Types of Business and Industry
Interior of the Colby Motor Company
Churning room in the Perry Milk Products Company
J.W. Witmer & Company Insurance
Washing machine assembly line
Punched pearl button shells
Elevators at Quaker Oats plant
Southern Iowa coal mine
Hybrid seed plant
Collins Radio Helps in the Space Race, ca.1966
Harvesting Oats
Iowa's Meatpacking Industry
Coal Mining Towns
Grain Milling Industry
Insurance Company, ca. 1885
Time Frame: 1885
Exterior of J.W. Witmer & Company Insurance with personnel posing in front. Insurance has been a major industry In Iowa since the early 1800s. Des Moines, Iowa. ca.1885.
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