Time Frame Artifact Type Title Description
1918 Photo Iowa Soldiers, World War I

Iowa members of the 168th Infantry Regiment, 42nd Division in France in 1918.
1975 Video Iowans Became Aware of Diverse Cultures

Des Moines Register columnist, David Yepsen, talks about refugees helping Iowans to be more aware of diverse cultures.
1960s Photo Collins Radio Helps in the Space Race, ca.1966

Engineers test the communication system provided by Cedar Rapids based Collins Radio Company for the three-man Apollo spacecraft. The system was used in the program to land American astronauts on the moon. It provided voice and data communications with Earth for the Apollo command module.
1846 Video Iowa Becomes a State

In 1846 Iowa became the 29th state in the union.
1925 Photo General Merchandise Store, Buffalo Center, ca. 1925

William F. Woodcock's general merchandise store in Buffalo Center, Iowa. Brother and sister John and Lena Asmus are the store clerks. ca.1925.
1930s Video Boys of the CCC

The work of the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC), the federal works program during the Great Depression of the 1930s that beautified many of Iowa’s state parks, is featured. This aired in 2003.
1900 Photo Horse-drawn Dirt Road Grader

Most of Iowa's roads were maintained by township trustees who graded ditches and did some dragging of the roadway bed to form a primitive grade. ca. 1900.