at Econogas Service, where several propane tanks are sitting. "Tanks float" is written in marker in the top-left corner.

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Adrian Dale, who was voting for the first time, two weeks after his 18th birthday. It was during the pandemic so masks were required. Lucas Elementary School, Iowa City.

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Peaceful protestors at the Blacks Lives Matter rally in Iowa City, on Clinton And Iowa Avenue in front of the Old Capital, following the murder of George Floyd. This is just one of a series of rallies and marches that took place during the summer of…

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Peaceful protesters in masks at the Blacks Lives Matter rally in Iowa City, following the murder of George Floyd. George Floyd was murdered in Minneapolis, MN on May 25, 2020 during an arrest by a police officer.

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Black Lives Matter rally in masks during the pandemic, following the murder of George Floyd

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2020 Graduation at Iowa City High School. Step-cousins Adrian Dale and Rhianna (Mint) McMahon stand in front of school in their red gowns on graduation day. During the pandemic, graduating seniors of City High had to schedule 10 minute increments…

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Ad for Grand Opening, Open House and ribbon cutting for the new Coralville park Altmaier Family Park.

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Iowa City West junior Shreya Khullar was inaugurated today as Iowa’s first Student Poet Ambassador.
The Iowa Student Poet Ambassador role was conceived by Jan Warren from the Belin-Blank Center and Iowa City UNESCO City of Literature administrators…

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Eiseley Dykstra receives a COVID-19 vaccination in a meeting room at Coralville Public Library.

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Ellen Alexander, Assistant Director of Coralville Public Library received her first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine. The clinic took place in the lower level of the library on April 8th and 9th. Ellen was one of more than 600 people who received their…

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Iowa Department of Human Services advertised a service to help people find and schedule COVID-19 vaccinations and the Coralville Public Library shared this information on their Facebook page.
text reads: Iowans with barriers to scheduling a vaccine…

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Dan Holderness retired from his position as City of Coralville Engineer after 35 years, the longest tenured employee of the city. He oversaw many of the physical and infrastructure changes that took place during Coralville's growth from a population…

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Coralville Fire Department would like congratulate and welcome 13-recruits from our Fire Academy to full members as firefighters. These firefighters have put in over 10-months of classroom lecture and a lot of hands-on skills training. The Coralville…

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A call for applicants to serve on a new Citizen's Community Policing Advisory Board that was formed to collaborate with the City of Coralville and the Police Department to promote unbiased policing practices.

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Various shots of a walking bridge that is being built to cross the Iowa River.

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An infographic to illustrate how snowplows move snow along the street and block driveways and sidewalks. citizens are responsible for removing snow from these locations.

Text from Facebook post:
"Why did the plow leave snow in my driveway?" is a…

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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…

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Ellen Alexander shopping
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