Time Frame Artifact Type Title Description
1885 Photo Farm implement store

Foster and Bailey farm implement store. The sign advertises John Deere plows. Grinnell, Iowa. ca. 1885.
1861-1865 Photo Civil War Prisoners, 1861-65

The 19th Iowa Infantry prisoners of war as they appeared after 18 months in rebel prison at Tyler, Texas. Civil War era, 1861-65.
1912 Photo Flater's meat shop

Interior of Flater's meat shop showing employees and hanging carcasses. Nevada, Iowa. ca. 1912.
1800's Video Fence Making on the Frontier

Farmers made fences with whatever they could find for materials in the 1800s.
1922 Photo Auto Gassing Up, ca. 1918-1922

A man and a boy in an early automobile at a store that provided gasoline. State Center. ca. 1918-1922.
1856 Video Grenville Dodge Builds Railroads

Iowan Grenville Dodge helped railroads develop across the United States in the mid-1800s. But people began to question the power railroad companies and their owners had over politicians.
1830's Video Early Mills

Grist mills ground wheat, oats, barley and corn into flour and meal. Some mills were "self serve." The mills were dependent on rivers for power.