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ObjectID	Object Description
2018.044.003 Cannonball	This cannonball was used during the Civil War. Many Iowans, including men from Dallas County, served in the Union military during this war. Men from Dallas County alone served in over nine different… Read More
2018.044.004 Ball, Musket	These "minie balls" were used during the Civil War. The minie balls were newer versions of traditional musket balls and were designed to shoot further and straighter. Many Iowans, including men from… Read More
2018.044.005 Washtub
2018.046.001 Compass, Surveyor's	This compass was used by Dr. John Cook to survey the site that became Sioux City, Iowa, in 1855. Cook was a member of the Sioux City Townsite Company, which bought the land owned by Joseph Leonais to… Read More
2018.046.002 Vertebrae, Plesiosaur	These vertebrae belonged to a Plesiosaur, an aquatic reptile that lived in the sea that covered Iowa during the Cretaceous Period, which lasted from about 145 to 65 million years ago. The vertebrae… Read More
2018.046.003 Print, Photographic	This photograph, taken around 1899, shows the south side of 4th Street in Sioux City, Iowa. Both horse-drawn wagons and electric trolleys are visible in the photograph, which reflects the development… Read More
2018.046.004 Print, Photographic	This photograph shows one of the stations for Sioux City's elevated railroad. It was developed in 1890 by the Sioux City Rapid Transit Company to connect the city to the suburb of Morningside by… Read More
2018.046.005 Sketch
2018.046.006 Ticket	This raffle ticket was used in a raffle for the home of John Peirce of Sioux City, Iowa. During the late 1800s, Peirce funded projects across Sioux City and was an influential community member. After… Read More
2018.046.007 Bag, Seed	This sack was used by the American Pop Corn Company to ship popcorn to movie theaters. The American Pop Corn Company was founded in Sioux City, Iowa by Cloid Smith in 1914, making it the oldest… Read More
2018.046.008 Cornice	This steer-shaped cornice, or decorative mold, originally hung in the Livestock National Bank of Sioux City, Iowa. This bank was started in 1895 to serve different businesses found in Sioux City's… Read More
2018.046.009 Airplane	This photograph shows the wreckage of United Flight 232, which crashed at Sioux City's Sioux Gateway Airport in 1989. Flight 232 took off in Denver, Colorado and was headed toward Chicago, Illinois,… Read More
2018.046.010 Quilt	This quilt commemorates the 1890 Corn Palace of Sioux City, the fourth of five Corn Palaces to be built there. Every square inch of these palaces, exterior and interior, was covered in grain: mostly… Read More
2018.047.001 Ball, Musket	This "minie" balls were used during the Civil War. The minie balls were newer versions of traditional musket balls and were designed to shoot further and straighter. Content can be used with the… Read More
2018.047.002 Buckle, Belt	During the Civil War, over 76,000 Iowa men, which was about 11% of the state's population, joined the military. Belt buckles like this one were part of the uniforms that these Iowans, and soldiers… Read More
2018.047.003 Marker, Grave	This tombstone marks the grave of Colonel David Carskaddon from Marion, Iowa. During the Civil War,Carskaddon joined Company K of the 9th Iowa Volunteer Infantry. Soon after he volunteered,… Read More
2018.047.004 Marker, Grave	This tombstone marks the grave of William Harrison, a former slave and resident of Marion, Iowa. During the Civil War, many freed slaves joined Union troops during marches and offered to do tasks… Read More
2018.048.001 Print, Photographic	This photograph shows Danish immigrant Jens Peter Jensen in his United States Army uniform. Jensen joined the army in 1918 and completed basic training at Camp Dodge near Johnston, Iowa. After he… Read More
2018.048.002 Letter	This letter was written by Danish immigrant and Iowa resident Jens Jensen while he served in the United States military. Jensen wrote this letter to a friend who had written a letter to him, and he… Read More
2018.048.003 Postcard, Picture	This picture shows a panoramic view of Camp Dodge, a military camp located near Johnston, Iowa. After the United States entered World War I in 1917, Camp Dodge played a significant role in the… Read More
2018.048.004 Shovel, Trench	This trench shovel, as well as the military cap and dog tags pictured next to it, belonged to Axel Christian Madson. Madson was born in Denmark in 1896 and immigrated to the United states in 1916. He… Read More
2018.048.005 Print, Photographic
2018.048.006 Dress, Wedding
2018.048.007 Print, Photographic	This is a photograph of the 1917-1918 class of the Elk Horn Folk School in Elk Horn, Iowa. Folk schools like the one in Elk Horn helped maintain Danish cultural traditions. The idea for Danish folk… Read More
2018.048.008 School	This photograph shows a dorm room at Grand View College in 1904. Grand View was one of two institutions for higher education that Danish Americans founded in the late 1800s. The first was Trinity… Read More