The extensive collections at the Library of Congress contain historic artifacts and cultural materials from across the U.S. The list below is just a sample of the many Iowa resources available for free on the Library's Web site.
The tools at the end of the page can help teachers use these in the classroom. Teachers can find even more primary sources, along with the tools to help use them in the classroom, at www.loc.gov/teachers. They can also search the Library's American Memory or Prints and Photographs collections.

Davenport, Ia. 1888. H. Wellge, des
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Galbraith's railway mail service maps, Iowa, c1897
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School is out for lunch. Grundy County, Iowa, 1939 |
![River steamers [on the] Mississippi River, Davenport, Iowa](images/steamers.jpg)
River steamers [on the] Mississippi River, Davenport, Iowa
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![[George Wallace Jones, half-length portrait, three-quarters to left, eyes front, with beard], between 1844 and 1860](images/jones.jpg)
[George Wallace Jones, half-length portrait, three-quarters to left, eyes front, with beard], between 1844 and 1860 |

Iowa as it is in 1855
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Bruce Fenchel Collection (AFC/2001/001/2978), Veterans History Project |

Way down in Iowa I'm going to hide away, 1916 |

Circular and Price List of the Bettendorf All Steel “Handy” Farm Truck, 1896 |

Iowa's choice (?) : Boise and beer forever, between 1880 and 1900 |
![Santee Sioux women, Sioux City, Iowa, [between 1868 and 1880]](images/sioux.jpg)
Santee Sioux women, Sioux City, Iowa, [between 1868 and 1880] |

Chicago & Northwestern Railroad Viaduct, Spanning Des Moines River at Chicago & Northwester, Boone vicinity, Boone County, IA, 1995 |
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