OPEN HOUSE

History Center Open House & Skate Party

Sunday January 27th

1:00 - 3:00pm

At the Ely Community Center

1570 Rowley Street, Ely

Kids and adults of all ages,
come out for an old-fashioned skating party and visit the Ely History Center on the lower level of the Community Center, Sunday January 27th. Cookies and cocoa will be provided!

Old photos of Ely, the school building, street and farm scenes and more will be on display as well as many other interesting historical Ely items to view.

The open house will be from 1:00 – 3:00 pm in the lower level of the building. History society members will be present to tell about Ely history and answer questions! Fun and learning for all!

Please bring your own skates if you plan on utilizing the ice rink during the event!

Hosted by City of Ely, Iowa and Ely Community History Society

Our move is accomplished

We are happy to report that our move from the second floor to the lower floor of the Ely Community Center has been accomplished .  We have been working on re-shelving our holdings and last week were finally able to hook up the computer, printers and scanners.  We are up and running again!  We still have some putting away to do, but we hope to be done with that soon.

USUAL HOURS are 9:30-11:00 a.m. on Tuesdays. HOWEVER, If you plan to visit to our archives room, ALWAYS CALL AHEAD!
We can also open if you call for an appointment.
(319) 848-4074 (Barb) or 848-4963 (Clary).

RESEARCH by Society members is available for a suggested donation of $10.00 per hour.

DONATIONS:  We continue to request donations relating to the history of Ely, Shueyville, Western, and surrounding rural areas. If you have historic photos, you don't need to give them up!  We can scan them and add to our digital photo collection which now numbers around 1,000 photos.

We invite you to visit and find out more about Ely's history, and the Ely Community History Society.

1929 basketball team

Information provided by Norbert Krob:
Front row: Norbert Vanorny, Lumir Kriz, Wesely Dvorak, George Lorence, Louis Stanek
Back row: Not sure, Andrew Clark, John Phillips, coach Walter Wagner