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September 1, 1854 – Mississippi River Bridge

September 1, 1965 – Des Moines Register’s Frank Miller

September 2, 1912 – John Gruelich

September 2, 2017 – The Hawkeye Wave

September 3, 1857 – SUI In Iowa City

September 3, 1916 – SUI’s Effie Mae Proffitt

September 4, 1867 – Iowa City’s Normal Academy of Music

September 4, 1959 – KXIC – Dottie Ray

September 5, 1839 – The Name: Hawkeye, (2)

September 6, 1934 – Mildred Pelzer Murals

September 7, 1886 – Iowa State Fair

September 7, 1914 – Dr. James Van Allen

September 8, 1874 – P.T. Barnum Circus

September 8, 2017 – Johnson County Savings Bank

September 9, 1872 – P.T. Barnum Circus

September 9, 2013 – Roland Wehner, Architect

September 10, 1891 – SUI’s H.F. Wickham

September 10, 1984 – Whiteway Super Market

September 11, 1947 – Corn Belt Rocket

September 11, 1975 – Iowa City’s Old Brick

September 12, 1840 – North Presbyterian Church

September 12, 2023 – Wild Bill Sakter

September 13, 1860 – M&M Railroad

September 13, 1977 – William Wendrem House

September 14, 1881 – SUI Military Band

September 14, 1907 – Lulu M. Johnson

September 15, 1809 – The Dunkel Family

September 15, 1903 – Amish, Iowa

September 16, 1880 – Cyrus Sanders

September 16, 1887 – Olive Hulme Boller

September 16, 2024 – The Hawkeye Wave

September 17, 1868 – SUI’s Dr. Washington Peck

September 17, 1974 – The Kirkwood Home

September 18, 1948 – Harry S. Truman

September 18, 1952 – Dwight D. Eisenhower

September 19, 1864 – Iowa City’s Alfred B. Cree

September 19, 1987 – Coast To Coast

September 20, 1870 – SUI Medical Department

September 20, 1922 – KXIC’s Dottie Ray

September 21, 1832 – Black Hawk Purchase

September 21, 1999 – U.S.P.S. Honors Meredith Willson

September 22, 1851 – Des Moines

September 22, 2014 – Shrader Drugs

September 23, 1939 – CRANDIC Interurban

September 23, 1972 – Kinnick Stadium

September 24, 1877 – John F. Rague

September 24, 1922 – Iowa City Mayor Emma J. Harvat

September 25, 1849 – Iowa City Circus

September 25, 1861 – Antoine Le Claire

September 26, 1889 – Iowa Football Begins

September 26, 1912 – Englert Theatre

September 27, 2000 – Bethel AME Church

September 27, 2025 – UI Homecoming

September 28, 1889 – OSA Log Cabins

September 28, 1976 – Saving Old Brick

September 29, 1835 – Des Moines County, Iowa

September 29, 1898 – Rock Island Railroad Depot

September 30, 1933 – Chicago World’s Fair, (2)

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

September 28, 2025 – Hummer’s Bell Returns

September 21, 2025 – Nile Kinnick Stadium

September 14, 2025 – Iowa Football Legends – Hayden Fry & Kirk Ferentz

September 7, 2025 – Hancher Auditorium & School of Music

September 29, 2024 – The original Iowa City Railroad Depot

September 22, 2024 – Floyd of Rosedale – 1935

September 15, 2024 – 1882 – A Tour Of The SUI Campus

September 8, 2024 – The Great Circus Poster Mystery

September 1, 2024 – Old Threshers, Mt. Pleasant

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.

From 2020 through 2023, we used this Did You Know? (DYK) theme throughout our website. As you browse through our web pages, this little icon will link you to corresponding DYK posts from the past.