1976-Bicentennial Iowa City – Section G – Pages 5-8

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Page G5 – Ethel Penningroth and Nila B. Kelso write their personal stories of living in Iowa City during the first decades of the 20th century.
Page G6 – Harriett Stevens tells us of the early days of telephone service in Iowa City, while Mary E. Gilroy writes of her memories of riding through Iowa City in a horse and buggy.

You can read more here:
1881-1981: The Golden Age Of Telephones In Iowa City.
Page G7 – Emil G. Trott (above) and Fred W. Boerner (below) write of their memories of Iowa City around the turn of the century, leading up to World War I.

Read more here about the Boerner family:
Boerner & Sons – Iowa City’s Prussian Poppa of Pharmacy.
Page G8 – Will J. Hayek and Lee W. Cochran add their memories of Iowa City at the turn of the century.
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Kudos to the amazing resources below for the many quotes, photographs, etc. used on this page.

‘Iowa City…wonder…beauty…’, Ethel Penningroth, Iowa City Press-Citizen, July 1, 1976, p 61

‘Buried in a hay-grave’, Nila B. Kelso, Iowa City Press-Citizen, July 1, 1976, p 61

‘A single wire, cedar poles’, Harriett Stevens, Iowa City Press-Citizen, July 1, 1976, p 62

‘I would sit on the floor of the buggy’, Mary E. Gilroy, Iowa City Press-Citizen, July 1, 1976, p 62

I remember, I remember, Emil G. Trott, Iowa City Press-Citizen, July 1, 1976, p 63

‘While mothers wiped tears’, Fred W. Boerner, Iowa City Press-Citizen, July 1, 1976, p 63

‘A new-born world…’, Lee W. Cochran, Iowa City Press-Citizen, July 1, 1976, p 64

‘I thought of…’, Will J. Hayek, Iowa City Press-Citizen, July 1, 1976, p 64