Audio-Visual Collections: General Subject Listing

 

 

 

The audio-visual collection contains Iowa images dating from the 1840's to present day and illustrating a wide range of subject matter which includes businesses, schools, farms, churches, community main streets, landmarks and natural topography, recreational and domestic activities, political and social events. The list below includes Iowa photos arranged by general subject.

 

 

Archaeology:

  • Sites

  • Specimens

Architecture

Artifacts

Arts:

  • Applied (Crafts)

  • Centers & Galleries

  • Fine:

    Dance

    Drama

    Miscellaneous

    Music

    Painting/Drawing

    Photography

    Sculpture: Miscellaneous

    Sculpture: Ream, Vinnie

    Sculpture: Walker, Nellie

    Writing

Aviation (see also "Military & War: WWII: Aviation")

  • Airplanes:

    Bi-planes

    Miscellaneous

  • Airports

  • Miscellaneous (includes balloons, dirigibles, helicoptors, airshows, stunt fliers)

  • Space Travel

Bird's-eye & Aerial Views

Black Americans

Boats & Boating:

  • Barges/Dredges/Rafts

  • Miscellaneous

  • Racing

  • Recreational/Pleasure

  • Sail

  • Steamboats

  • Warehouses/Shorelines

  • Warfare:

    U.S.S. Des Moines

    U.S.S. Iowa (II)

    U.S.S. Iowa (III)

    U.S.S. Iowa (IV)

Bridges & Viaducts:

  • Covered Bridges

  • Passenger

  • Railroad

Business & Industry:

  • Advertisements

  • Construction/Demolition

  • Delivery & Shipping

  • Employees

  • Miscellaneous

  • Office Interiors

  • Product Distribution:

    Automobiles

    Bakeries

    Books/Magazines/Newspapers

    Boots & Shoes

    Chinaware

    Department Stores

    Drug & Pharmacy

    Dry Goods

    Elevators

    Farm Implements

    Florists

    Fuel

    Furniture & Appliances

    Grocery (includes liquor)

    Hardware

    Jewelry

    Livestock Sales/Stockyards

    Lumber

    Meats & Butchering

    Millinery

    Miscellaneous & Unidentified

    Music

    Nursery/Greenhouse/Seed Co.

    Tobacco

    Toys

    Wagons/Buggies/Sleighs

  • Product Production & Extraction:

    Automobiles: Miscellaneous

    Automobiles: Spaulding Co.

    Boots & Shoes

    Bottling & Packaging

    Brewery/Winery

    Brickyards

    Canning

    Cement

    Corn

    Dairy

    Electronics

    Farm Implements

    Feed & Grain

    Fish Hatchery/Fishing

    Food: Quaker Oats

    Food: Miscellaneous

    Foundry

    Fuel

    Furniture/Appliances: Maytag

    Furniture/Appliances: Misc.

    Garment: Buttons

    Garment: Miscellaneous

    Glass

    Gypsum

    Hemp

    Ice

    Lumber

    Meat Packing

    Metal Work

    Mills (see separate heading "Mills)

    Mining: Coal

    Mining: Miscellaneous

    Miscellaneous & Unidentified

    Office Supplies/Stationery

    Ordnance

    Pharmaceuticals

    Planing Mills

    Plastics

    Public Utilities

    Publishing

    Quarries

    Soybeans

    Sports Equipment

    Starch

    Tiles & Pottery

    Tobacco

    Toys

    Wagon Wheel & Carriage Mfg.

    Wool

  • Service:

    Advertising

    Banking (incl. Investment Co.)

