Time Frame | Artifact Type | Title | Description |
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1910 | Photo | Tractor with five wagons attached | Tractor (The Big Four "30") with five wagons attached. Location unknown. ca. 1910. |
Early to Late 1800's | Video | Steamboats Travel Inland Rivers of Iowa | Before the railroad arrived, steamboats traveled up the Des Moines, Iowa, Cedar, Missouri and Mississippi rivers in the early to late 1800s. |
2005 | Video | New Iowan: Hussein | This is an interview with a young, New Iowan, as part of the documentary "Our Kids." |
1940 | Photo | Telephone and directory | Typical telephone and directory used in Iowa in the 1940s. This photo was taken in Dubuque in 1940. |
2005 | Video | SCOLA-World TV | The Iowa satellite 'farm' called SCOLA, a hub for news around the world, is featured. This program aired in 2005. |
1870's-present | Video | Norwegians Settle in Decorah | Many Norwegians immigrated to Decorah, Iowa and called it their western home--their Vesterheim. |
1929-1939 | Video | The Great Depression: Stock Market Crash | All parts of the nation were faced with the worst economic depression in history in 1929. Iowans suffered along with the rest of the nation. |
ca. 1914 | Photo | Solbrig and team | Solbrig flying team including Oscar and Mary and others. ca. 1914. |
1955 | Photo | Blacksmith | Men working with hammers and anvil in blacksmith shop. Moscow, Iowa. 1955. |
2008 | Video | Recipe for the Democratic Caucus | The Republicans have a process; the Democrats employ a mathematical recipe to determine who wins their respective caucuses. Both are explained by Chef Bob Singer in the Political Kitchen. |