Civil War: 1861-1865
• Canteen; qty 2
• Kepi; qty 3
• Diaries/Letters
• Handkerchief; qty 3
• Photographs - veterans, celebrations, battles, home front events
• Broadsides [posters]
• Banners
• Blanket - wool
• Large barrel - wood staves/rings; qty 2
• Small barrel - vinegar or powder keg; qty 2
• Coil of heavy rope
• Boxes or crates used to ship equipment/foodstuffs
• Bedroll
• Pouch or pack
• Bowie knife - hilt only is acceptable
• Awl, leather working; qty 2
• Steel plate/cup/fork/spoon; qty 2-4 each
• Leather strapping - ½” wide
• Bunting [replica OK]
• Excelsior for packing barrels/crates [replica OK]
• Mementos brought home from the war or home front event
• Copperhead pin or button
•Props: these items may be altered for use in the exhibits:
• Crocks - food shipment
• Barrels - wood staves/rings; for packing supplies; qty 2
• Barrel - firkin size - vinegar or powder keg size; qty 2
• Coil of heavy rope; qty 2
• Boxes, wood; qty 4
• Crates, wood; qty 2
• Artificial cedar boughs
• Uniform replicas - 3 each - pants, shirts, boots, belts, suspenders, hats, coat
• Tenting
Spanish - American War: 1898-1899
• Card games/decks of cards
• Checkers game set, 1890s style
• Harmonica
• Guitar - acoustic
• Banjo
• Uniforms: officer or enlisted: 3 each of: shirts/pants/hat/belt/suspenders/ pr. boots
• Uniform insignia/patches
• Ammunition belt, qty 2
• Bugle
• Bag or pouch for soldier’s gear
• Writing equipment
• Mess kit
• Canteens, qty 2
• Sewing kit
• Military style shovel
• Weapon - made inoperable
• Weapon shells or cartridges - not loaded; qty 3
• Cast iron or graniteware cookware/cooking utensils - this time period
• Medals/ribbons
• Letters
• Broadsides - posters
• 1898-1899 newspapers/articles pertaining to the war/war effort
• Flyers/broadsides/posters - recruitment/training/home effort
• Photographs - veterans, celebrations, battles, home front events; camp life
• Mementos brought home from the war or home front event
• Stories
Props: these items may be altered for use in the exhibits:
• Wood trunk or footlocker type box
• Mosquito netting
• Oilcloth poncho or cape
• Burlap or muslin flour or sugar bags
• Ticking fabric [for bed]
• Barrel, 1890s styled
• Canned goods crates or boxes - labeled if possible
World War I: 1915-1918
• Card games - decks of cards
• Harmonica
• Ammunition belt; qty 2
• Writing equipment
• Rucksack or equipment bags for soldier’s gear
• Sewing kit, qty 2
• Kit bag
• Mess kit, qty 2
• Canteen, qty 1
• Toilet articles - shaving gear, comb, brush, etc.
• Trench art
• French currency
• Uniform insignia/patches
• Unit insignia
• Medals/ribbons
• Letters/correspondence
• 1915-1918 newspapers/articles pertaining to the war/war effort
• Religious testaments or tracts
• Dime novels
• Medical kit
• Photos of soldiers in trenches/training camps
• Broadsides; posters
• Radio equipment
• Horse gear: feed bag, blanket, saddle, etc.
• Red Cross items
• Y-Hut [YMCA] artifacts and/or stories
• Camp Dodge artifacts/newspapers
• Soldier or home front stories connected to the war/war effort
• Photographs - veterans, celebrations, battles, home front events
• Mementos brought home from the war or home front event
• Maps
• Flyers/broadsides - copies will work
Props: these items may be altered for use in the exhibits:
• Shovel - military type
• Checkers game set form 1910s
• Telephone wire - copper; used by military for communications
• Leather map case
• Ammunition storage case/boxes; qty 3
• Crates - weapon; medical supplies, Iowa manufactured goods, canned foods.
