Interior of the old Coralville School on Fifth Street, 1900s

An image taken inside the Coralville School while class is in session. Students of all ages sit at their desks reading and doing other schoolwork. Blackboards line the back wall.

A bench can be seen on the left hand side of the photograph, closer to the front of the room. According to Vera (Koser) Russell, a student in 1905, this bench would have been directly in front of the teacher's desk and used for class recitations. The room would have also contained a pot-belly stove for warmth in the winter (Lovetinsky et al., p. 31-32).

Coralville Public Library. Coralville Digital History Library.

Early 1900s

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Coralville, Iowa