Artifacts
Browse this collection of photos, videos, maps, and more. You may be surprised at what you uncover.
Photos
Women Railroad Wipers, 1943
One of the wipers at the roundhouse giving ...
Creston's Blue Grass Palace, 1889
Creston's Blue Grass Palace was built to ...
Auto Gassing Up, ca. 1918-1922
A man and a boy in an early automobile at ...
Train on Snow Covered Tracks, Forest City, 1936
Train travels down tracks after men have ...
Grenville M. Dodge
Grenville Dodge was one Iowan who was well ...
Videos
Pioneering Photojournalist
Marjorie Mills Vandervelde, a photojournalist ...
Black Hawk War
In 1832 Black Hawk and his people returned ...
Norwegians in Iowa
Norwegians immigrated to Iowa for many reasons. ...
Traces of POW History in Iowa
The stories of World War II German, Italian ...
Germans Immigrate to Iowa
In the 1830s over a million Germans left ...
Interactive
Bird's eye view of the city of Marshalltown, Marshall C...
Bird's eye view of the city of Marshalltown, ...
Bird's eye view of Guttenberg, Clayton County, Iowa 186...
Bird's eye view of Guttenberg, Clayton County, ...
Map of Davenport, Iowa, 1875
Illustrated map of Davenport, Iowa in the ...
Railway Mail Service Map, 1898
Railway mail service map of Iowa. One of ...
Map of the Mississippi River Valley, 1682
A sketch of the Mississippi River Valley ...
Miscellaneous
Techniques of Pottery Manufacture (Illustration)
These illustrations show the paddling and ...
Arrowhead Spears (Illustration)
The culture of late prehistoric groups in ...
Eyed Bone Needle (Illustration)
Eyed bone needles and thread, probably of ...
Marshelder Plant (Illustration)
Marshelder,or sumpweed, was one of the first ...
Map of Iowa and Bordering States (Map)
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