Time Frame | Artifact Type | Title | Description |
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1934-1993 | Video | The Basic Rules of Iowa Girls 6-on-6 Basketball | The game of basketball has been around since 1892. In the early 1900s young girls in rural Iowa began playing the game. |
1840-present | Video | The Amish | The Amish came to America in the 1700s. In 1840 they settled in Iowa. They believe in a simple life and live isolated from other groups. |
1980s | Video | The 1980s Farm Crisis Has a Lasting Impact. | The farm crisis hit Iowa's farm families hard and has a lasting impact on the future of commercial farming in America. |
1980s | Video | The 1980s Farm Crisis Changes Federal Agriculture Policies | New agricultural policy is developed and existing policy changed during the 1980s in reaction to the farm crisis. |
1980s | Video | The 1970s See Good Times in Agriculture | Sharp declines in agricultural supplies worldwide in the 1970s result in increased profits for producers, higher land values and low interest rates, all of which set the stage for the farm crisis of the 1980s. |
1942 | Photo | Telephone switchboard operator | Women's Army Auxiliary Corps (WAAC) switchboard operators in training. This was part of a communication course for WAACs at Fort Des Moines, Iowa. 1942. |
Early to Mid 1900's | Video | Telephone on the Farm | The telephone connected farm families to the outside world. Eavesdropping was a common pastime. |
1940 | Photo | Telephone and directory | Typical telephone and directory used in Iowa in the 1940s. This photo was taken in Dubuque in 1940. |
1800s | Video | Teaching in an Iowa One-room Schoolhouse | An Iowa Historian and former one-room school educators explain what a day-in-the life would be like for a teacher teaching in a one-room schoolhouse. |
1930s | Video | Taking Care of Farm and Family During the Great Depression | As the Great Depression began, what was a challenging life on the farm became more difficult. There was very little money on hand to keep the farm going from year to year and to purchase what they could not produce themselves. Many farm families found creative solutions to their problems. |