Time Frame | Artifact Type | Title | Description |
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1871 | Photo | Constructing the Foundation of the State Capitol, 1871 | Workers prepare to lower foundation stones for the Iowa State Capitol in Des Moines. A prairie boulder seven feet long, three feet wide and three feet thick became the capitol's cornerstone in 1871. |
1846 | Video | Iowa Constitution and Race | A re-enactment portrays a constitutional delegate expressing commonly held views of blacks in 1846. |
1921 | Photo | Girls' Basketball Team, Early, Iowa, 1921 | Early Consolidated School girls' basketball team. Early, Iowa. 1921. |
Early 1900s | Photo | Early autos collide | Two cars collided in this accident in the early 1900s. |
1896 | Photo | Ice house | Ice barn built in 1896. Horse-drawn wagons were loaded to deliver blocks of ice to residences. |
1945 | Photo | Farm Family Picking Tomatoes, 1945 | Farm family picking tomatoes. The entire family helped with farm work in the 1940s. Even the dogs were put to work. Warren County, 1945. |
1925 | Photo | Advertisements on Bridge, ca. 1925 | Advertisements on Chicago Great Western Railroad underpass on the Lincoln Highway - U.S. 30 on east edge of Carroll. Note angle of underpass and advertising - all safety hazards that would not be allowed today. ca. 1925. |