Time Frame | Artifact Type | Title | Description |
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1900 | Photo | Miners with mule-drawn cart | Miners with mule-drawn cart moving through shaft of Smoky Hollow mine No. 10. Hiteman, Iowa. ca. 1900. |
1999 | Photo | Restoration of Urns at Capitol, 1999 | During the restoration of the Iowa Capitol in the 1990s, urns eroded by the severities of Iowa's weather were replaced by new ones cut from Indiana limestone. |
1912 | Photo | Punched pearl button shells | Employees sitting on a pile of punched shells at Schreur's Pearl Button Factory. Muscatine, IA, ca. 1912. |
1910 | Photo | Interior view of the Mason Motor Car Company | Interior view of the Mason Motor Car Company. Des Moines, Iowa. ca. 1910. |
1800's | Video | Prairie Fires on the Frontier | In the 1800s prairie fires were common occurrences. They swept across the land wiping out everything in their paths. |
ca. 1940's | Video | World War II Veteran: Aurelio Barron | During the battle for Faid (fa-YEED) Pass, Sergeant Barron's mortar squad was nearby, perched on a hill, waiting to protect the retreating Allied troops. Barron began to survey the road below his position with binoculars. |
1910 | Photo | Tractor with five wagons attached | Tractor (The Big Four "30") with five wagons attached. Location unknown. ca. 1910. |