Iowa Collection (#2)

County Poor House, Burlington, Iowa, USA
The county poor house at Burlington, Iowa, USA. The poor house was a welfare establishment providing accommodation for the destitute, particularly the elderly and chronic sick

Oh, well, she knows the ropes by Merlin Enabnit
Pin up girl by Merlin Enabnit (1903-1979) wearing boxing gloves posed strategically across her chest. Enabnit was born in Des Moines, Iowa and was a successful commercial artist

Why, I ve known him since he was so high by Merlin Enabnit
Brunette pin up girl by Merlin Enabnit (1903-1979) dressed in a satin pyjama suit. Enabnit was born in Des Moines, Iowa and was a successful commercial artist

Orpheum Theatre - 8th Street below Walnut, Des Moines, Iowa
Night view of The Orpheum Vaudeville Theatre - 8th Street below Walnut, Des Moines, Iowa, USA. Date: 1912

Illinois Central Bridge, Omaha, Nebraska, USA
Illinois Central (railroad) Bridge over the Missouri River at Omaha, Nebraska, USA, a double swing bridge. Council Bluffs, Iowa, is on the other side. Date: circa 1908

1915 Hudson Vintage Car, USA. Iowa registration. Date: 1920s

Men on New Stoughton Wagon, Iowa, USA
Two men on a New Stoughton Wagon with spades in their hands. Photograph by Charles Clinton Stevens of Williams, Iowa, USA. The covering on the horse is probably designed to protect it from flies

Main Street, Grand Mound, Iowa, USA
Main Street in Grand Mound, Clinton County, Iowa, USA. Date: 1909

Ciricillos Italian Band, Dubuque, Iowa, USA. Showing Salvatore Ciricillo on the conductors podium and the boys and men seated, with their instruments. Date: 1910

Street of shops in Osceola, Iowa, USA
A street of shops in Osceola, Iowa, USA. Date: circa 1907

Suspension bridge, Columbus Junction, Iowa, USA
Suspension bridge, known as the Swinging Bridge, at Columbus Junction, Iowa, USA. A notice forbids people from running, jumping or swinging on the bridge

Oh, George you are so sweet by Merlin Enabnit
Pin up by Merlin Enabnit (1903-1979) showing a woman in a long cream 1940s dress. Born in Des Moines, Iowa, Enabnit was a commercial artist who produced 24 pin up girls for The Sketch during

Night reconnaissance by Merlin Enabnit
Dark-haired pin up girl by Merlin Enabnit (1903-1979) dressed in a black, figure-hugging trouser suit and hood, holding a torch

Estherville Meterorite
Meteorite section BM 53764, Estherville, 2.727kg from the Natural History Museums Mineralogy Department

Estherville Meteorite
Meteorite section BM 53764, Estherville, 2.727kg from the Natural History Museums Mineralogy Department

The Estherville mesosiderite formed after a catastrophic collision between two asteroids. Mesosiderites are an irregular jumble of metal grains and angular pieces of rock

The Estherville mesosiderate
The Estherville mesosiderite formed after a catastrophic collision between two asteroids. Mesosiderites are an irregular jumble of metal grains and angular pieces of rock

Can you stop? - Speed and stopping distance - Iowa State Safety Council. Safety poster features a chart including miles per hour, feet per second, and estimated distance required to react, brake

Battle of Jackson, Mississippi--Gallant charge of the 17th Iowa, 80th Ohio and 10th Missouri, supported by the first and third brigades of the seventh division. Date c1863

Panorama of Rock Island, Ill. A seen from Davenport, Iowa

Panorama of Davenport, Iowa. As seen from the Harper-House, Rock-Island, Ill

Holstein-Friesian cattle of the Brookbank herd. Iowa City, Iowa. Date c1886 Oct. 25

One of John Scotts children recovering from a severe attack of pneumonia, Ringgold, Iowa. Date 1937 Jan

Resident of shacktown, Dubuque, Iowa. Date 1940 Apr

Farmer in Estherville, Iowa. Date 1936 Dec

Detail of side of house, Earl Pauley farm near Smithland, Iowa. Date 1936 Dec

Marcus Miller and family in shack that he built himself. Spencer, Iowa. This is half the house. Miller is a hired hand who has managed to save enough to make a part payment on seven

Mrs. Charles Benning sweeping steps of shack in Shantytown, Spencer, Iowa. Date 1936 Dec. Mrs. Charles Benning sweeping steps of shack in Shantytown, Spencer, Iowa. Date 1936 Dec

Show on midway, Central Iowa 4-H Club fair, Marshalltown, Iowa. Date 1939 Sept

Dubuque, Iowa, National Association of Managers signboard. Date 1940 Apr

Ak-sar-ben toll bridge between Iowa and Nebraska. Omaha. Date 1938 Nov

C. & NW RR, Mrs. Dorothy Lucke, employed as a wiper at the roundhouse, Clinton, Iowa. Date 1943 April. C. & NW RR, Mrs. Dorothy Lucke, employed as a wiper at the roundhouse, Clinton, Iowa

A tubercular painter from Iowa and part of his family of nine who are stranded and penniless in New Mexico. Date 1937 Aug

Part of an impoverished family of nine on a New Mexico highway. Depression refugees from Iowa. Left Iowa in 1932 because of fathers ill health

Shooting marbles, Woodbine, Iowa. Date 1940 May

Children reading Sunday papers, Rustan brothers farm near Dickens, Iowa. Note convenience of running water in background. This farm was formerly owner operated but they are now tenants of

National Association of Manufacturers sign, Dubuque, Iowa. Date 1940 Apr

Henry Monk and two of his stepchildren on their farm near Ruthven, Iowa. Date 1936 Dec

The only home of a depression-routed family of nine from Iowa. Date 1936 Aug

Waterloo, Iowa - USA - Syndicate Block and YMCA Building. Date: 1906

Waterloo, Iowa - USA - Melan Arch Bridge
Waterloo, Iowa - USA - The Melan Arch Bridge and the Wholesale District. Date: circa 1910s

Ole. Tonnesen, blacksmith and wagon shop, Iowa

Come on, Major, he won t bite by Merlin Enabnit
Blonde pin up girl by Merlin Enabnit (1903-1979) wearing a black strapless dress with the skirt split to reveal shapely stockinged legs. By her feet is a small Pomeranian-type dog

Invitation by Merlin Enabnit
Pin up girl by Merlin Enabnit (1903-1979) dressed in a floral print bikini and sitting by a birch tree. Enabnit was born in Des Moines, Iowa and was a successful commercial artist

Good measure by Merlin Enabnit
Blonde, voluptuous pin up girl by Merlin Enabnit (1903-1979) wearing a red swimming costume and holding a measuring tape. Enabnit was born in Des Moines, Iowa and was a successful commercial artist

No, Colonel, You ve got the wrong number by Merlin Enabnit
Back view of a dark-haired pin up girl by Merlin Enabnit (1903-1979). She is wearing a transparent pink and blue dress and speaking on a red telephone

Well, George I m no iceberg by Merlin Enabnit
Festive pin up girl by Merlin Enabnit (1903-1979) dressed in a revealing dress of scarlet with white fur trim and white boots

Merlin blues by Merlin Enabnit
Blonde pin up girl by Merlin Enabnit, posing coquettishly behind a midnight blue blanket. Enabnit was born in Des Moines, Iowa and was a successful commercial artist

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