Time Frame | Artifact Type | Title | Description |
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1979 | Video | US Navy Helps Refugees | Former Vice President Walter Mondale talks about the role of the US Navy in saving refugees from Southeast Asia in 1979. |
1923 | Photo | Newsboys in Iowa City, 1923 | Newsboys gathered in front of the "Iowa City Citizen." This photograph was taken from a film shot in 1923. |
1943 | Photo | Women railroad wipers | One of the wipers at the roundhouse giving a giant "H" class locomotive a bath of live steam. During World War II (1941-45) many women took jobs that were traditionally held by men. Clinton, April 1943. |
1864-present | Video | The Iowa Bystander Provides Communication | Arlene Roberts-Morris, widow of African-American publisher James Morris, Jr., talks about the role of the newspaper, The Iowa Bystander. |
1999 | Photo | Soybeans | Closeup of unshelled soybeans. Iowa is the leading state in the production of soybeans. 1999. |
1916-1917 | Photo | Mexican Border Service | An Iowa soldier and a burro near Brownsville, Texas, during the Mexican Border Service (June 1916- March 1917). |
1936 | Photo | Removing Snow From Tracks, Forest City, 1936 | Men use shovels to remove snow from the train tracks in Forest City, 1936. |