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Iowans Mourning Lincoln, 1865

Iowans Mourning Lincoln, 1865

Iowans mourned President Lincoln at the Old Capitol in Iowa City. 1865.

Used with permission of the State Historical Society of Iowa, Iowa City.

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Pathways

  • Businesses on Main Street
  • Businesses on Main Street: The General Store
  • Businesses on Main Street: The Livery Stable and Blacksmith Shop
  • Businesses on Main Street: The Pharmacy
  • One-Room Schools
  • Main Street Festivals
  • Businesses on Main Street: The Ladies' Hatmaker
  • Farmers and Farm Life
  • Iowa Towns
  • Communities

Why was a town square or downtown area so important to a community?

Media Artifacts

  • Farm Implement Store, ca. 1885
    Farm Implement Store, ca. 1885
  • Interior of Meat Shop, ca. 1912
    Interior of Meat Shop, ca. 1912
  • Grand Opera House, Burlington, ca.1910
    Grand Opera House, Burlington, ca.1910
  • Interior of Millinery Shop, 1909
    Interior of Millinery Shop, 1909
  • Eldora Newspaper Office, ca.  1920
    Eldora Newspaper Office, ca. 1920
  • Men Working in Blacksmith Shop, 1955
    Men Working in Blacksmith Shop, 1955
  • Insurance Company,  ca. 1885
    Insurance Company, ca. 1885
  • Ice Covered Roads, Forest City, ca. 1922
    Ice Covered Roads, Forest City, ca. 1922
  • Iowa's Population Shifts
    Iowa's Population Shifts

Investigation Tip:
Why is understanding the way people spent their leisure time important to understanding those people's lives?

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  • Photographs of early businesses in and around Kalona from the early 1900s
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