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- United States Bicentennial Table Cover, circa 1976 - The 1976 Bicentennial of American Independence was a major cultural phenomenon that incited a wave of patriotism and nostalgia across the country. At homes across the nation, people painted their mailboxes with patriotic symbols and celebrated with backyard barbecues. A family in suburban Iowa used this table cover on their picnic table for summer meals during the Bicentennial.
- circa 1976
- Collections - Artifact
United States Bicentennial Table Cover, circa 1976
The 1976 Bicentennial of American Independence was a major cultural phenomenon that incited a wave of patriotism and nostalgia across the country. At homes across the nation, people painted their mailboxes with patriotic symbols and celebrated with backyard barbecues. A family in suburban Iowa used this table cover on their picnic table for summer meals during the Bicentennial.
- George Washington Carver's Graduation Photo from Iowa Agricultural College and Model Farm, 1893 - After a young adulthood of traveling, working, and homesteading, George Washington Carver was able to attend college. He first attended Simpson College in Iowa and transferred to Iowa State, then called Iowa Agricultural College, to pursue botany. He was one of the first African Americans to matriculate and to serve on the faculty there. This is his graduation picture, taken when he was about thirty.
- 1893
- Collections - Artifact
George Washington Carver's Graduation Photo from Iowa Agricultural College and Model Farm, 1893
After a young adulthood of traveling, working, and homesteading, George Washington Carver was able to attend college. He first attended Simpson College in Iowa and transferred to Iowa State, then called Iowa Agricultural College, to pursue botany. He was one of the first African Americans to matriculate and to serve on the faculty there. This is his graduation picture, taken when he was about thirty.