| Time Frame | Artifact Type | Title | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mid to Late 1800's | Video | Steam Train | Travel by steam train in the mid- to late- 1800s was an improvement over stagecoach travel. |
| 1910 | Photo | Mule Drawn Wagons | Mule drawn wagon. Before automobiles were a common form of transportation in Iowa, mules and horses provided "horse power." |
| ca. 1880 | Photo | Sauk Women and Children, c 1880 | A group of Sauk women with two children. c 1880. |
| 1930s | Video | The Depression Years | Robert A. Wright, Sr., a long-time president of the NAACP Iowa-Nebraska State Conference, talks about living through the Great Depression. |
| 1900 | Illustration | Sketch of first schoolhouse | Photo of sketch of first schoolhouse in Maquoketa which was originally built as a blacksmith shop by pioneer settler, J.E. Goodenow. Building had sod roof. ca. 1900 (photograph). Photographer: Cundill, Maquoketa, Iowa. |
| 1939 | Photo | Mechanical Corn Picker | Mechanical corn picker. Grundy County, Iowa. October, 1939. |
| 1963-1968 | Video | Racial Awareness | Former Governor Harold Hughes (1922-1996) talks about being unaware of the depth of racial discrimination. |
| ca. 1940's | Video | World War II Veteran: Ervin Bostwick | Ervin Bostick lived with Grandfather on a farm near Shenandoah and went to country school. He served aboard the USS New Orleans from 1938-1945. His story includes the attack at Pearl Harbor, the Coral Sea battle, Midway and the landing of the Marines at Guadalcanal. |
| 1979 | Video | US Navy Helps Refugees | Former Vice President Walter Mondale talks about the role of the US Navy in saving refugees from Southeast Asia in 1979. |
| 1923 | Photo | Newsboys in Iowa City, 1923 | Newsboys gathered in front of the "Iowa City Citizen." This photograph was taken from a film shot in 1923. |