Artifacts
Browse this collection of photos, videos, maps, and more. You may be surprised at what you uncover.
Photos
Car Accident in Winnebago County, 1937
Minimal traffic laws, inexperienced drivers, ...
Eldora Newspaper Office, ca. 1920
Interior view of the Eldora newspaper office ...
Farm Foreclosure, ca. 1935
A foreclosure sale in Iowa in the early ...
Busy Downtown Streets, Early 1900s
Pedestrians, cars and streetcars share the ...
Washing Machine Assembly Line in Maytag Plant, 1949
Employees at work on washing machine assembly ...
Videos
Iowans Give Up Nomad Life
Early Iowans began to give up their nomad ...
Sod Houses
In the mid 1800s settlers in parts of Iowa ...
The Depression Years
Robert A. Wright, Sr., a long-time president ...
The Bering Land Bridge
About one million years ago nomad hunters ...
Farming on the Frontier
Prairie soil was rich, but tough. In the ...
Interactive
Bird's eye view of Newton, Jasper Co., Iowa 1868
1889 perspective map of the city of Burlington, Ia
1889 perspective map of the city of Burlington, ...
Map of Davenport, 1888
Map of Davenport. Bird's eye view. Not to ...
Map of Muscatine City, 1875
Illustrated map of Muscatine City (later ...
Bird's eye view of the city of Montana, Boone Co., Iowa...
Bird's eye view of the city of Montana, ...
Miscellaneous
Simonsen Excavated Site Profile (Illustration)
A profile of the Simonsen site in Cherokee ...
Marshelder Plant (Illustration)
Marshelder,or sumpweed, was one of the first ...
Collared Rim Pottery (Document)
Collared rims are one feature of some Glenwood ...
Techniques of Pottery Manufacture (Illustration)
These illustrations show the paddling and ...
Mill Creek Sites (Illustration)
The shaded areas show the distribution of ...
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