This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
Cedar Rapids items span sports to theatre and city notes
Cedar Rapids resident Lynn Matchett recalls her father Tom Hurd’s baseball career with the Waterloo White Hawks and Boston Red Sox era. The Children’s Theatre marks Playtime Poppy’s 50th anniversary with a new play. Iowa Electric weighs closing the nuclear plant as costs rise and safety concerns mount. A 1933 Beacon automobile is shown by Jessie DeLaMater. Cedar Rapids water draws mayoral ire over algae taint and sewage actions. Charles Denecke, Cedar Rapids merchant, dies after building Newman's Department Store arc. Alf Landon tours Topeka by Gazette plane. Barnum and Bailey Circus lights up the city with Jupiter the balloon horse.
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Cedar Rapids
Lynn Matchett
Boston Red Sox
Tom Hurd
Gazette
Hurd
Waterloo White Hawks
Havana
Cuba
Red Sox
Ted Williams
Mickey Mantle
Yogi Berra
al Kaline
Children’s Theatre of
Poppy
Margaret Collins
Collins Radio
Arthur Collins
Children’s Theatre
City Hall
Jessie DeLaMater
Beacon
Continental Motor Corp
Detroit
Mich
DeLaMater
Iowa Theatre
James Meaghan
Iowa Department of Health
Albert Lea
Minn
Cedar River
State Health Department
Waterloo
Cedar Falls
Vinton
Meaghan