In this photo, a neighborhood gathers on the front porch on a summer day. See more photos like this one in Jim Heynen and Everett W. Kuntz's book, Sunday Afternoon on the Porch.
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Monday, October 6, 2014
Photo from SUNDAY AFTERNOON ON THE PORCH, by Jim Heynen and Everett W. Kuntz
In this photo, a neighborhood gathers on the front porch on a summer day. See more photos like this one in Jim Heynen and Everett W. Kuntz's book, Sunday Afternoon on the Porch.
Monday, June 30, 2014
International Year of Family Farming
The Food and Agriculture Organization has declared 2014 the
Year of Family Farming with the aim of highlighting the important role family and small farms
play in feeding the world. To do our part, throughout 2014 we are featuring
some of our favorite images and words from Iowa books on family farms. Here’s
the latest!
“Married in 1941, Mabel Schweers and her husband, Art,
farmed 400 acres in Adams County, Iowa. They promised each of their eleven
children one year of paid tuition at the college of their choosing and expected
their farm income would fulfill this promise. Schweers described their
diversified farm as productive and stable. She earned cash income through the
sale of eggs, provided much of the family’s food through gardening and canning,
and sewed most of the family’s clothing…. She believed men and women worked
equally hard, saying, ‘On the farm, the women
had just as big a part to play as the men. My daughters milked just like
my sons did. They loaded bales. They could do anything. They could drive the
tractor. They could do anything.’”
excerpt from On Behalf of the Family Farm: Iowa Farm Women's Activism since 1945, by Jenny Barker Devine
photographs from A Bountiful Harvest: The Midwestern Farm Photographs of Pete Wettach, 1925-1965, by Leslie A. Loveless
Monday, April 21, 2014
The Drake Relays, April 23 - 27
The Drake Relays start in Des Moines on Wednesday! To start preparing yourself, enjoy these photographs from previous Drake Relays and stop by the rest of the week to read our interview with David Peterson, author of The Drake Relays.
The Drake Relays: America's Athletic Classic, by David Peterson
Friday, March 28, 2014
Friday, February 21, 2014
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