Time Frame Artifact Type Title Description
Early to Late 1800's Video Steamboats Travel Inland Rivers of Iowa

Before the railroad arrived, steamboats traveled up the Des Moines, Iowa, Cedar, Missouri and Mississippi rivers in the early to late 1800s.
2005 Video New Iowan: Hussein

This is an interview with a young, New Iowan, as part of the documentary "Our Kids."
1940 Photo Telephone and directory

Typical telephone and directory used in Iowa in the 1940s. This photo was taken in Dubuque in 1940.
2005 Video SCOLA-World TV

The Iowa satellite 'farm' called SCOLA, a hub for news around the world, is featured. This program aired in 2005.
1870's-present Video Norwegians Settle in Decorah

Many Norwegians immigrated to Decorah, Iowa and called it their western home--their Vesterheim.
1929-1939 Video The Great Depression: Stock Market Crash

All parts of the nation were faced with the worst economic depression in history in 1929. Iowans suffered along with the rest of the nation.
ca. 1914 Photo Solbrig and team

Solbrig flying team including Oscar and Mary and others. ca. 1914.