    Barber Shop/Beauty Salon

    Blacksmith

    Carpentry

    Construction

    Dredging/Tiling/Well Boring

    Funeral Homes/Undertaking

    Garage & Filling Station

    Insurance

    Junkyards & Waste Disposal

    Laundry & Dry Cleaning

    Livery Stable

    Masonry

    Miscellaneous & Unidentified

    Photography

    Printing/Lithography

    Real Estate & Surveying

    Restaurants (see separate

    heading "Restaurants")

    Tailors

    Taverns (see separate heading

    "Taverns")

Cemeteries & Headstones

Churches & Religion:

  • Clergy & Congregations

  • Denominations:

    Amish

    Baptist

    Catholic: Convents &

    Monasteries

    Catholic: Miscellaneous

    Christian

    Church of Christ

    Congregational

    Episcopal

    Jewish

    Lutheran

    Methodist & Methodist

    Episcopal

    Miscellaneous & Unidentified

    Mormon

    Presbyterian

    Reformed

    United Brethren

  • Miscellaneous

  • Revivals/Evangelism

Communication:

  • Radio

  • Telegraph

  • Telephone

  • Television

County Government:

  • Agencies & Officials

  • Buildings & Grounds (see separate heading for "Courthouses")

Courthouses (by county):

  • A-G

  • H-M

  • N-Z

Dams

Disasters:

  • Accidents:

    Miscellaneous

    Motor Vehicle

  • Natural:

    Drought

    Fires (see separate heading

    "Fires & Fire Departments")

    Floods

    Miscellaneous

    Snow & Ice

    Tornadoes

Entertainment & Amusement:

  • Amusement Parks:

    Adventureland

    Miscellaneous

  • Auditoriums/Coliseums

  • Chautauqua

  • Circuses/Sideshows/

  • Carnivals

  • Expositions/Exhibitions:

    Miscellaneous

    Sioux City Corn Palace

  • Fairs:

    County

    State

    Town

  • Halls & Opera Houses

  • Miscellaneous

  • Motion Pictures (celebrities, location shoots, etc.)

  • Nightclubs

  • Rodeos

  • Theaters

Ethnic & Minority Groups

Explorers & Exploration

Farms & Farming:

  • Auctions/Sales (closing out/bankruptcy) *For commercial sales see heading "Business & Industry: Product Distribution: Livestock Sales/Stockyards")

  • Buildings & Barnyards:

    Pre-1920

    Post-1920

  • Crops:

    Field

    Garden

  • Equipment & Machinery:

    Horse & Hand

    Modern

    Steam

  • Events

  • Farm Crisis, 1980's

  • Humor

  • Miscellaneous

  • Organizations:

    Future Farmers of America

    Miscellaneous

  • Rural Electrification

  • Special Types:

    Dairy

    Horses

    Livestock

    Poultry

Federal Government:

  • Agencies & Officials:

    Miscellaneous

    Presidents: Hoover, Herbert

    Presidents: Johnson, Lyndon

    Presidents: Miscellaneous

    Presidents: Nixon, Richard

  • Buildings & Grounds

  • Programs:

    Civilian Conservation Corps

    Miscellaneous

    National Youth Administration

    Works Progress (Projects)

    Administration/Civil Works Administration

Fires & Fire Departments:

  • Equipment & Firemen

  • Fires

  • Fire Stations

Geology

Historical Societies

Historic Sites & Museums (by city):

  • A-G

  • H-N

  • O-S

  • T-Z

Holidays & Celebrations:

  • Christmas

  • Easter

  • Halloween

  • Iowa Statehood Centennial (1946)

  • Local (by city):

    A-G

    H-O

    P-R

    S-Z

  • Memorial Day

  • Miscellaneous

  • New Years Day

  • Patriotic

  • Thanksgiving

  • U.S. Bicentennial

  • Valentines Day

Hospitals:

  • City (includes patient transporation)

  • County

  • State:

    Clarinda

    Glenwood

    Independence

    Knoxville

    Miscellaneous

    Mt. Pleasant

    Oakdale

  • Veterans

Hotels/Motels

Houses & Households:

  • Architectural Styles

  • Construction & Razing:

    Miscellaneous

    World War II (wartime boom

    and post-war housing shortage)

  • Domestic Chores

  • Famous:

    Governors

    Miscellaneous

  • Furnishings

  • Gardens (see "Farms & Farming:Crops:Garden")

  • Miscellaneous (flower beds, lawn ornaments & other yard features)

  • Mobile Homes/Tourist Camps

  • Multi-units

  • Rural:

    Exterior: Identified

    Exterior: Unidentified

    Interior: Identified

  • Slums

  • Special Types (log, stone, sod, etc.)

