Victorian House Museum Gift Shop

Stop in and browse our gift shop for a variety of souvenirs and books about local history.
Some souvenirs can also be purchased at the Ice House Museum during open hours from May-October.

Vintage handkerchiefs make great gifts or unique gift wrapping! $3 each.

Note cards by Stephen Hunter, $4.25 each or

3 for $12.00

Show your support of the Cedar Falls Historical Society with a t-shirt. Adult sizes range from $15-$20.

Bring home a memory of one-room schools with one of these slates. $8 each.

19th Century Cedar Falls Hotels, by Cynthia Sweet, $14.95

Faces, Places, Cases, by David Whitsett, $19.99

Country People, by Ruth Suckow, $9.95

Lost Black Hawk County, by Linda McCann, $19.95

Images of Modern America: Cedar Falls, $22.99

Plus many other local history books!

Bess Streeter Aldrich books available for sale at the Cedar Falls Historical Society

These are hardcover, used books. Publication information is in parentheses.

$15.00 each

Mother Mason (New York: A. L. Burt, 1924)

A Lantern in her Hand (New York: D. Appleton-Century, 1928)

Miss Bishop (New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1933)

Spring Came on Forever (New York: D. Appleton-Century, 1935)

The Man Who Caught the Weather (New York: D. Appleton-Century, 1936)

Song of Years (New York: D. Appleton-Century, 1939)

The Lieutenant’s Lady (New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1942)

Steve Carter Prints

Local artist Steve Carter was commissioned by Jeanine Johnson to create these lovely prints depicting Iowa birds and local barns. The Cedar Falls Historical Society is pleased to offer these prints for sale at the Victorian House. Quantities are limited. Barn prints are $15 each, and bird prints are $10 each. These designs are also available in packs of gift cards. You can purchase a 6-pack (2 of each of the 3 barns) for $7 or

a 4-pack (1 of each of the 4 birds) for $5.