Corn planting. Jasper County, Iowa
Public domain photograph of United States agriculture in the 1930s, country, farmer, farm, great depression, migration, dust bowl refugees, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Children playing in the street, Woodbine Iowa
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Cleaning off teeth of harrow, Jasper County, Iowa
Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is availabl... More
A black and white photo of a building, Great Depression. FSA/OWI Photo...
Picryl description: Public domain historical photograph of 1930s America during the Great Depression, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.
A black and white photo of two horses pulling a wagon, Great Depressio...
Public domain photograph - United States during the 1930s and 1940s, Farm Security Administration, New Deal, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Farmers during Great Depression: A black and white photo of a boy in o...
Picryl description: Public domain photograph of a farmer, 1930s great depression, dust bowl era, 20th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
A black and white photo of a bridge in the snow, Great Depression. FSA...
Picryl description: Public domain image of a bridge over a water stream, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
A black and white photo of a herd of cattle, Great Depression. FSA/OWI...
Picryl description: Public domain photograph of farming, farmer, agriculture, 20th-century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
A black and white photo of a man in overalls, possibly related to: Cou...
Title and other information from a possibly related negative. Image came to Library of Congress untitled. (There was no caption for this image in the FSA/OWI shelflist.) Appears to be related to negative LC-USF... More
A black and white photo of a dirt road, Country road. Marshall County,...
Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is availabl... More
A black and white photo of smoke coming out of a chimney, Great Depres...
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Ranch farm. Marion, Iowa - safety film negatives, Library of Congress
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Professor G.F. Sprague of the Bureau of Plant Industry counting seed s...
Public domain photograph - working class people, the 1930s United States, work, labor, worker, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Burlington, Iowa. Acres unit, FSA (Farm Security Administration) trail...
Picryl description: Public domain photograph of an office worker, 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
A senior class in bacteriology in the Dairy building at Iowa State Col...
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Sheep in judging pavilion during High School Agricultural Congress at ...
Public domain image of cattle, livestock, farm animals, agriculture, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description
A class in agricultural engineering at Iowa State College. Ames, Iowa
Public domain photograph of the United States military and military-industrial complex before World War Two, 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Women's Army Auxiliary Corps. WAACs are shown answering call to assemb...
Actual size of negative is C (approximately 4 x 5 inches). Additional number on caption card: SC-144857. Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overse... More
Transportation. Shipping rails east. Flat cars in central Iowa stacked...
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A freshman zoology class at Iowa State College. Ames, Iowa
Annotation on caption card: Same as 2647-D. Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More informat... More
High school students judging hogs at the Iowa High School Agricultural...
Picryl description: Public domain image of a political campaign, politician, office meeting, 1930s, mid-20th-century United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Don Jackson, a senior, delivering a news broadcast at the Iowa State C...
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Group of students in agricultural engineering conducting a brake test ...
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A class in animal husbandry discussing a brood of Spotted Poland China...
Public domain photograph of United States agriculture in the 1930s, country, farmer, farm, great depression, migration, dust bowl refugees, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Burlington, Iowa. Sunnyside unit FSA (Farm Security Administration) tr...
Public domain photograph of the United States in the 1930s, portraits, people, events, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Raymond Freeman, senior, from Omaha, Nebraska and Jack Gibson, junior,...
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Class at the veterinary school at Iowa State College diagnosing illnes...
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Iowa State College. Ames, Iowa. Edam cheeses made at the school in sto...
Picryl description: Public domain image of food, dinner, grocery store, eating, 1930s, mid-20th-century United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Tulsa, Oklahoma. Pump room operated by diesel power at the Tulsa stati...
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Group of students in agricultural engineering conducting a brake test ...
Public domain photograph of indoor, interior activity, America in the 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Miss Jeanne Dougherty, graduate in Bacteriology, working in the labora...
Picryl description: Public domain photograph of the 1930s - 1940s, woman, female portrait, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Marvin Calhoon, left, from a farm near Clorinda, Iowa, a sophomore maj...
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High school students listening to a lecture during the Iowa High Schoo...
Picryl description: Public domain image of a classroom, college auditorium, school, students, teacher, teaching, studying, education, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Miguel Manresa, Jr., a graduate student from Laguna, Philippine Island...
Picryl description: Public domain image of a worker, labor, factory, plant, manufacture, industrial facility, 1930s, mid-20th-century industrial photo, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Burlington, Iowa. Acres unit, FSA (Farm Security Administration) trail...
