Time Frame | Artifact Type | Title | Description |
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Mid 1800's | Video | Log Cabins | In the mid 1800s settlers in parts of Iowa where trees were found built log cabins. |
2005 | Photo | Des Moines Skyline | Des Moines Skyline. Des Moines is Iowa's capital city. It is the center of Iowa government. It is an active business and cultural center. |
Early to Mid 1900's | Video | Farm Women | Both men and women worked hard on the farm. Women cooked, canned, washed and tended animals. |
2000 | Video | An Hispanic Voice | Lorenzo Sandavol talks to Iowans who are having an effect on Latinos in Iowa through the Hispanic media. This program aired in 2002. |
1840's-present | Video | Dutch Immigrate to Iowa | Dutch immigrants came to Iowa from Holland for various reasons. Religious persecution was a major factor that contibuted to their migration. |
1979 | Video | It Wasn’t Just Politics | Former Vice President Walter Mondale talks about helping refugees leave Southeast Asia for new lives in the United States after the Vietnam War in 1979. |
1860's-present | Video | Davenport Germans Maintained Tradition | Many Germans who settled in the Davenport area attempted to maintain a close-knit German community with their own newspaper and social club. |
1898 | Photo | Iowa Private, Spanish-America War | A 51st Iowa Voluntary Infantry private during the Spanish-American War. This photo was taken at Camp Merritt in San Francisco, California, during the summer of 1898. |
1892-1942 | Photo | Grant Wood | Famous Iowa artist, Grant Wood, puts finishing touches on one of his paintings. |
early 1900's | Photo | Chautauqua in West Branch early 1900's | Chautauqua in West Branch early 1900's |