| Time Frame | Artifact Type | Title | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1889 | Photo | Iowa State Suffrage Convention, 1889 | Attendees of the Iowa State Suffrage Convention, including Carrie Chapman Catt (center). Oskaloosa, Iowa. 1889. |
| 1940 | Photo | Ice plant | Ice plant in Dubuque. Providing blocks of ice for refrigeration was an important industry in Iowa during the 19th and early 20th centuries. April, 1940. |
| 1885 | Photo | Farm implement store | Foster and Bailey farm implement store. The sign advertises John Deere plows. Grinnell, Iowa. ca. 1885. |
| 1861-1865 | Photo | Civil War Prisoners, 1861-65 | The 19th Iowa Infantry prisoners of war as they appeared after 18 months in rebel prison at Tyler, Texas. Civil War era, 1861-65. |
| 1912 | Photo | Flater's meat shop | Interior of Flater's meat shop showing employees and hanging carcasses. Nevada, Iowa. ca. 1912. |
| 1800's | Video | Fence Making on the Frontier | Farmers made fences with whatever they could find for materials in the 1800s. |
| 1922 | Photo | Auto Gassing Up, ca. 1918-1922 | A man and a boy in an early automobile at a store that provided gasoline. State Center. ca. 1918-1922. |
| 1856 | Video | Grenville Dodge Builds Railroads | Iowan Grenville Dodge helped railroads develop across the United States in the mid-1800s. But people began to question the power railroad companies and their owners had over politicians. |
| 1830's | Video | Early Mills | Grist mills ground wheat, oats, barley and corn into flour and meal. Some mills were "self serve." The mills were dependent on rivers for power. |
| 1924 | Document | Ku Klux Klan Klonklave, 1924 | Advertisement in the "The Iowa Kourier" for Ku Klux Klan Klonklave to be held at Newton, Iowa on September 11, 1924. |