The photo shows a group of mine buildings. A caption in red in the upper left says “Galleyville Mine” Back: unmarked, divided “The Galleyville mine was located just south of Centerville, where Drake Avenue meets the Numa Highway, on the...
1970 Press Photo Iowa Police and Iowa Student Protesters clash in Civic Center This is an original press photo. Someone has glued the newspaper blurb to the back of the photo, which says: In Iowa City Iowa policeman attempted to...
Circassion women were part of the P.T. Barnum circus. Of course, they were not really from Circassia in the North Caucasus. Barnum hyped them as such because of the renown of the beauty of women from that region and the...
Photo shows the football team in practice position. Back: Postcard has brief message from “Bates” and is addressed to “Mr. Harold (Pape) Shindan, New Sharon, Iowa” and is postmarked “Iowa City”. At the bottom someone has handwritten in pencil, “Nov...
1948 Press Photo Charles Howard Supporters during convention-Philadelphia. a scene of an enormous crowd with signs. Caption under Press Photo reads: “Philadelphia, July 24–Delegates for Howard– This was the scene around the speaker’s stand as delegates put on demonstration last...
Postcard photo shows a group of men posing in front of the Des Moines Daily News and Jones Bros Buildings. In the back, left is a tent that says “Theatre.” Back: the back is blank, and divided.
Photo postcard, front image shows five boys, three White, two Black on a railroad track, all laughing as the two Black youths take boxing stances. Written on fron in white is “Sporting Life Colfax, Iowa -25-” Back, in handwritting: “Have...
Stereoview shows workers, race undetermined, working outside the penitentiary. Someone has written In pen on the back: “South Wing Bell” and the last word is hard to decipher. Below this is a stamped drawing of a large man riding in...
This studio photo shows four solemn young White boys in a prop of a row boat, with an strange elaborate back drop of a river scene. The right edge has the studio name “E.J. Ford, Opposite Post Office, Grundy Center,...
Press photo shows a White woman, Katherine Rush, sitting on the steps of the Iowa capitol building in Des Moines, gazing down and leaning against the wall. On her lap is a large handwritten sign: “Leon Iowa Curtis and Schmidt...
Photo shows two horse kicking up a lot of dust while racing on a dirt road in Millersburg, Iowa. A jalopy is parked by the roadside. Back: An extensive message sent form Millersburg, Iowa to “Harry E. Calvert, Metmore, Kans.”
This photo postcard is titled “Kangaroo Court, Bellevue, Iowa” at the bottom of the image. Photo shows an animated crowd of men on a wooden sidewalk, participating in an event and several young boys watch them and a young Black...
Mr. Harry Flipping, was one of the originators of “Black Pride Incorporated,” a vibrant Des Moines group in the 70s and 80s: “As we were growing up, there was a lack of things for teenagers and young adults. They called...
This 1/6 Plate tintype shows a little White girl sitting cross legged and holding a paper fan with minstrels drawn on it. The fan has two Black Minstrels African Americans drawn on it. The girl’s face and body has been...
Large albumen photo shows a Victorian home interior with a wall hung from floor to ceiling with artworks in fancy frames.
The front of this 1860’s CDV Political Cartoon depicts John Brown Exhibiting His Hangman” Jefferson Davis who is dressed as a woman and in a bird cage. Here are a few descriptions of the card from dealers: “Northern rejoicing at...
Press Photo shows Rev. Jesse Jackson making a fist. Caption states “( DC 25) Ames, Iowa Feb 8, Jackson Campaigns. The Rev. Jesse Jackson gestures as he addresses a rally at the Iowa State University in Ames Monday prior to...
In protest to the killing of Black men, women and children at the hands of the police throughout 2020, many Black Lives Matter protests occurred in Des Moines. These shapshots show several of the rallies that took place in the...
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