The Libraries is currently preparing to play host to area junior high and high school student researchers participating in National History Day, a program that teaches critical thinking, research, and presentation skills through a nationwide contest.
Below are a few images from Iowa Digital Library related to this year’s theme, Innovation in History: Impact and Change.
Diesel locomotive from the Rock Island Railroad, drawing, ca. 1937
James Van Allen in his laboratory, The University of Iowa, 1953
Evelyn Birkby driving a tractor, Shenandoah, Iowa, 1950s
Surgical instruments, engraving, 1655
Men driving automobile, Iowa City, Iowa, 1920s
“Preparing sweet corn for freezing…” by A.M. Wettach, ca. 1948