Time Frame | Artifact Type | Title | Description |
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1930s-1940s | Video | The Iowa Bystander Publisher Fights for Success | Elaine Graham Estes, longtime director of the Des Moines Public Library, talks about the publisher of The Iowa Bystander. J.B. Morris was a lawyer and businessman who published the African-American newspaper in the 1920s. |
1999 | Photo | Soybeans in pods | Soybeans in pods at harvest time. Iowa is the leading state in the production of soybeans, so harvest time is a very busy time of year for soybean growers. 1999. |
2008 | Video | Midwest Farm Fields Devastated by Floods | Midwestern farmers deal with losses and what the future might hold after the Iowa floods of 2008. |
1999 | Photo | Repairing Gold Dome During Capitol Restoration, 1999 | Workers repair gold dome during the capitol restoration. Workers rappelled off the dome to replace the fragile gold on the dome. 1999. |
1939 | Video | Out of Hitler’s Reach | The story of a Quaker boarding school near West Branch, Iowa, which in 1939 offered a safe haven for Europeans fleeing Nazi rule, is featured. This program aired in 1998. |
1700's | Map | Western U.S. shown in 1776 map | This map shows that in 1776 land west of the Mississippi, including Iowa, was divided into large masses by European governments. The map displays the area that would later become the Louisiana Purchase. |
1926 | Photo | Portable sawmill | Portable sawmill in operation near White Breast Creek, Warren County. Owner of mill shown operating controls at right. Near Lacona, Iowa. Spring 1926. |
ca. 1940's | Video | World War II and the Home Front: Vivian Schleihs Works at Aircraft Plant in Des Moines | During some of the breaks between flying missions there was time for relaxation and, of course, letter writing, the most common long distance communication device of the day. |
Early to Mid 1900's | Video | Threshing Day | Threshing day was a community event that brought farm families together to help harvest crops. |
1800's | Video | Steamboats | Steamboats were important forms of transportation in Iowa in the 1800s. |