Title page of Iowa, Die Heimath für Einwanderer (Iowa, the Home for Immigrants), 1870. A handbook for immigrants.

This map illustrates the journey undertaken by Wilhelm Fischer and companions in 1851 from Hamburg to Davenport. It is based on Fischer's travel narrative found in August P. Richter, Geschichte der Stadt Davenport and des County Scott (1917), pp.…

Delivery Wagon for Magnus Brewery Beer, Cedar Rapids, c. 1900. The saloon in the background displays the tongue-in-cheek name "The Cedar Rabbits."

A photo of Ruth Carter, a staff member at the Scattergood Hostel

A letter from the American Friends Service Committee to the Des Moines Register. It is thanking them for their aid in alleviating the rumors that Scattergood was a Fifth Column Institution.

This picture is of the deplorable conditions on the SS Navemar, a ship that transported refugees to the United States.

The Deutsch family reading a book together. From left to Right: Rosie, Michael, Emil, and Hannah Deutsch

An article from the Des Moines Register that shows that the newspaper tried to get political statements from the refugees.