Time Frame | Artifact Type | Title | Description |
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ca. 1940's | Video | World War II and the Home Front: Ed Tubbs | To help win the fight from the home front, the U.S. government asked its citizens to increase production of everything from ammunition to food. Ed Tubbs went to work for the Jasper Country Extension Service to promote Victory Gardens but eventually volunteered for military service. |
1917 | Video | World War I: Black Officers’ Training | The World War I black officer's training camp at Iowa’s Fort Des Moines is featured. This program aired in 2003. |
1919 | Photo | World War I Victory Parade at the State Capitol | Soldiers who returned to Iowa after serving in World War I march in the 168th Infantry Victory Parade in front of the Iowa Capitol, May 1919. |
1919 | Photo | World War I Victory Arch at State Capitol, 1919 | A victory arch was constructed on the capitol grounds to welcome the return of the 168th Infantry to Des Moines in 1919. |
1917 | Photo | World War I Officers Reserve Training Camp at Fort Des Moines | Cropped photograph shows a large group portrait of African American officers from the 5th Provisional Company seated and standing in front of a building at the Fort Des Moines Provisional Army Officer Training School in Des Moines, Iowa, in 1917. |
1871 | Photo | Workers Pose at Des Moines Capitol, 1871 | In 1871 on a hill overlooking the Des Moines River, workers stop to pose during groundbreaking for the foundation of Iowa's first permanent capitol. |
1999 | Photo | Workers During Restoration of Capitol, 1999 | Workers moving decorative stone pieces in place during restoration of the state capitol. In 1983 a major restoration project began on the exterior and interior of the state capitol in Des Moines. The project took about 18 years to complete. |
1943 | Photo | Women railroad wipers | Women worked on railroads in Iowa during World War II (1941-45). These women worked for the the Chicago and North Western Railroad in Clinton. April 1943. |
1943 | Photo | Women railroad wipers | One of the wipers at the roundhouse giving a giant "H" class locomotive a bath of live steam. During World War II (1941-45) many women took jobs that were traditionally held by men. Clinton, April 1943. |
1910s | Video | Woman Suffrage Sash, 1910s | Artifact Spotlight |