Our Picture Of The Week


– May 12, 2024 – M&M Locomotive – Antoine Le Claire
– May 5, 2024 – Iowa City’s 185th Birthday

– April 28, 2024 – H.D. Short – Short’s Shoe Repair
– April 21, 2024 – H.D. Short – Iowa City’s First Black Businessman
– April 14, 2024 – The Caitlin Clark Effect
– April 7, 2024 – The U.S. Navy Comes To Iowa City -1942

– March 31, 2024 – Save The Slezak!
– March 24, 2024 – North Hall – The Grandfather of SUI.
– March 17, 2024 – Iowa City’s Clinton Street – 1882.
– March 10, 2024 – Burlington Street Bridge – 1940’s.
– March 3, 2024 – SUI Mechanics Academy

– February 25, 2024 – Iowa City Telephone Operators
– February 18, 2024 – 200,000 Hits!
– February 11, 2024 – SUI Homeopathic Hospital
– February 4, 2024 – Saving Slezak Hall!

– January 28, 2024 – Old Setters – Johnson County
– January 21, 2024 – We Select The Capital Site
– January 14, 2024 – Old Capitol and Old Man Winter
– January 7, 2024 – Greer Grocery Store – Iowa City

– December 31, 2023 – 1855 Map of Iowa by Edward Mendenhall
– December 24, 2023 – A West Music Christmas Giveaway
– December 17, 2023 – SUI & The Iowa Child Welfare Research Station
– December 10, 2023 – The Johnson County Poor Farm
– December 3, 2023 – Englert Theatre – Washington Street

– November 26, 2023 – WSUI Radio In Iowa City.
– November 19, 2023 – ‘Wild Bill’ Sackter – Iowa City’s Friendly Smile.
– November 12, 2023 – Looking north on Clinton Street in 1906.
– November 5, 2023 – Montgomery Ward & Co – 1929.

– October 29, 2023 – Old Capitol Rehabilitation – Circa 1922.
– October 22, 2023 – November 17, 1910 – Iowa City Electric Railway
– October 15, 2023 – Saving Iowa City’s Slezak National Hall.
– October 8, 2023 – A View of Iowa Avenue 1880s.
– October 1, 2023 – Old Capitol At Night – Circa 1920.

– September 24, 2023 – WSUI-Radio In Iowa City
– September 17, 2023 – Old Capitol Bell – 1864-2001.
– September 10, 2023 – Old Capitol Rehabilitation – Circa 1922.
– September 3, 2023 – Old Capitol Rehabilitation – Circa 1922.

– August 27, 2023 – Herky the Hawk – 75 Years Young.
– August 20, 2023 – Celebrating The Iowa State Fair.
– August 13, 2023 – Louis Englert – Iowa City’s Bavarian Beer Man.
– August 6, 2023 – A View Of Iowa Avenue – 1927.

– July 30, 2023 – Welcome to SUI Close Hall.
– July 23, 2023 – Iowa City in 1942.
– July 16, 2023 – The Old Settlers’ Association of Johnson County – 1886.
– July 9, 2023 – The Meskwaki People At The Turn Of The Century.
– July 2, 2023 – We Build Our Capitol – 1841.

– June 23, 2023 – Newsboy on Washington Street – 1939.
– June 18, 2023 – The Doors To Old Capitol – 1920’s.
– June 11, 2023 – Welcome To SUI’s Close Hall.
– June 4, 2023 – 1920 – Iowa Field – SUI Baseball, Track & Football.

– May 28, 2023 – The Pastime Theatre – 205 College Street.
– May 21, 2023 – Meredith Willson – Till There Was You.
– May 14, 2023 – Iowa – As It Would Have Been.
– May 7, 2023 – The Mapping of Iowa City – 1832 To Today.

– April 30, 2023 – 1870’s – The Mills Of Coralville, Iowa
– April 23, 2023 – Iowa City’s St. James Hotel Burns
– April 16, 2023 – 1929 – Old Capitol and Old Man Winter
– April 9, 2023 – Rock Island Locomotive at Iowa City Depot
– April 2, 2023 – The First Bridge Over The Mississippi River

– March 26, 2023- Governor Lucas & The Honey War
– March 19, 2023 – The Muddy Streets Of Iowa City
– March 12, 2023 – Iowa City’s New Court House
– March 5, 2023 – Klondike Bill Visits Iowa City

– February 26, 2023 – Meredith Willson – Iowa’s Music Man
– February 19, 2023 – Iowa City – See Us Increase
– February 12, 2023 – The Railroad Comes To Iowa City
– February 5, 2023 – Ansel Briggs

– January 29, 2023 – Chauncey Swan
– January 22, 2023 – Old Capitol
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