Way Down in Iowa I’m Going to Hide Away Composer: George W. Meyer Words by Sam M. Lewis and Joe Young Song by Irving Kaufman, Pasternack, Josef — Conductor Tenor with orchestra 18184 The lyrics are about a young man...
The 1953 Black Diamond, Centerville High School, Iowa, yearbook Many photographs of Simon Estes in his 1953 yearbook, showing his activities on track and football sports teams. A relative was a freshman at the time. Estes lived in Centerville, Iowa.
A program for the week-long Chautauqua states “Official Program Jefferson Iowa Independent Chautauqua, twenty second assembly” It features the Elwyn Dramatic Company “In Two Great Plays” and many other performances from operas to “table lifting” and “ghost walking” over the...
Two television personalities from WHO tv–Cowboy Ken and Uncle Stan–are pictured. Each holds a blackface ventriloquist dummy, one called “Nappy,” and the other “Rabbit.” It is clear that this is meant to be amusing to a certain audience, the racism...
A tradecard-sized announcement die-cut shaped like a fan, announcing the “Grammar school exhibiition, Allegory of the Great REbellion. Normal Hall. November Nineteenth, 1879.” The reverse side says: “Part First “Before the War–Concord–Dissension–Seccession. Part Second “The Story of the War.” It...
A postcard photograph of a group of young people, probably students posing with the women sitting in the front on the grass, the men standing behind. What is unusual is that, although the women are all dressed in attire traditional...
This yellow backed stereoview shows a group with the same people as in Walking The Line stereoview. Here a different couple is the focus: the man claps as the woman faces him. The crowd is aware of the photographer–some look...
This pinkish mounted stereoview shows an indoor party-like scene of Black people. A young man and woman are walking through the center of the room. The man places both his feet on a line drawn on the floor as the...
This photograph is part of a series of snap shots at a Davenport circus, of which four are in this archive. The photos are all small format snapshots and the circus has highly ornate fronts to exhibits. The photos are...
This photograph is part of a series of snap shots at a Davenport circus, of which four are in this archive. The photos are all small format snapshots and the circus has highly ornate fronts to exhibits. The photos are...
A photo with gilt edges showing an posh Victorian room with two boys and a girl. One boy, holding a stereocards, sits in a velvet chair, his foot on an ottoman. The girl, seated in a rocking chair, holds a...
The second page of the Storm Lake Pilot-Tribune from August 4, 1916 has a half-page ad announcing the arrival of “Birth of a Nation” to the theater: “It’s Coming to Storm Lake. Chautauqua Auditorium, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Aug. 14, 15,...
This announcement, printed on one side of a thin sheet of paper, states: East Des Moines Booster Club Picnic at South Union Park Monday, August 20, 1934 Basket Picnic; Free Barbecue. Free Ice Cream for the Kiddies. As host to...
Royal blue match book with metallic lettering: WAAC and a drawing of the profile bust of a greco-roman helmeted warrior. Text says “Women’s Army Auxiliary Corps Fort Des Moines, Iowa. Close Cover Before Striking”
Colored photo postcard shows a building with seven American flags and the caption reads: “Negro Building, Jamestown Exposition, 1907.” Words under the photo say “American Colortype Co., NY, copyright 1907 by Jamestown A & V Co. Back: “1607-1907 Jamestown Exposition...
Photo shows a line of elephants and riders walking down a street next to buildings. Someone has written “Carroll IA 1918” on the bottom of the photo. Back: Black paper adheres to photo, showing that it was torn from an...
Photo shows an outdoor stage with a White male acrobat leaping across. Black men are in attendance at either side of the raised platform. A crowd of White people fill the street below. Caption across the top says: “Carnival Sioux...
This photograph is part of a series of snap shots at a Davenport circus, of which four are in this archive. The photos are all small format snapshots and the circus has highly ornate fronts to exhibits. The photos are...
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