| Time Frame | Artifact Type | Title | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1925 | Photo | Downtown Forest City, ca. 1925 | Downtown Forest City. The cars tell a story. Cars started out being open topped. About 1916 came the advent of hard topped autos, but they were very expensive and few people could afford them. This image displays the transition-- some hard and others canvas tops. ca. 1925 |
| 1979 | Video | Iowans Send Aid to Southeast Asia | Former US Ambassador to Cambodia Kenneth M. Quinn describes the response from Iowans to the plea for aid to refugees in Southeast Asia in 1979. |
| Late 1930's to Early 1940's | Video | Cutting Oats | Two farmers on tractor cut oats. The machine called a "binder" makes bundles of the plants. |
| 1838 | Video | Iowa Government is Formed | Iowa appointed a territorial governor, Robert Lucas, in 1838. |
| 1963-1968 | Video | Governor Faces Tough Decisions About Discrimination | Former Governor Harold Hughes (1922-1996) talks about tough decisions he faced about racial discrimination when he was governor. |
| 1889 | Photo | Iowa State Suffrage Convention, 1889 | Attendees of the Iowa State Suffrage Convention, including Carrie Chapman Catt (center). Oskaloosa, Iowa. 1889. |
| 1940 | Photo | Ice plant | Ice plant in Dubuque. Providing blocks of ice for refrigeration was an important industry in Iowa during the 19th and early 20th centuries. April, 1940. |