| Time Frame | Artifact Type | Title | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1854-1929 | Video | Orphan Train | The story of the Orphan Train, a movement that transported poor and homeless New York City children to rural homes in the Midwest (including Iowa) between 1854 and 1929, is featured. This program aired in 2004. |
| 1849-1851 | Photo | Plank Road | Between 1849-1851 the General Assembly authorized nearly 600 miles of plank roadway in the state. However, no more than 50 miles was actually built. The wooden planks were laid as a solution Iowa's muddy roads. |
| ca. 1940s | Video | World War II and the Home Front: Rex Holmes | As the battle raged on in Tunisia, 15-year old Rex Holmes of Red Oak waited in the Western Union Telegraph office in the Red Oak Hotel. |
| 1953 | Photo | Threshing crew at work | Threshing crew at work. Location unknown. August 1953. |
| Early to Late 1800's | Video | Steamboat Accidents | Steamboat travel in the 1800s could be very dangerous. Trees just under the river's surface, exploding boilers, and unpredictable rivers caused problems and even deaths. |
| 1910 | Video | NAACP Fights for Civil Rights | Robert A. Wright, Sr., long-time president of the NAACP Iowa-Nebraska State Conference, discusses the birth of the National Association for the Advancement of Color People (NAACP). |
| 1895 | Photo | Sawmill in operation | Men working at Albert Oeschgar's sawmill near Monticello. ca. 1895. |