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April 1, 1868 – Bethel AME Church

April 1, 1917 – Iowa Child Welfare Research Station in Iowa City.

April 1, 2023 – PBS – Iowa City

April 2, 1901 – Civil War Hero – Alfred B. Cree

April 2, 1902 – Iowa City Movie Houses, (2)

April 3, 1861 – Athens of Iowa

April 3, 1951 – Mayor William J. “Bill” Holland

April 3, 1957 – SUI Professor A. Craig Baird

April 4, 1841 – President William H. Harrison Dies

April 4, 1853 – Iowa School For The Blind, (2)

April 5, 1843 – Vote To Form A State Constitution

April 5, 1986 – Irving Weber-1930’s Grocers

April 5, 2025 – U.S.S. Iowa Submarine

April 6, 1846 – Constitutional Convention

April 6, 1853 – Mayor Jacob P. DeForest

April 6, 1957 – Interstate 80 Across Johnson County

April 7, 1818 – Gilman Folsom

April 7, 2014 – Bowery Street Grocery

April 7, 2024 – The Caitlin Clark Era Ends

April 8, 1870 – Des Moines Capitol

April 8, 1904 – Iowa City Police Marshal Lewis A. Clearman

April 8, 1943 – Shaw Aircraft & The Iowa City Airport

April 9, 1874 – Iowa City’s Rock Island Railroad Service

April 9, 1968 – MLK Service

April 9, 1980 – Irving Weber’s Requiem for the Rock Island

April 10, 1803 – Louisiana Purchase

April 10, 1986 – Iowa City’s Paul-Helen Building

April 10, 1986 – Sylvester & Tucker’s Franklin Printing House

April 11, 1850 – Burlington’s David Rorer

April 11, 1953 – Iowa City’s Airport Terminal, (2)

April 12, 1861 – The U.S. Civil War

April 12, 1893 – Iowa’s School for the Deaf – William E. Ijams

April 12, 1937 – Iowa City Photographer William H. James

April 13, 1856 – Chicago to Iowa City Rail Service

April 13, 1913 – “Wild Bill” Sackter

April 13, 2006 – Iowa City Tornado

April 14, 1805 – Walter Terrell

April 14, 1978 – Nicolas Oakes-Grant Wood House

April 14, 1982 – USPS Honors Iowa State Bird & Flower

April 15, 1850 – Hummer’s Bell Secretly Leaves Iowa City

April 15, 1924 – WHO Radio Des Moines

April 15, 1977 – Saving Iowa City’s Old Brick

April 16, 1785 – Pleasant Arthur

April 16, 1999 – Isaac Wetherby’s 1854 Photograph, (2)

April 17, 1861 – Iowa & The Civil War

April 17, 1979 – Iowa City’s USPS Post Office, (2)

April 18, 1950 – Sandy Unrue Boller

April 18, 1863 – North Presbyterian Church

April 19, 1843 – The Great Comet

April 19, 1865 – Abraham Lincoln

April 20, 1836 – Wisconsin Territory

April 20, 1933 – Prohibition in Iowa City

April 21, 1823 – Steamboat Virginia On The Mississippi

April 21, 2023 – Caitlin Clark – Coralville

April 22, 1856 – Mississippi River Bridge

April 22, 1874 – Iowa City’s Frank R. Hatch

April 23, 1881 – Amish, Iowa

April 23, 1952 – TV & SUI

April 24, 1834 – Dubuque Prayer

April 24, 1856 – Mississippi River Bridge

April 25, 1911 – Black Angel

April 25, 1975 – Iowa City’s Henry C. Nicking House

April 26, 1854 – J. H. Gower

April 26, 2024 – Burlington

April 27, 1840 – Capitol Construction

April 27, 1872 – Dr. Otto Heinsius – Solon

April 28, 1842 – Rev. W.W. Woods

April 28, 1853 – D&P Railroad

April 28, 1992 – Iowa City’s Rose Hill

April 29, 1862 – Iowans – Civil War

April 29, 1890 – Iowa City’s cattle-breeder – Thomas Wales

April 29, 1933 – Iowa City’s Joe’s Place

April 30, 1803 – Louisiana Purchase

April 30, 1880 – Iowa City Glass Company

April 30, 1904 – St. Louis World’s Fair

Below is a list of our weekly Pictures of the Week – posted in April…

April 12, 2026 – 2006 Iowa City Tornado

April 5, 2026 – M.L.K. Remembrance Ceremony -1968

April 27, 2025 – The Six Eras of Transportation in Johnson County

April 20, 2025 – Iowa City’s Astro Theatre

April 13, 2025 – Effie Mae Proffitt – Making Beautiful Music At Iowa

April 6, 2025 – Interstate 80 Across Johnson County

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

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

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