| Time Frame | Artifact Type | Title | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1940 | Photo | Hybrid seed plant | Pioneer Hybrid Seed Plant. Reinbeck, Iowa. April, 1940. |
| ca. 1938 | Photo | Maytag Washing Machine | Maytag washing machine "Model 70." |
| ca. 1930 | Photo | President Herbert Hoover, 1929-1933 | Herbert Hoover from West Branch, Iowa, was the 31st president of the United States (1929-1933). |
| ca. 1940's | Video | World War II Veteran: Clifford Perry | Cliff Perry served in the Army with the 36th Mechanized Cavalry. Cliff was the company clerk for two years. When they ran short of replacements, Cpl. Perry lost his typewriter and gained a tank. After one hour’s instruction, he became a tank driver. |
| 1936 | Photo | Train on Snow Covered Tracks, Forest City, 1936 | Train travels down tracks after men have removed snow after blizzard in Forest City, 1936. |
| 1880 | Photo | Amana Colonies Street scene | Street scene on a Sunday morning in the Amana Colonies. Shows people arriving for church in the foreground. ca. 1880. |
| 2005 | Video | New Iowan: Jose | This is an interview with a young, New Iowan, as part of the documentary "Our Kids." |
| 1937 | Photo | Switchboard operator | Telephone operator at switchboard. Telephone users went through a switchboard operator to make calls. The observers in this photo are waiting for news of a Mason City bus and train collision. Renwick, Iowa. October 1937. |
| 1800's | Video | Sickness and Death on the Frontier | A re-enactment of a mother reporting the steps she takes to doctor her family back to health in the 1800s. |
| 1940 | Photo | Old shot tower | Old shot tower in Dubuque. Photo was taken in April, 1940. In the late 1700s and early 1800s lead mines produced valuable ore in the Dubuque area. Lead bullets were produced in a shot tower. Molten lead was dropped from the top of the tower into water at the bottom. |