Time Frame | Artifact Type | Title | Description |
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ca. 1892 | Photo | The Flax Palace, 1890 | The Flax Palace was built in 1890 on the Winnebago County Fairgrounds. It was inspired by the Corn Palace of Sioux City, Iowa, and was paid for by Forest City business owners. Ten acres of flax were harvested to decorate the exterior of the structure. |
Video | The Fall of Saigon | A Soldier’s Perspective | Vietnam War veteran Caesar Smith describes his feelings regarding the U.S. retreat after the fall of Saigon. Smith was a career military officer who served two tours in Vietnam. |
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1826-1868 | Video | The Early Life of Alexander Clark | In 1842, at the age of 16, Alexander Clark moved to what is now Muscatine, Iowa. His skill set, including being a barber, put him in a position to be in daily contact with the most powerful men in the community. Clark was born a free man and therefore was able to own property. |
1929-1939 | Video | The Dust Bowl | Drought devastated many Iowa farms. |
1930s | Video | The Depression Years | Robert A. Wright, Sr., a long-time president of the NAACP Iowa-Nebraska State Conference, talks about living through the Great Depression. |
2001-2014 | Video | The Commanding Officer of an Iowa National Guard Defines Success in the War in Afghanista | Colonel Ben Corell, the commanding officer of an Iowa National Guard and Reserve unit returning from Afghanistan reflects on the experiences of the deployment and the definition of success in wartime. |
1880 | Photo | The Capitol | An architect's drawing of the future state capitol. ca. 1880. |
2000 | Video | The Building of the Iowa Capitol Building | French born architect Alfred H. Piquenard, brings his love for dome structures to the rolling hills of Iowa as he leads craftsman and laborers to build the capitol building in Des Moines. This segment is from Iowa PBS’s This Old Statehouse documentary. |
1890 | Photo | The Brick Capitol in Des Moines, 1858-84 | This structure served as the state capitol from 1858 until 1884. It was located just to the south of the present day capitol, on the site where the Soldiers and Sailors Monument now stands. ca. 1890 |
Approximatey One Million Years Ago | Video | The Bering Land Bridge | About one million years ago nomad hunters followed animals across the Bering land bridge from Asia. Over thousands of years these nomads and their descendants spread across what became North America. |