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Jose C.M. Carvalho from Minas, Brazil, a graduate student at Iowa Stat...
Public domain photograph of the United States in the 1930s, portraits, people, events, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Fort Madison. Coal and sand chutes in the railway yard
Public domain image of an industrial building, factory, structure, works, 19th-20th century industrial revolution, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description
Rear brakeman inspects train and releases all handbrakes before train ...
Picryl description: Public domain image of a worker, labor, factory, plant, manufacture, industrial facility, 1930s, mid-20th-century industrial photo, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Shopton, near Fort Madison, Iowa. Otis Johnson, machinist's helper in ...
Picryl description: Public domain image of a railway worker, railroad, locomotive repair shop, industrial facility, early 20th-century industry, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Marceline (vicinity), Missouri. Cattle grazing on a farm along the Atc...
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Fort Madison, Iowa. Keeping records of waybills in the Atchison, Topek...
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Mood of the country: Iowa
Title and date from contact sheet folder caption. Contact sheet available for reference purposes: USN&WR COLL - Job no. 7639, frame 32. Forms part of: U.S. News & World Report Magazine Photograph Collection.
Iowa hay rolls - Drawing. Public domain image.
Digital image produced by Carol M. Highsmith to represent her original film transparency; some details may differ between the film and the digital images. Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer.... More
Full exterior, United States Courthouse, Davenport, Iowa
Photographed as part of an assignment for the General Services Administration. This Courthouse is on the National Register. It was renovated in 2007. Title, date, and subject note provided by the photographer. ... More
Wind turbines in the cornfields outside Cedar Falls, Iowa
Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Credit line: Photographs in the Carol M. Highsmith Archive, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. Purchase; Carol M. H... More
An Amish or Mennonite couple and their horse and buggy traverse the co...
Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Ancestors of these people, who lead what they call the "plain life" and forsake modern conveniences and clothing to differing degrees,... More
A steam train operated by the Boone & Scenic Valley Railroad, a herita...
Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. The railroad was started in 1983 by a group of volunteers who wanted to preserve a scenic section of the former Fort Dodge, Des Moines... More
Bench and flowers in the sculpture garden at the James & Meryl Hearst ...
Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. James Hearst was an Iowa poet and author who wrote about plants, animals, and rural people through the eyes of a Midwestern farmer. Fo... More
View from the bluffs of Sherrill, Iowa, of the rich agricultural valle...
Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Credit line: Photographs in the Carol M. Highsmith Archive, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. Purchase; Carol M. H... More
Conservatory of the Greater Des Moines Botanical Gardens in Des Moines...
Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Credit line: Photographs in the Carol M. Highsmith Archive, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. Purchase; Carol M. H... More
A steam train operated by the Boone & Scenic Valley Railroad, a herita...
Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. The railroad was started in 1983 by a group of volunteers who wanted to preserve a scenic section of the former Fort Dodge, Des Moines... More
A steam train operated by the Boone & Scenic Valley Railroad, a herita...
Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. The railroad was started in 1983 by a group of volunteers who wanted to preserve a scenic section of the former Fort Dodge, Des Moines... More
A sculpture of two people sitting on a bench This sculpture by artist ...
Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Credit line: Photographs in the Carol M. Highsmith Archive, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. Purchase; Carol M. H... More
Large feed mill complex in Buchanan County, Iowa
Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Credit line: Photographs in the Carol M. Highsmith Archive, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. Purchase; Carol M. H... More
Colorful balloons delight the assembled crowd with a night glow as pil...
Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Credit line: Photographs in the Carol M. Highsmith Archive, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. Purchase; Carol M. H... More
A highly organized procession of hay rolls in Madison County, Iowa
Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Credit line: Photographs in the Carol M. Highsmith Archive, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. Purchase; Carol M. H... More
Downtown building, once the home of an International Order of Odd Fell...
Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Credit line: Photographs in the Carol M. Highsmith Archive, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. Purchase; Carol M. H... More
Colorful balloons land at the National Balloon Classic, a hot air ball...
Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Credit line: Photographs in the Carol M. Highsmith Archive, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. Purchase; Carol M. H... More
Farmer eats hamburger at cornhusking contest, Marshall County, Iowa
Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is availabl... More
Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa
Sep 1885. 10 Sheet(s). Iowa fire insurance map. Sanborn fire insurance maps are detailed maps of cities and towns produced by the Sanborn Map Company for the purpose of assessing fire insurance liability. T... More
Holliwell Bridge, Spanning Middle River at Holliwell Bridge Road (now ...