Home Front Activities support for the Civil War/Spanish American War/WWI
• Washtub
• Writing materials - pens, ink bottles, blotters, etc.
• Items associated w/ ‘Food Will Win The War’ program - posters, flyers, gardening • instructions
• Gardening tools - rake, shovel, hoe, planter, pails
• Photographs of fundraising/support activities: ie: bandage rolling
• Letters/Correspondence related to home front activities
• Food production - individuals to large scale manufacturing
• Weapon/munitions production
• Products produced by Iowans for use by military personnel
• Information/stories about the manufacturers producing products for military
WWII - 1941 -1946
Uniforms: NO Dress Uniforms please; work or field gear for all branches of service, men and Women; Examples: Coveralls, dungarees, field jackets/pants; boots, etc.
• Flotation devices - Mae West
• Binoculars
• Bedroll
• Pin-up pictures
• Letters
• Toilet articles - razors, brush, combs, etc.
• Kit bag
• 1940s magazine - girly, Life or similar types - none military
• Field radio pack
• Items related to the B-29, the B-24 or the B17 aircraft
• Flight jacket
• Pilot’s boots; qty 2 pair
• Pilot’s helmet
• Company or division newspapers/magazines
• Garden rake
• Garden shovel
• Hand plow - potato plow
• Metal bucket or pail
• Bushel baskets, qty 3
• Victory Garden items - posters, flyers, seed packs, etc.
• Photographs - veterans, celebrations, battles, home front events
• Mementos brought home from the war or home front event
Props: these items may be altered for use in the exhibits:
• Wood kitchen cupboard, 1930-40s style
• 1930 - 40s dishes
• 1940s aluminum cookware, coffeepot
• Kitchen grease container
• 1930 - 40s rubber auto tire
• Pulley - farm
• Hemp rope
Korean War 1952-1954
F86 fighter pilot:
• Flight suit
• Flight helmet
• Flight shoes/boots
• Parachute
• Jacket
Uniforms:
• Daily work uniform
• Field clothing
• Cold weather gear: jacket, pants, boots, gloves/mittens, goggles, long
underwear, protective gear
• Footlocker
• Helmet, field
• MASH unit equipment/papers/photographs
• Photographs/papers related to veterans, celebrations, war related events
• Mementos brought home by servicemen
• Nurses’ gear
• Chaplain’s gear
• Cold War related items: ie: school Duck & Cover drills
Vietnam 1965 - 1975
Uniform: all branches of service, men and women, field gear/everyday wear:
• Fatigues
• Helicopter pilot’s flight uniform, helmet, boots, jacket, gloves
• 1970s style cassette recorder/player
• Audio cassette tapes, 1970s style; qty 3
• Medic’s gear
• Dog tags
Personnel tent equipment/objects:
• Calendar
• Sleeping bag
• Blanket
• Mess tray
• Canteen
• Field gear
• Letter writing material
• Toiletries - razor, brush, comb, toothbrush
Present Day - Persian Gulf - Desert Shield, Afghanistan, Iraq
1990 - Present
• Desert uniform - shirt, pants, boots, t-shirt, underwear; qty 3 each
• Goggles/eye protective gear; qty 3
• Water jug
• Camouflage netting
Any other item used by men and women serving in war zones now.
Home Front Activities support for the WWII/Korea/Vietnam/Present Day
Objects/photos related to the following:
• Meat packing
• Milk/cream production
• John Deere tank transmission production
• Des Moines munitions plant
• Burlington munitions plant
• Waterloo Industries - ammo box production
• Windcharger - Sioux City
• Newton - Maytag plant - hydraulic equipment production
• Harlan Iowa - egg production
• Any other Iowa companies/producers
• Chamberlain Mft. - munitions casings
• Posters - manufacturing promotions - replicas will work
• Food/product cans: 1940s; ie: Rath meats, Ackley canning, others?
• Gunnysacks - potatoes/corn/etc.
• Feed sacks
• MRE’s - Gulf War
• Prosthetic limb
