Time Frame | Artifact Type | Title | Description |
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1900 | Photo | The House of Representatives' Chambers | The House of Representatives' chambers in the state capitol. |
2000 | Video | The History of the Iowa Capitol Building in Des Moines | Back in 1871, when the first earth was broken on a hill on Des Moines’ east side, the capitol was an expression of faith. In this segment is from Iowa PBS’s This Old Statehouse documentary, learn about the building of Iowa’s historic capitol building. |
1934-1993 | Video | The High Scoring of Iowa Girls 6-on-6 Basketball | High scores and girls six-on-six basketball went hand-in-hand. This segment from Iowa PBS’s More Than a Game: 6-on-6 Basketball in Iowa documentary includes interviews with a reporter and player of the era. |
Video | The Great White Way | Iowa PBS Explores | Just off of i-80 between Council Bluffs and Des Moines, sits a 26 mile stretch of road with white painted telephone poles. Hundreds of them connect five communities between Adair and Dexter. |
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1929-1939 | Video | The Great Depression: Transient Men | During the Great Depression many men were forced to leave home to find work where they could. |
1929-1939 | Video | The Great Depression: Strike Turns Violent | The National Guard was called out to respond to violence when Iowa farmers went on strike. |
1929-1939 | Video | The Great Depression: Stock Market Crash | All parts of the nation were faced with the worst economic depression in history in 1929. Iowans suffered along with the rest of the nation. |
1930s | Video | The Great Depression, the Family Farm and the New Deal | Although the Great Depression began in 1929, hard times had started about ten years earlier for many rural farmers. The Farm Security Administration (FSA) was created in 1933 to come to the aid of agricultural workers and family farmers. |
1929-1939 | Video | The Great Depression Ends | World War II pulled the nation out of the Great Depression. |
1925 | Video | The Formation of the Iowa Girls High School Athletic Union | The Iowa Girls High School Athletic Union formed in 1925, becoming the first and only organization of its kind in the nation at the time. This segment from Iowa PBS’s More Than a Game: 6-on-6 Basketball in Iowa documentary explains how the organization was created. |