  • Urban:

    Exterior: Identified

    Exterior: Unidentified

    Interior: Identified

Indians:

  • Battles & Uprisings:

    Miscellaneous

    Spirit Lake Massacre

  • Hunting & Agriculture

  • Miscellaneous

  • Monuments & Markers

  • Mounds

  • Tribes:

    Fox (see "Mesquakie")

    Mesquakie: Chiefs:

    Black Hawk

    Keokuk

    Miscellaneous

    Mesquakie: Miscellaneous

    Mesquakie: Powshiek Family

    Mesquakie: Tama PowWow

    Mesquakie: Young Bear Family

    Miscellaneous: A-B

    Miscellaneous: C-M

    Miscellaneous: N-Z & unknown

    Sac/Sauk (see "Mesquakie")

    Sioux: Chiefs

    Sioux: Miscellaneous

Iowa, State of:

  • Agencies & Officials:

    General Assembly

    Governors

    Health Department

    Miscellaneous

  • Buildings & Grounds: Capitol:

    Past Territorial & State Capitols

    Iowa City ("Old Capitol")

    Des Moines:

    Complex

    Construction

    Events

    Exterior

    Fire (1904)

    Fountain

    Interior: Artwork

    Interior: Miscellaneous

    Miscellaneous

    Monuments: Allison

    Monuments: Lincoln

    and Tad

    Monuments: Misc.

    Monuments: Soldiers

    & Sailors

  • Buildings & Grounds:

  • Historical Building (1st: E.12th & Grand):

    Construction/Renovation

    Divisions: Annals of Iowa

    Divisions: Archives

    Divisions: Library

    Divisions: Museum (incl.

    collections/exhibits)

    Employees

    Exterior

    Interior

    Miscellaneous

  • Buildings & Grounds: Historical Building (2nd:600 E. Locust):

    Construction:

    Demolition of buildings

    on site

    Designs/Plans

    Fundraising Event

    Groundbreaking

    Miscellaneous

    Exhibits

    Exterior

    Miscellaneous

  • Miscellaneous

Lakes & the Lake District

Law & Law Enforcement:

  • Correctional Schools:

    Eldora

    Mitchellville

    Rockwell City

    Toledo

  • Courtroom Scenes

  • Crimes

  • Iowa Highway Patrol

  • Jails

  • Judges

  • Juvenile Correction

  • Lawyers

  • Miscellaneous

  • Police

  • Prisons (see separate heading "Prisons")

  • Prohibition

  • Traffic Violations

Libraries

Medicine:

  • Dentistry

  • Disease & Disease Prevention

  • Doctors

  • Drug Abuse & Treatment

  • Education

  • Miscellaneous

  • Nursing

  • Optometrists/Opticians

  • Veterinarians

Military & War: Battles & Conflicts (in chronological order)

  • U.S.-Mexican War

  • Civil War:

    Battles

    Camps

    Flags

    Miscellaneous

    Monuments

    Portraits (unknown regimental

    affiliation)

    Prisons

    Regiments: Cavalry

    Regiments: Infantry:

    1st-10th Iowa

    11th-20th Iowa

    21st-48th Iowa

    Reunions/G.A.R.

    Scenes (published views)

  • Spanish-American War:

    Bands

    Camps

    Collections:

    Bicknell, J.V.

    Blanchard, Harry

    Conaway, Jay

    Fox, Samuel

    Haynes, Wilma

    Hazard, Betty

    Johnson, Charles

    Lambert, Elliott

    Liggett, J.D.

    Mellor, Arch

    Reichmann, H.J.

    Sawyers, H.H.

    Souhrada, A.

    Tinley, Mathew

    Twombley, Royal

    Urbach, Robert

    Weakley, R.D.

