Images in the "Civics in Action" exhibit at the State Historical Museum of Iowa

This slideshow of historic images is featured in the new "Civics in Action" exhibit at the State Historical Museum of Iowa.
The following slideshow images display on screen for approximately 11 seconds each unless otherwise noted. The video has no sound.
• Thank you to exhibit funders, supporters, advisors and designers (33 seconds)
• Iowa Equal Suffrage Associate postcard, 1910
• Iowa Statehouse, Polk County, about 1900
• Board of Trustees, Women's Christian Temperance Union, Polk County, 1894
• Citizenship Ceremony, Polk County, 2019
• Theodore Roosevelt gives a speech in Le Mars, Plymouth County, about 1904 (SHSI/Iowa City, Paul C. Juhl Collection)
• Workers at Meatpacking Plant, Cerro Gordo County, about 1955
• Voting Is Your Right Poster, Polk County, 2023
• Carmen Bernardino, Pinning a Star on World War II Service Flag, Polk County, 1942
• International Women's Year Display, Jasper County, 1975
• World War II Poster, Plowshares Are Swords, 1943
The "Civics in Action" exhibit explores the civic ideals of the United States and Iowa, and the importance of being an engaged person in your community. The exhibit features the Iowa caucuses and Iowans of action with more than 60 artifacts.
Learn more at history.iowa.gov.