Announcement of the Chicago, Rock Island, and Pacific Railroad advertising land for sale, starting at $5 per acre

Announcement of the Burlington and Missouri River R.R. Co. advertising land for sale on credit, to be paid back at 6% interest over 10 years.

image of the Foreword from the revised 1873 immigration handbook published by the Iowa Board of Immigration.

Image of the Agents page from the revised 1873 immigration handbook published by the Iowa Board of Immigration. The state maintained agents in Hamburg, Amsterdam, Copenhagen, and London.

Image of the inside title page of Chapter Seventeen from the revised 1873 immigration handbook published by the Iowa Board of Immigration.

Image of the first page of Chapter Seventeen from the revised 1873 immigration handbook published by the Iowa Board of Immigration. The chapter gives prospective immigrants information on common wages for various professions and various means of…

Image of the first page of Chapter Sixteen from the revised 1873 immigration handbook published by the Iowa Board of Immigration. The chapter itself provides information on counties in Iowa with a large portion of German settlers: Adams County,…

image of the first page of Chapter Fifteen from the revised 1873 immigration handbook published by the Iowa Board of Immigration

image of the first page of Chapter Fourteen from the revised 1873 immigration handbook published by the Iowa Board of Immigration

image of the first page of Chapter Thirteen from the revised 1873 immigration handbook published by the Iowa Board of Immigration