See Historical Overview of Iowa Bridges, HAER No. IA-88, which provides a unified historical context of bridges included in Iowa Historic Bridges Recording Project I and II. Significance: Madison County has the... More
Holliwell Bridge, Spanning Middle River at Holliwell Bridge Road (now ...
See Historical Overview of Iowa Bridges, HAER No. IA-88, which provides a unified historical context of bridges included in Iowa Historic Bridges Recording Project I and II. Significance: Madison County has the... More
Fifth edition of Chas. H. Yale and Sidney R. Ellis' sic mammoth kaleid...
From the collections of the Rare Book and Special Collections Division. Container number: Greene's Opera House Programmes. 1902 03. Cedar Rapids, Iowa. Performed in Cedar Rapids, Iowa on Wednesday, December 10, 1902
The Grotto of the Redemption, Way of the Cross Arch detail, West Bend,...
Margolies, John,, photographer...The Grotto of the Redemption, Way of the Cross Arch detail, West Bend, Iowa..1988...1 photograph : color transparency ; 35 mm (slide format)...Notes:. Title, date and keywords b... More
J. G. Vawter House, First Avenue & South Street, Winterset, Madison Co...
Significance: One of a collection of stone structures in Winterset. Owner Vawter a prominent merchant in the community. Good illustration of the evolutionary growth of a house. Survey number: HABS IA-138
Hospital for the Insane, Main Building, West Main Street Vicinity, Che...
Significance: This hospital was the last of the four state mental hospitals to be built in Iowa and the only one where the main building, a connected complex in echelon plan, was fully completed before the hosp... More
Hospital for the Insane, Main Building, West Main Street Vicinity, Che...
Significance: This hospital was the last of the four state mental hospitals to be built in Iowa and the only one where the main building, a connected complex in echelon plan, was fully completed before the hosp... More
Imes Bridge, Spanning a ravine south of County Road G50, .5 mile west ...
Significance: Imes Bridge is one of nineteen covered bridges built in Madison County, Iowa, in the late nineteenth century, and the oldest of five that survive. Survey number: HAER IA-94 Building/structure da... More
Frank Chyle, Jr. House, Main Street, Protivin, Howard County, IA
Significance: The Chyle House is significant because of its association with Frank Chyle, Jr., who founded Protivin in 1878. Survey number: HABS IA-163 Building/structure dates: 1892 Initial Construction Bui... More
Frank Chyle, Jr. House, Main Street, Protivin, Howard County, IA
Significance: The Chyle House is significant because of its association with Frank Chyle, Jr., who founded Protivin in 1878. Survey number: HABS IA-163 Building/structure dates: 1892 Initial Construction Bui... More
den Hartog House, 2210 Army Post Road, Des Moines, Polk County, IA
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Edward Langworthy House, 1095 West Third Street, Dubuque, Dubuque Coun...
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-6 Survey number: HABS IA-30-14
Edward Langworthy House, 1095 West Third Street, Dubuque, Dubuque Coun...
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-6 Survey number: HABS IA-30-14
Fort Des Moines Historic Complex, Building No. 123, Des Moines, Polk C...
Significance: This stable barn adhered to standardized building plan 37G in the office of the Quartermaster General. Completed on October 29, 1903, after an expenditure of $7,754.10, the building had red brick... More
Lake Mills, IA, gelatin silver print
H115961 U.S. Copyright Office Copyright claimant's address: Des Moines, IA. Copyright deposit; F. J. Bandholtz; September 21, 1908.
Atlas of Plymouth County, Iowa : containing maps of townships of the c...
Copyright: G.W. Anderson. LeGear. Atlases of the United States, 1304 On cover: "The world remapped," "history of the new nations." Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Incl... More
Atlas of Plymouth County, Iowa : containing maps of townships of the c...
Copyright: G.W. Anderson. LeGear. Atlases of the United States, 1304 On cover: "The world remapped," "history of the new nations." Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Incl... More
Atlas of Plymouth County, Iowa : containing maps of townships of the c...
Copyright: G.W. Anderson. LeGear. Atlases of the United States, 1304 On cover: "The world remapped," "history of the new nations." Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Incl... More
Atlas of Plymouth County, Iowa : containing maps of townships of the c...
Copyright: G.W. Anderson. LeGear. Atlases of the United States, 1304 On cover: "The world remapped," "history of the new nations." Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Incl... More
Jefferson Street Viaduct, Spanning Des Moines River at U.S. Highway 63...
