As the Iowa Digital Library approaches the 100,000-item mark, we’re celebrating this milestonetemp by highlighting some of our favorite items from the collections.

Title: Baseball game, Iowa City, Iowa, 1895
Creator: Samuel Calvin
Digital collection:  Iowa City Town and Campus Scenes

The action of the baseball game in the photograph combined with the austere surroundings of central campus make this my favorite item in the Iowa Digital Library.  It proves that Iowa City was a lively town 113 years ago even if the modes of transportation have changed somewhat.

–Mark F. Anderson
Digital Initiatives Librarian, Digital Library Services