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: Mary Louise Smith and Louise Noun, Iowa, mid-1990s
Creator: unknown
Collection: Iowa Women’s Archives Founders Digital Collection

 

I like this one as it shows the IWA founders and that they are good friends too.

–Sharen McVey
Library Assistant, Central Technical Services

Title: Louise Noun and grandson Jason Flora at her 90th birthday fund-raiser, Des Moines, Iowa, Mar. 1998
Creator: Jean L. McCrea

I think her grandson is cute and they look so totally different in generations.

Title: Louise Noun and Gloria Steinem, Des Moines, Iowa, 2002
Creator: Davitt Photo Alliance

They look like they respect each other.

Title: Rose Frankel Rosenfield, Paris, France, 1898
Creator: Maison A.D. Braun & Cie.; Clement Braun & Cie.

Very unusual hat and clothes from the time.