Artifacts
Browse this collection of photos, videos, maps, and more. You may be surprised at what you uncover.
Photos
Snow Removal, Forest City, ca. 1930
Snow removal in downtown Forest City, ca. ...
Iowa Private, Spanish-America War
A 51st Iowa Voluntary Infantry private during ...
Outhouse
The small white building to the left was ...
Fire Fighters, Forest City, 1977
Fire fighters contain flames of burning ...
Confiscating a Still During Prohibition, ca. 1925
Prohibition outlawed the manufacture of ...
Videos
Telephone on the Farm
The telephone connected farm families to ...
Spanish Meet Indians
In the early 1500s the Spanish were the ...
Grenville Dodge Builds Railroads
Iowan Grenville Dodge helped railroads develop ...
Dutch Immigrate to Iowa
Dutch immigrants came to Iowa from Holland ...
Germans Immigrate to Iowa
In the 1830s over a million Germans left ...
Interactive
Decorah, Winneshiek County, Iowa 1870
Decorah, Winneshiek County, Iowa 1870. Merchants ...
Bird's eye view of Blairstown, Benton Co., Iowa 1868
Bird's eye view of Blairstown, Benton Co., ...
Map of Muscatine City, 1875
Illustrated map of Muscatine City (later ...
Early Map of North America, 1658
Sanson, a 17th century geographer, created ...
Map of Western North America, ca. 1790
Western North America from the Mississippi ...
Miscellaneous
Farmer Breaking the Prairie (Illustration)
Iowa's Underground Railroad (Illustration)
Illustrated map displaying Iowa's Underground ...
Icarian Colony Painting, 1870 (Illustration)
This is a snapshot of an oil painting done ...
Ceramic Vessel Terms (Illustration)
Archaeologists use specific terms to describe ...
Henry A. Wallace, 1888-1965 (Illustration)
Portrait of Henry A. Wallace. 1888 - 1965. ...
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