Photo Artifacts

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	Title	Year
	Spring Plowing, 1940	1940
	Telephone and Directory, 1940      Typical telephone and directory used in ...	1940
	Elevators at Quaker Oats Plant      Elevators at Quaker Oats plant. In 1873 ...	1941
	Switchboard Operator in Training, 1942      Women's Army Auxiliary Corps (WAAC) switchboard ...	1942
	Women's Army Auxiliary Corps, Des Moines, 1942      Women's Army Auxiliary Corps (WAAC) on parade ...	1942
	Iowa Soldier, WWII      A soldier, part of the 34th Division, looking ...	1943
	Iowa Soldiers in Africa, WWII      Members of the 34th Division walking along ...	1943
	Women Railroad Wipers, 1943      One of the wipers at the roundhouse giving ...	1943
	Women Working for Railroad, 1943      Women worked on railroads in Iowa during ...	1943
	Farm Family Picking Tomatoes, 1945      Farm family picking tomatoes. The entire ...	1945
	Farmers With Draft Horse, 1945      Farmers with imported draft horse. Horse ...	1945
	Ice Harvesting Crews, ca. 1945      Ice harvesting operations conducted by commercial ...	1945
	Iowans in Europe, WWII      Soldiers in the 113th Cavalry Squadron in ...	1945
	Nativity Scene Created by POWs      A prisoner of war (POW) camp was established ...	1945
	Nativity Scene Created by POWs      A prisoner of war (POW) camp was established ...	1945
	Nativity Scene Created by POWs      A prisoner of war (POW) camp was established ...	1945
	Nativity Scene Created by POWs      A prisoner of war (POW) camp was established ...	1945
	Entertainers on KMA Radio stage during Harvest Jubilee. Shenandoah, Iowa. September 1946.      Entertainers on KMA Radio stage during Harvest ...	1946
	Forest City Canning Factory, 1947      Two men remove cans from pressurizing machines ...	1947
	Clarinda Marching Band, 1948      Clarinda marching band performing in parade ...	1948
	Meatpacking Plant      Two workers in Rath Meatpacking Plant in ...	1948
	Washing Machine Assembly Line in Maytag Plant, 1949      Employees at work on washing machine assembly ...	1949
	City Buses, 1950s	1950
	Contour Stripcropping      Contour farming involves planting rows to ...	1950
	Electric Locomotive, ca. 1950      Electric Locomotive belonging to Waterloo, ...	ca. 1950