At Vesterheim, the Norwegian-American museum and heritage center in De...
Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. The museum displays more than 33,000 Norwegian and Norwegian-American artifacts, includes 12 historic buildings, a folk-art School, an... More
Lower Plymouth Rock Bridge, Spanning Upper Iowa River, Kendallville, W...
Significance: The Lower Plymouth Rock Bridge is one of the few intact examples remaining of what had once been the standard rural roadway bridge type of the 1870s in America: the bowstring arch-truss. This pate... More
Eureka Bridge, Spanning Yellow River (Moved to City Park, Castalia), F...
Significance: The wrought-iron Eureka Bridge is an example of the bowstring bridge, called bowstring truss or iron arch in the nineteenth century. Bowstring bridges were widely built in Iowa in the period 1860... More
Eureka Bridge, Spanning Yellow River (Moved to City Park, Castalia), F...
Significance: The wrought-iron Eureka Bridge is an example of the bowstring bridge, called bowstring truss or iron arch in the nineteenth century. Bowstring bridges were widely built in Iowa in the period 1860... More
Cemetery crosses at Spillville, Iowa's, Saint Wenceslaus Catholic Chur...
Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. The famous Czech composer Antonin Dvorak composed two of his works, including the String Quartet in F ("The American"), at this church... More
Lower Plymouth Rock Bridge, Spanning Upper Iowa River, Kendallville, W...
Significance: The Lower Plymouth Rock Bridge is one of the few intact examples remaining of what had once been the standard rural roadway bridge type of the 1870s in America: the bowstring arch-truss. This pate... More
Lower Plymouth Rock Bridge, Spanning Upper Iowa River, Kendallville, W...
Significance: The Lower Plymouth Rock Bridge is one of the few intact examples remaining of what had once been the standard rural roadway bridge type of the 1870s in America: the bowstring arch-truss. This pate... More
Eureka Bridge, Spanning Yellow River (Moved to City Park, Castalia), F...
Significance: The wrought-iron Eureka Bridge is an example of the bowstring bridge, called bowstring truss or iron arch in the nineteenth century. Bowstring bridges were widely built in Iowa in the period 1860... More
W. S. Bucknell House, 210-13 Winnebago Street, Decorah, Winneshiek Cou...
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-4 Survey number: HABS IA-30-4
Freeport Bridge, Spanning Upper Iowa River, Decorah, Winneshiek County...
Significance: The Freeport Bridge is one of the few unaltered examples remaining of what had once been the standard rural roadway bridge type of the 1870s in America, the bowstring arch-truss. This patented tu... More
The entrance to Bily's Clocks, a legendary local clockmaker's business...
Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. For years beginning in 1946, the brothers Frank and Joseph Bily carved intricate clocks at their farm home, between Spillville and 194... More
Kiosk explaining local history in Decorah, 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
Eureka Bridge, Spanning Yellow River (Moved to City Park, Castalia), F...
Significance: The wrought-iron Eureka Bridge is an example of the bowstring bridge, called bowstring truss or iron arch in the nineteenth century. Bowstring bridges were widely built in Iowa in the period 1860... More
Women in traditional Norwegian clothing examine a loom at Vesterheim, ...
Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. The museum displays more than 33,000 Norwegian and Norwegian-American artifacts, includes 12 historic buildings, a folk-art School, an... More
Lower Plymouth Rock Bridge, Spanning Upper Iowa River, Kendallville, W...
Significance: The Lower Plymouth Rock Bridge is one of the few intact examples remaining of what had once been the standard rural roadway bridge type of the 1870s in America: the bowstring arch-truss. This pate... More
Lower Plymouth Rock Bridge, Spanning Upper Iowa River, Kendallville, W...
Significance: The Lower Plymouth Rock Bridge is one of the few intact examples remaining of what had once been the standard rural roadway bridge type of the 1870s in America: the bowstring arch-truss. This pate... More
Lower Plymouth Rock Bridge, Spanning Upper Iowa River, Kendallville, W...
Significance: The Lower Plymouth Rock Bridge is one of the few intact examples remaining of what had once been the standard rural roadway bridge type of the 1870s in America: the bowstring arch-truss. This pate... More
Lower Plymouth Rock Bridge, Spanning Upper Iowa River, Kendallville, W...
Significance: The Lower Plymouth Rock Bridge is one of the few intact examples remaining of what had once been the standard rural roadway bridge type of the 1870s in America: the bowstring arch-truss. This pate... More
The town of Spillville in central Iowa has fewer than 500 residents, b...
Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Its ten-sided main ballroom features a maple dance floor, two fireplaces, lattice ceilings, and a 50-foot bar. Credit line: Photograph... More
Lower Plymouth Rock Bridge, Spanning Upper Iowa River, Kendallville, W...
Significance: The Lower Plymouth Rock Bridge is one of the few intact examples remaining of what had once been the standard rural roadway bridge type of the 1870s in America: the bowstring arch-truss. This pate... More
Lower Plymouth Rock Bridge, Spanning Upper Iowa River, Kendallville, W...
