Time Frame | Artifact Type | Title | Description |
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1950 | Photo | Union members picketing | Families of United Auto Workers (UAW) union members picket outside John Deere plant during strike. Des Moines, November 1950. |
1963 | Video | Understanding Equality | Former Governor Harold Hughes (1922-1996) talks about understanding equality. |
Video | U.S. Vietnam War Veteran Shares Perspective on the North Vietnamese | Caesar Smith was a career military officer who served two tours in Vietnam. In 1964, he was a U.S. advisor to South Vietnamese troops, returning as a soldier in 1968. |
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1975 | Video | U.S. Evacuation and Fall of Saigon During the Vietnam War | By 1974, the North Vietnamese troops had violated the Paris Peace Accords and had renewed their attack on the south. It was clear the Republic of Vietnam would fall. |
Video | U.S. Army Veteran’s Perspective on the Mindset of the South Vietnamese Soldiers During the Vietnam War | Caesar Smith gives his perspective on the mindset of South Vietnamese soldiers he served with who had been fighting for their country's freedom since World War II. Smith was a career military officer who served two tours in Vietnam. In 1964, he was a U.S. advisor to South Vietnamese troops. |
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Video | U.S. Army Veteran Describes the Role of Military Advisors in Vietnam in the 1960s | U.S Army veteran Caesar Smith explains the political climate of Vietnam after World War II and the role U.S. advisers played in Vietnam prior to the start of the Vietnam War. Caesar Smith was a career military officer who served two tours in Vietnam and retired as a Major. In 1964, he was a U.S. |
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Photo | Truck-pulled Dirt Road Grader | Grading was done to flatten out dirt roads to make for a smoother ride. |
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1936 | Photo | Train on Snow Covered Tracks, Forest City, 1936 | Train travels down tracks after men have removed snow after blizzard in Forest City, 1936. |
Early 1900's | Video | Tractors Come to the Farms | Farmers welcomed the tractor to their farms. More acres could be worked with tractors than with horses. But there were advantages to horses. |
1910 | Photo | Tractor with five wagons attached | Tractor (The Big Four "30") with five wagons attached. Location unknown. ca. 1910. |