Significance: As one of Iowa's most handsomely proportioned highway trusses, the Jefferson Viaduct a continuous Warren deck truss is technologically noteworthy as an uncommon application of deck truss techn... More
Workingmen's Houses, 27-29 Locust Street, Dubuque, Dubuque County, IA
Significance: Built as a rental property and occupied for a brief period by a locally significant tenant, this double tenement typifies the modest brick structures built along South Locust Street in the 1880s a... More
Illinois Central Railroad Overpass, Spanning Illinois Central Railroad...
Significance: Designed by the Iowa State Highway Commission, the continuous steel plate girder of two asymmetrical spans is broken into two unequal lengths with an interesting detail off-center of the middle pi... More
Commercial & Industrial Buildings, Key City Electric Street Railroad, ...
Significance: Beginning with Dubuque Street Railway Company in 1867, Dubuque's central business district and outlying residential neighborhoods were served by a series of steam and electric trolley lines. Thou... More
Clinton County Courthouse, Courthouse Square, Clinton, Clinton County,...
Survey number: HABS IA-100
W. T. McFarlane Building, 123 South Federal Avenue, Mason City, Cerro ...
Significance: The building, developed by W.T. McFarlane, was built during a booming construction period in Mason City. The building is of eclectic design featuring classically inspired ornamentation. Survey n... More
Iowa State University, Morrill Hall, Morrill Road, Ames, Story County,...
Significance: Morrill Hall is significant as an early major campus building in which the scope and quality of professional architectural services and of the work of the general contractor were essentially what ... More
Fort Des Moines Historic Complex, Building No. 46, Des Moines, Polk Co...
Significance: This structure, completed on November 17, 1904, at a cost of $35,456.87, is one of the oldest surviving buildings at Fort Des Moines. Originally erected to house ten bachelor officers, the struct... More
Fort Des Moines Historic Complex, Building No. 46, Des Moines, Polk Co...
Significance: This structure, completed on November 17, 1904, at a cost of $35,456.87, is one of the oldest surviving buildings at Fort Des Moines. Originally erected to house ten bachelor officers, the struct... More
Atlas of Ida County, Iowa : containing maps of villages, cities and to...
Picryl description: Public domain image of printed material, catalog page, portrait, free to use, no copyright restrictions
Bevington Bridge, Spanning Middle River at Warren Street, Bevington, M...
Significance: Built in 1884 in the crossroads town of Bevington, this wagon bridge consists of a pin-connected through truss, with iron cylinder piers and timber stringer approaches. This 102-foot channel span... More
Bevington Bridge, Spanning Middle River at Warren Street, Bevington, M...
Significance: Built in 1884 in the crossroads town of Bevington, this wagon bridge consists of a pin-connected through truss, with iron cylinder piers and timber stringer approaches. This 102-foot channel span... More
Workingmen's Houses, 95 Southern Avenue, Dubuque, Dubuque County, IA
Significance: This house, like its twin to the north, is a relatively well-preserved example of the modest, speculatively built residences built on Southern Avenue in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Su... More
Workingmen's Houses, 95 Southern Avenue, Dubuque, Dubuque County, IA
Significance: This house, like its twin to the north, is a relatively well-preserved example of the modest, speculatively built residences built on Southern Avenue in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Su... More
F. D. Stout House, 1105 Locust Street, Dubuque, Dubuque County, IA
Survey number: HABS IA-110 Public domain photograph of a house, residential property, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
F. D. Stout House, 1105 Locust Street, Dubuque, Dubuque County, IA
Survey number: HABS IA-110
Iowa Wesleyan College, Old Main Building, Broad Street, Mount Pleasant...
Significance: Old Main was the second building on Iowa Wesleyan College campus. The building design reflects the specific needs of the institution for classrooms, offices and a chapel. Survey number: HABS IA-59
Rath Packing Company, Sycamore Street between Elm & Eighteenth Streets...
Significance: Between 1891 and 1985, the Rath Packing Company grew from a small local business into the ninth largest meat packing company in the United States. By 1950, the Waterloo plant was the largest sing... More
Rath Packing Company, Sycamore Street between Elm & Eighteenth Streets...
Significance: Between 1891 and 1985, the Rath Packing Company grew from a small local business into the ninth largest meat packing company in the United States. By 1950, the Waterloo plant was the largest sing... More