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ObjectID	Object Description
2018.017.014 Print, Photographic	This photograph shows a harvested corn field dotted with corn shocks. As farmers went through their fields and cut down the corn stalks, the stalks were tied together and left standing in the field.… Read More
2018.017.015 Print, Photographic	This photograph shows a salesman for TOMCO Seed Corn, TOMCO was founded in Belmond, Iowa, in the 1930s. Content can be used with the following standards: 4th grade SS 4.26 Changes to Agriculture in a… Read More
2018.017.016 Interview	"Harold" was a resident of of Chickasaw County during the 20th Century. In this interview, he talks about growing up on a farm during the 1930s and 1940s. His stories includes those of him helping… Read More
2018.017.017 Interview	"Luella", the wife of "Harold", was a resident of Chickasaw County during the 20th Century. In this short interview, she talks about her mother and her childhood. Content can be used with the… Read More
2018.017.018 Interview	"Elsie" grew up near Hawkeye, Iowa. In this interview, she discusses some of her experiences between 1910 and 1940 such as their harvesting methods and the meals made from the crops. Content can be… Read More
2018.017.019 Interview	"Irv" grew up near Lawler, Iowa, in Chickasaw County. In this interview, he discusses some of his experiences growing up on a farm during the 1930s such as helping with harvesting crops and taking… Read More
2018.017.020 Interview	"Della" grew up near Alta Vista, Iowa, in Chickasaw County. In this interview, she discusses life on her parent's farm during the 1930s and early 1940s. She also discusses the yearly process of… Read More
2018.017.021 Interview	"Edna" grew up on a farm near Alta Vista, Iowa, in Chickasaw County. In this interview, "Edna" discusses life on her parent's farm in the 1920s and 1930 such as how food was packaged, the process of… Read More
2018.017.022 Interview	"Lucille" grew up on a farm in Chickasaw County. In this interview, she discusses living on a farm as a child in the 1920s, and as an adult beginning in the late 1930s. Content can be used with the… Read More
2018.018.001 Print, Photographic	This photograph shows a group of Danish folk dancers dressed in traditional Danish costumes. This group represented Denmark and performed at the 1932 Pre-Olympic Games festival held at the Rose Bowl… Read More
2018.018.002 Bonnet	Olivia Johnson, a resident of Cedar Falls, Iowa, wore this bonnet during the 1932 Pre-Olympic Games festival held at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, California. Johnson was part of a group of Danish folk… Read More
2018.018.003 Newspaper	The Dannevirke newspaper started publication in Elk Horn, Iowa in 1880, but moved to Cedar Falls in 1882, where it continued to be published until 1952. Danish immigrant Martin Holst was a printer… Read More
2018.018.004 Print, Photographic	This is a photograph of August Bang, a Danish immigrant and resident of Cedar Falls, Iowa. In 1947, Bang purchased the Dannevirke newspaper, which was published until 1952. The newspaper provided the… Read More
2018.018.005 Print, Photographic	This is a photograph of Martin Holst, a Danish immigrant and resident of Cedar Falls, Iowa. Holst was a printer who established Holst Printing Company, which published the Dannevirke newspaper in Elk… Read More
2018.018.006 Print, Photographic	This is a photograph of Jens Nielson, a resident of Cedar Falls, Iowa. Nielson immigrated to Cedar Falls from Denmark in 1870. In 1904, Nielson opened a stone quarry near the current downtown area of… Read More
2018.018.007 Record, Census	This 1855 census record lists the names of William Sunderlin, his wife Elizabeth, and their children, who lived in Cayuga County, New York at the time. In 1856, the family migrated to Iowa in an ox-… Read More
2018.018.008 Record, Census	This 1860 census record lists the names of William Sunderlin and his family, who lived in Tompkins County, New York at the time. In 1856, the family migrated to Iowa in an ox-drawn wagon, as many of… Read More
2018.018.009 Announcement, Funeral	This newspaper clipping announced the death of William Sunderlin, a resident of Black Hawk County. Sunderlin was born in Cortland County, New York in 1808. He migrated to Iowa with his wife,… Read More
2018.018.010 Yoke, Animal	This yoke was used to drive the team of oxen that brought William Sunderlin and his family to Iowa in 1856. This bow yoke is carved from a solid piece of wood and is quite heavy. The yoke sat on top… Read More
2018.018.011 Carving	This sculpture of a covered wagon being pulled by two oxen was hand-carved by Wally Hilgendorf. Hilgendorf, who was deaf and mute, was born in Clinton, Iowa, in 1903. Content can be used with the… Read More
2018.018.012 Record, Census	These census records list the name of Martin Van Buren Sunderlin, a resident of Mount Vernon Township, Black Hawk County. Sunderlin was fifteen years old when his parents, William and Elizabeth,… Read More
2018.018.013 Biography	This short biography of Martin Van Buren Sunderlin was included in the Historical and Biographical Record of Black Hawk County, Iowa, which was published by the Inter-state Publishing Company of… Read More
2018.018.014 Clipping, Newspaper	This newspaper clipping tells the story of Martin Van Buren Sunderlin's Civil War service. Sunderlin, a farmer who lived in Mt. Vernon Township in Black Hawk County, joined Company E of the 12th Iowa… Read More
2018.018.015 Clipping, Newspaper	This clipping contains a soldier's tribute to John Elwell, an officer in Company E of the 12th Iowa Infantry. Elwell and most of his company were captured by the Confederate army at the Battle of… Read More
2018.018.016 Obituary	This is the obituary for Martin Van Buren Sunderlin, a resident of Black Hawk County. The obituary shares the story of how Sunderlin traded places with another soldier during the Civil War so that… Read More