1976-Bicentennial Iowa City – Section G – Pages 1-4

Click here to go back to the home page: July 1, 1976 – The Bicentennial & Iowa City.

Look for this logo and associated links throughout Our Iowa Heritage website. It will tell you that there’s a story or two, or a Fred Kent photograph taken from this 1976 Press-Citizen Bicentennial edition.
Page G2 (above) & G3 (below) – Irving Weber – Mr. Iowa City – gives us two full pages of biographical material on his growing up years in Iowa City. On Page G2 – William Eginton offers a brief overview of Irving Weber’s writings – many of which were published in the Iowa City Press-Citizen.

You can read more here:
Irving Weber – Mr. Iowa City.
Welcome To Irving Weber’s Writings – The Index.
Weber’s Winners – Iowa City’s Finest.
Weber’s Fun Facts – The Old Stone Capitol.
A Memory Walk With Irving Weber – 1985.
Irving Weber & Iowa City’s Rock Island Railroad.
Page G4 – Marie Fuhrmeister and Mrs. James E. Stronks gives us a woman’s view of living in Iowa City during the first half of the 20th century.
Click here to go back to the home page: July 1, 1976 – The Bicentennial & Iowa City.

Look for this logo and associated links throughout Our Iowa Heritage website. It will tell you that there’s a story or two, or a Fred Kent photograph taken from this 1976 Press-Citizen Bicentennial edition.

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Kudos to the amazing resources below for the many quotes, photographs, etc. used on this page.

A busy Iowa City boyhood in a new century, Irving B. Weber, Iowa City Press-Citizen, July 1, 1976, p 58

He describes past to enrich future, William Eginton, Iowa City Press-Citizen, July 1, 1976, p 58

Things to explore, to look at, to check, Irving B. Weber, Iowa City Press-Citizen, July 1, 1976, p 59

‘One hard job I disliked…’, Marie Fuhrmeister, Iowa City Press-Citizen, July 1, 1976, p 60

‘Those were beautiful, peaceful days before…’, Mrs. James E. Stronks, Iowa City Press-Citizen, July 1, 1976, p 60