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Look What’s in Iowa Heritage Illustrated
The
summer issue of Iowa Heritage Illustrated covers one of the most essential
factors of our everyday lives—our health. Looking at public health in Iowa,
the issue traces its history, starting with the common belief that diseases were
caused by miasmas and dangerous vapors. Individual Iowans and institutions battled
tuberculosis, influenza and polio to bring about major changes in how we live
and how long we live. Read all about it in the summer issue, illustrated as always
with photographs from the past.
New in the Museum Stores
The Iowa Museum Store in the State Historical Building and the Trails West Store at Western Historic Trails Center have many new items for those who like to quilt or simply enjoy the artistry that goes into the craft, and some new merchandise on Lewis & Clark in time for White Catfish Camp weekend. Below is a listing of a few of these items.
For more information, contact the Iowa Museum Store at 515-283-1757 or Museum.Store@iowa.gov or the Trails Store at 712-366-4900 or MaryLu.Larson@iowa.gov.
Iowa Museum Store:
Quilts by Ann Moody, Muscatine:
Table runners from $19 - $55
Crib quilts (traditional patterns and fabrics), $135
Small Crazy quilt pillows, $32.50
Authentic Amish Crib quilts from Kalona (makes great wall hanging!), $105, $210
A variety of quilt books on subjects from design to history
Quilt pins by Connie Anderson, Sunflower Pottery, Pella, $8
Ann Moody jewelry from real Muscatine buttons -$17 - $20
Quilted purses and totebags by Laura DeLong, Des Moines, $35
A sentiment any quilter will appreciate: T-shirts and mugs reading, “To quilt is human, to finish divine!” from Block Party Studios, Nevada.
Trails West Store:
Expanded collection of Mormon Trail and Oregon Trail books.
Collectable pins and hiking medallions (popular with travelers)
New Lewis & Clark activity book for young readers—includes compass and other tools.
On the Trail with Lewis and Clark, by Bill Yenne. Includes pictures of Lewis & Clark monument in Council Bluffs and pictures of keelboat in Onawa.
New jewelry—earrings and pendants—crafted from
Iowa quarters.
