Photo shows the a large crowd posing in line in front of a train with large banners. One is obscured by the crowd, the other says, in part, “Des Moines” The entire standing crowd consists of White males in suits...
photo shows the front view of the Capitol building in Des Moines with a car, labeled “Mason” driving up the steps. The spectacle is watched by groups of people. On the top of the photograph the printed text reads: “Never...
Outdoor view of the Quaker Meeting House in Oskaloosa, Iowa. The thin cdv paper implies a date in the 1860s. The card is backed on cardboard and inserted into a cardboard frame with an oval window cut in the cardboard,...
photo showing John Brown’s Fort, Harper Ferry, W. Va. and captioned the same. In small print under photo on left side “M.S. Burdette, No. 24″ each of three arched doorways have a word curving around them” John” “Brown’s” “Fort.” A...
Photo postcard showing a group of Black students sitting in an auditorium-like setting. The title over the top of the postcard says “Martin Luther King at Communist Training School.” An arrow points to one seated man with the word “King”...
Photo shows a young Black man holding a riding crop or baton in his right arm. He is wearing a vest and suit and you can see a watch chain from his button to his pocket. Below the image it...
collection of 17 snapshot photographs showing the incident “Disturbance in Good Park,” April 13, 1969. “North Side Revolutionaries in the Civil Rights Struggle” by Bruce Fehn and Robert Jefferson The Annals of Iowa 69 (Winter 2010) Excerpt: “During fall 1968...
colored postcard of Empress Theater in Des Moines, Iowa with group of people standing at outside entrance. Top of picture says “Empress Theater, Des Moines, Iowa.” back: left margin says “Published by Enos B. Hunt, Des Moines, Iowa. Made in...
photo shows an integrated group of school children and an adult standing in near the front entrance of their school, one person looks out the window. Below the photo: “71 Jefferson School Albia, Iowa.” Back: correspondence from Clara to Mrs....
Photo shows a group of Black men involved in a crap game, some standing, some kneeling, one standing at a distance. They are next to the railroad tracks. Back: handwritten: “Crap game Pomroy Ia. Sunday morning”
photos shows four people–two Black women and two daughters– in elegant dresses posing in studio. Bottom of front says “J.P. King, K. Photographer, Hawkeye, Iowa” back” shows a drawing of an artist’s palette and brushes on an easel with flowers....
photo shows a group of Black people in elegant clothing seated and standing, posing outside the “Negro Building” at the Atlanta Exposition. The caption says “10798, Group at the Negro Building, Atlanta Exposition.” On the right of the photo: “Copyright...
photo shows a train with troops leaning out the window and a crowd of people watching them. One young Black boy watches the scene. The caption of the stereoview reads: “Volunteer Soldiers leaving Washington For Tampa and Cuba.” On left...
photo shows a stone quarry with railroad tracks and large machinery and groups of men working in the distance. Under the photo “F.C.H.” wrote: “Looks pretty hard.” back: the postcard is stamped from Anamosa, Iowa and the message is sent...
photo shows a dark skinned woman in a fancy dress with ruffled collar posing for a studio portrait. cdv shows her 3/4ths view. Back of card has the name of the studio: “Leisensing, Fort Dodge, Iowa” back: studio name: Leisensing,...
close-up photo of Joe Williams, portrait. Text reads “Attn sports editors. release in p.ms’s thursday, Nov. 2 with George Brown’s story from Iowa City on Joe Williams. [indecipherable] 110105–11/1/61-Iowa City, Iowa: Joe Williams, Iowa University halfback, hopes any renown he...
photo shows a middle-aged Black man standing on a wooden porch, posing for the photo. Back: along the left side edge imprinted “Made at H.H. Hugus’ Post Card Studio, Ottumwa, Iowa. Over the Nickelodeon.” divided back
photo postcard of two Black women, dressed elegantly with hats, one with fluffy muff. Handwritten in pencil at bottom front of photo: “Neta Morris, Werna Beamon” and the additional words are illegible except for “bell Keokuk” back of photo: “Neta...
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