Time Frame | Artifact Type | Title | Description |
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1930s | Photo | Iowa State Fair Races | Spectators at state fair auto races. Des Moines, 1939. |
ca. 1940's | Video | World War II Veteran: Russell Smith | By mid-summer 1944, members of company "I" were attacking German troops somewhere north of Rome, Italy. "Bill" Smith was returning to the battlefield after requesting an artillery barrage when he came upon a small patrol of five German soldiers that had made it behind the American lines. |
2004 | Video | Modern Farm Equipment | Scenes showing modern farm equipment. tractors, sprayers, Combine, and dump trucks |
1883 | Photo | Riverboat in Muscatine, 1883 | Riverboat photograph taken from River Front Park in Muscatine. 1883. |
1930 | Photo | Removing snow from main street, Forest City, ca. 1930 | Snow removal in downtown Forest City, ca. 1930. |
1877 | Photo | Meatpacking House | Interior view of an Iowa meatpacking house, c.1877 |
1950 | Photo | Protesting Racial Discrimination, Waterloo, 1950 | Picketers are protesting racial discrimination practiced by store. Downtown Waterloo, 1950s. |
ca. 1940's | Video | World War II Veteran: Donald R. Vaughn (Don) | Don Vaughn of Ottumwa, Iowa talks about his training after being drafted in the Army in March, 1943 and his service in Europe as Staff Sergeant in the coast artillery and field artillery. |
1963 | Video | Understanding Equality | Former Governor Harold Hughes (1922-1996) talks about understanding equality. |
2005 | Video | New Iowan: Minh | This is an interview with a young, New Iowan, as part of the documentary "Our Kids." |