Time Frame | Artifact Type | Title | Description |
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1877 | Photo | Meatpacking House | Interior view of an Iowa meatpacking house, c.1877 |
1950 | Photo | Protesting Racial Discrimination, Waterloo, 1950 | Picketers are protesting racial discrimination practiced by store. Downtown Waterloo, 1950s. |
ca. 1940's | Video | World War II Veteran: Donald R. Vaughn (Don) | Don Vaughn of Ottumwa, Iowa talks about his training after being drafted in the Army in March, 1943 and his service in Europe as Staff Sergeant in the coast artillery and field artillery. |
1963 | Video | Understanding Equality | Former Governor Harold Hughes (1922-1996) talks about understanding equality. |
2005 | Video | New Iowan: Minh | This is an interview with a young, New Iowan, as part of the documentary "Our Kids." |
Approximatey One Million Years Ago | Video | The Bering Land Bridge | About one million years ago nomad hunters followed animals across the Bering land bridge from Asia. Over thousands of years these nomads and their descendants spread across what became North America. |
1887 | Photo | Farm Dog | Icarian resident with his dog. The Icarians established a communal society near the town of Corning in 1852. By 1898 the community had dissolved. This photo was taken in 1887. |