Front picture shows six women and one man posed comfortably in a group, the man seated in the center, in a studio. The left side of the photo reads “Pearson, East Sixth and Locust St., Des Moines” Back is blank....
front photo shows the bust of a middle-aged Black woman. Bottom of the front says “Elite Studio 109 West High Street, Oskaloosa, Iowa.”
Full length photo of a Black man in a suit, in a studio with a painted backdrop of a window sill with plants. Under the image “W.A. Duncan. Oskalossa, IA.” See other photograph by WA Duncan for a photograph of...
Picture shows two boys in overalls and hats with a stack of paper or something like it. Ink writing at bottom of photo “Delivering 15000 for additions to M E church{ on top of photo ink writing says “xxx F....
snapshot-style photo postcard showing two casually dressed Black men strolling on city street past shops. Printed on the front of card is a drawing of an ear of corn and city-scape and the words “Des Moines, Iowa”. The back of...
Front of card: six people outside posed as family group. Back “Dear Clara — We all wish you a happy birthday and health and every good thing in the new year of your life. I’m going to try and clean...
Studio and place name in gold on lower front cardboard frame. Embossed in cursive, the location given is “Pardoe. Half Block Northwest of Square in Newton, Iowa” Handwritten In cursive on the back in ink: “Property of Kathleen Webb”
Inside a barber shop showing 2 white barbers and 2 Black workers and two customers under cloths. Pendant on wall says ‘Iowa’. Back of photo faintly in pencil “Thompson & Barnes”
a Woman in Front of a Wood Plank House in the Buxton-Hamilton area of Iowa. The postage date is stamped “Hamilton Iowa,” and the postcard is addressed to Nebraska. The front of the postcard has an embossed stamp “Flanders, Buxton...
many beautiful baby contests were related to eugenics. They contests were often held at state fairs. The band in the photo is posing at a pavilion with signs advertising “Prize Baby Contest.” The caption under the photo says “470. Calmar...
The image shows a Black American soldier in uniform with his Kepi Hat on a bench. The kepi cap has an affixed 10th Calvary emblem. I believe the size of photo mount and the soldier’s uniform uniform dates this from...
Panoramic Photograph of Military Training of Black officers at Fort Des Moines, in Iowa, 1917. The photograph has cursive writing in white across the top of the image saying: “Reserve Training,” “Captains Camp Ft. Des Moines, IA,” “Oct. 16th, 1917,”...
Front photo shows rural dirt road, two Black children on opposities of the road, and a white building over which is hand- written “Post Office.” At the bottom of the phot, in white, it says “P.O. Looking East, Buxton, IA.”...
photo: Mainly white children, 1 White woman, 1 Black man, posing on outdoor school steps. Back: written in pencil: “Jefferson School Red Oak IA” But it could be Albia, Iowa, since there is a Jefferson, School in Albia.
School class photograph in Burlington, Iowa, one female Black student. Students pose on school steps outside with sign saying “Saunderson R No. 5, Oct 3 ’99” Back: someone wrote in pencil “1899, Burlington, Iowa”
Photo shows a group of students, mostly White, two Black students, outside their school by a shrub. Handwriting on front: “Our little school taken around the school flower bed in the fall.” Back has long message. Sent to “Master Harold...
Postcard is postmarked in Cedar Rapics and sentto Sweden. Postcard message written in Swedish. The writing is not on the back, it is also around the image on the front in the margin. Photograph is of a line of men,...
A b/w photo showing a completely burnt out area of buildings–no roofs, no windows, nothing inside. The image was published in a Spanish language newspaper. A strip of newsprint stapled to the photograph says: “Detroit Julio (AP)–Totalmente consumidas por el...
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