West Union, Iowa, 1908 – Antique Photo Print
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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West Union, Iowa, 1908 comes to life in this historic image, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
Library of Congress record: West Union, IA
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West Union, Iowa, 1908
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West Union, the seat of Fayette County in northeastern Iowa, was a small farming town in 1908, set among the rolling dairy and grain country of the Upper Mississippi region. Its economy rested on agriculture, with local creameries, grain elevators, and livestock dealing tied to the surrounding farms, and the town was served by rail lines that carried produce and goods to markets farther east. Fayette County's courthouse square anchored civic life, where county business, merchants, and local churches drew families in from the countryside on market days. Photographer F. J. Bandholtz made the panoramic view of the town that year, and residents would have recognized it as a record of their own streets, storefronts, and neighborhoods at a time when small Iowa towns were central to daily life.
| Created / published | 1908 |
|---|---|
| Creator | bandholtz, f. j. (frederick j.) |
| Notes | Panoramic photograph. |
| Subjects | Panoramic photographs--Iowa |
| Source | Library of Congress, Panoramic Photographs |
| Original scan | 5,400 × 1,144 px · prints to 18 × 4 in at 300 dpi |
| Library of Congress title | West Union, IA |
| Reference | IA West Union 1908 |
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