Significance: The Lower Plymouth Rock Bridge is one of the few intact examples remaining of what had once been the standard rural roadway bridge type of the 1870s in America: the bowstring arch-truss. This pate... More
City Stone Mill, Decorah, Winneshiek County, IA
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-4 Survey number: HABS IA-30-11 Building/structure dates: 1913 Subsequent Work Building/structure dates: 1924 Subsequent Work
Freeport Bridge, Spanning Upper Iowa River, Decorah, Winneshiek County...
Significance: The Freeport Bridge is one of the few unaltered examples remaining of what had once been the standard rural roadway bridge type of the 1870s in America, the bowstring arch-truss. This patented tu... More
Detail of the old Bank Block Building on a corner of downtown Decorah,...
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
Lower Plymouth Rock Bridge, Spanning Upper Iowa River, Kendallville, W...
Significance: The Lower Plymouth Rock Bridge is one of the few intact examples remaining of what had once been the standard rural roadway bridge type of the 1870s in America: the bowstring arch-truss. This pate... More
Lower Plymouth Rock Bridge, Spanning Upper Iowa River, Kendallville, W...
Significance: The Lower Plymouth Rock Bridge is one of the few intact examples remaining of what had once been the standard rural roadway bridge type of the 1870s in America: the bowstring arch-truss. This pate... More
Lower Plymouth Rock Bridge, Spanning Upper Iowa River, Kendallville, W...
Significance: The Lower Plymouth Rock Bridge is one of the few intact examples remaining of what had once been the standard rural roadway bridge type of the 1870s in America: the bowstring arch-truss. This pate... More
Lower Plymouth Rock Bridge, Spanning Upper Iowa River, Kendallville, W...
Significance: The Lower Plymouth Rock Bridge is one of the few intact examples remaining of what had once been the standard rural roadway bridge type of the 1870s in America: the bowstring arch-truss. This pate... More
St. Anthony's Chapel, Old Mission Vicinity, Festina, Winneshiek County...
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-4 Survey number: HABS IA-30-12
Eureka Bridge, Spanning Yellow River (Moved to City Park, Castalia), F...
Significance: The wrought-iron Eureka Bridge is an example of the bowstring bridge, called bowstring truss or iron arch in the nineteenth century. Bowstring bridges were widely built in Iowa in the period 1860... More
Eureka Bridge, Spanning Yellow River (Moved to City Park, Castalia), F...
Significance: The wrought-iron Eureka Bridge is an example of the bowstring bridge, called bowstring truss or iron arch in the nineteenth century. Bowstring bridges were widely built in Iowa in the period 1860... More
Freeport Bridge, Spanning Upper Iowa River, Decorah, Winneshiek County...
Significance: The Freeport Bridge is one of the few unaltered examples remaining of what had once been the standard rural roadway bridge type of the 1870s in America, the bowstring arch-truss. This patented tu... More
People in traditional Norwegian clothing gather at Vesterheim, the Nor...
Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. The museum displays more than 33,000 Norwegian and Norwegian-American artifacts, includes 12 historic buildings, a folk-art School, an... More
Helen Hendrickson shows an old Norwegian book to Margret Zook at Veste...
Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. The museum displays more than 33,000 Norwegian and Norwegian-American artifacts, includes 12 historic buildings, a folk-art School, an... More
Downtown Decorah, Iowa - Drawing. Public domain image.
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
Lower Plymouth Rock Bridge, Spanning Upper Iowa River, Kendallville, W...
Significance: The Lower Plymouth Rock Bridge is one of the few intact examples remaining of what had once been the standard rural roadway bridge type of the 1870s in America: the bowstring arch-truss. This pate... More
Lower Plymouth Rock Bridge, Spanning Upper Iowa River, Kendallville, W...
Significance: The Lower Plymouth Rock Bridge is one of the few intact examples remaining of what had once been the standard rural roadway bridge type of the 1870s in America: the bowstring arch-truss. This pate... More
Lower Plymouth Rock Bridge, Spanning Upper Iowa River, Kendallville, W...
Significance: The Lower Plymouth Rock Bridge is one of the few intact examples remaining of what had once been the standard rural roadway bridge type of the 1870s in America: the bowstring arch-truss. This pate... More
The town of Spillville in central Iowa has fewer than 500 residents, b...
Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Its ten-sided main ballroom features a maple dance floor, two fireplaces, lattice ceilings, and a 50-foot bar. Credit line: Photograph... More
Saint Wenceslaus Catholic Church in Spillville, Iowa, which dates to 1...
Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. The famous Czech composer Antonin Dvorak composed two of his works, including the String Quartet in F ("The American"), at this church... More
Carefully stored hay bales and rolls, and loose hay ready for livestoc...
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
People in traditional Norwegian clothing gather in an exhibit space at...
Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. The museum displays more than 33,000 Norwegian and Norwegian-American artifacts, includes 12 historic buildings, a folk-art School, an... More
A small free library, in which residents and others can deposit books ...
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
Eureka Bridge, Spanning Yellow River (Moved to City Park, Castalia), F...
Significance: The wrought-iron Eureka Bridge is an example of the bowstring bridge, called bowstring truss or iron arch in the nineteenth century. Bowstring bridges were widely built in Iowa in the period 1860... More