| Time Frame | Artifact Type | Title | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1911 | Photo | Bandstand Performance, Des Moines, 1911 | Virginia Rankin, vocalist, performing with T. Fred Henry's band at the bandstand in Ingersoll Park. Des Moines, 1911. |
| 1940 | Photo | Harrowing and corn planting | Harrowing and corn planting. In the 1940s some farmers used a combination of horses and tractors to plant crops. Jasper County, Iowa, 1940. |
| 1930 | Photo | Early State Border Marker U.S. Highway 65 | A woman stands next to her car near the "Entering Iowa" sign. The highway marker indicates this was U.S. Highway 65. |
| 1682 | Video | La Salle Claims Land for France | French explorer, Rene-Robert Cavelier de La Salle, sailed from the Great Lakes up the St. Lawrence River, through the Atlantic Ocean and Gulf of Mexico, to the mouth of the Mississippi River in 1682. |
| 1953 | Photo | Iowa Soldiers, Korean War | Iowa Airman R. R. Garnett and Lt. L. E. Gardner during the Korean War (1950-1953). |
| 1861-1865 | Video | Iowans Fighting in Civil War | From 1861 to 1865 Iowa sent many men to fight in the battles of the Civil War. |
| Early 1800's | Video | Come to Iowa | Letters and publicity campaigns in the early 1800s made people in the eastern United States curious about Iowa. |
| 1834 | Video | Iowa Becomes a Territory | Iowa was part of the Michigan Territory before becoming part of the Wisconsin Territory in 1834. In 1838 Iowa became an independent territory. |
| 1932 | Photo | General Store in Buffalo Center, ca. 1915 | Inside general store in Buffalo Center. ca. 1915. |
| 1910 | Photo | Boys on Horses in Warren County, 1910 | Boys on horses in barnyard. Warren County, Iowa. September 6, 1910. |