    Hospital Corps

    Miscellaneous

    Monuments

    Nursing

    Portraits

    Regiments: Infantry:

    49th Iowa

    50th Iowa

    51st Iowa

    52nd Iowa

    Misc./Unidentified

  • World War I:

    Aviation

    Camps

    Collections: Fulton, Earl

    Collections: Starr, Burt

    Divisions/Regiments

    Hospitals/Nursing

    Miscellaneous

    Soldiers (portraits)

  • World War II:

    Aviation

    Divisions/Regiments

    Homefront Activities:

    Chicago, NW Railroad

    "WIPES"

    Des Moines Register

    Pictorial

    Miscellaneous

    Hospitals/Nursing

    Miscellaneous

    Soldiers (portraits)

  • Korean War

  • Cold War

  • Vietnam War

  • Persian Gulf War

Military & War: Miscellaneous:

  • Battleships (see heading "Boats & Boating:Warfare")

  • Civil Defense

  • Forts (see also "Military & War:U.S.Army:Ft. Des Moines")

  • Militia

  • Miscellaneous

  • National Guard:

  • Camps (incl. Camp Dodge)

  • Collections: Bush, Earl

  • Collections: Sims, Paul

  • Collections: Tinley, Mathew

  • Divisions/Regiments

  • Miscellaneous

  • Relief

  • Reserve Officers Training Corps (ROTC)

  • U.S. Air Force

  • U.S. Army:

  • Ft. Des Moines:

  • Artillery

  • Buildings & Grounds

  • Cavalry

  • Citizens' Military

  • Training Camp

  • Miscellaneous

  • Women's Auxiliary

  • Army Corps

  • Miscellaneous

  • Women's Auxiliary Army Corps

  • U.S. Coast Guard

  • U.S. Marine Corps

  • U.S. Navy (includes WAVES)

Mills (by county):

  • A-L

  • M-W

Monuments & Markers

Motels (see "Hotels/Motels")

Municipal Government:

  • Agencies & Officials

  • Buildings & Grounds

Music:

  • Audio Equipment

  • Bands

  • Bandstands

  • Chorus & Singers

  • Instruments

  • Miscellaneous

  • Orchestras

Natural Phenomena

Nature:

  • Animals

  • Birds

  • Conservation

  • Flowers & Plants

  • Pollution

  • Scenes

  • Science

  • Seasons:

    Summer

    Winter

    Fall

Newspapers & Periodicals:

  • Cartoons

  • Miscellaneous

Organizations & Clubs:

  • Boy Scouts/Girl Scouts

  • Charity/Relief

  • Civic

  • Country Clubs

  • Elks

  • 4-H

  • Fraternities & Sororities

  • Hobbies/Special Interest

  • I.O.O.F. (Odd Fellows)/Rebekahs

  • Labor

  • Masons/Eastern Star

  • Miscellaneous & Unident.

  • Modern Woodmen of America

  • Professional

  • Shrine

  • Turner Society

  • Veterans' Organizations (see separate heading "Veterans Organizations")

  • Women's:

    Miscellaneous

    Women's Christian

    Temperance Union

  • YMCA/YWCA

Orphanages & Old Age Homes

Parades

Parks & Park Recreation

Pioneer Life & Immigrants:

  • Claimstaking

  • Miscellaneous

Politics:

  • International

  • National:

    Elections

    Miscellaneous

  • State

Postal Service:

  • Express

  • Miscellaneous

Prisons

Railroads:

  • Cars (special types)

  • Depots (by town):

    A-C

    Des Moines

    D-Z

  • Employees

  • Lines:

    AMTRAK

    Burlington & Missouri

    Burlington, Cedar Rapids &

    Northern

    Chicago, Burlington & Quincy

    Chicago, Great Western

    Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul

    & Pacific

    Chicago, Northwestern:

    Kate Shelley

    Miscellaneous

    Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific

    Illinois Central

    Iowa Central

    Manchester & Oneida

    Mason City & Ft. Dodge

    Passenger Line

    Midwest Central

    Milwaukee Road

    Minneapolis & St. Louis

    Union Pacific

    Wabash

  • Miscellaneous

  • Narrow Gauge

  • Steam

  • Tracks/Siding/Shops/Yards/

  • Signals

  • Wrecks

Recreation:

  • Buildings