| Time Frame | Artifact Type | Title | Description |
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| 2004 | Video | Modern Farm | Scene showing a large modern farm with multiple buildings. hog confines, homestead, and grain silos |
| ca. 1995 | Photo | Riverboat Casino | This riverboat has been converted into a casino. In the early to mid-19th century riverboats were used for transportation on Iowa's rivers. But in the 21st century riverboats house some of Iowa's gambling establishments. |
| 1800's | Video | Pioneer Women | The pioneer woman had many responsibilities and led a hard life in the 1800s. |
| 1800's | Photo | Sioux City Corn Palace | Exterior view of the Sioux City Corn Palace, 1890. |
| Early 1800's to Early 1900's | Video | McGuffey’s Readers | McGuffey's Readers were the primary text used in schools to teach spelling, history, poetry, religion, morals and etiquette. |
| 1903 | Photo | President Theodore Roosevelt in Des Moines, 1903 | President Theodore Roosevelt arrives by carriage to speak before a 1903 crowd gathered at Iowa's capitol. |
| ca. 1940's | Video | World War II Veteran: Dean Lettington | As part of the 559th Field Artillery Battalion, Lettington had spent the last few months fighting across France. |
| Photo | Truck-pulled Dirt Road Grader | Grading was done to flatten out dirt roads to make for a smoother ride. |
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| 2005 | Video | New Iowan: Mihnet | This is an interview with a young, New Iowan, as part of the documentary "Our Kids." |
| 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. |