Webster City, birdseye view, Iowa, 1907 – 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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A window into the past: Webster City, birdseye view, Iowa, 1907, preserved in this historic image. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
Library of Congress record: Webster City, Ia., birdseye view
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Webster City, birdseye view, Iowa, 1907
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Webster City, the seat of Hamilton County in north-central Iowa, was a busy railroad and farm-trade town in 1907. Its economy rested on grain, livestock and dairy shipments moving out along the rail lines that crossed the county, and local factories made farm machinery and other goods for the surrounding countryside. Civic life centered on the courthouse square and the downtown business blocks, where merchants, bankers and county officials conducted much of the town's affairs. Residents in 1907 would have known Webster City as a prosperous market center of the Iowa prairie, a place where the rhythms of planting, harvest and the trains set the pace of daily life.
| Created / published | 1907 |
|---|---|
| Creator | bandholtz, f. j. (frederick j.) |
| Notes | Panoramic photograph. |
| Subjects | Panoramic photographs--Iowa |
| Source | Library of Congress, Panoramic Photographs |
| Original scan | 5,400 × 1,084 px · prints to 18 × 4 in at 300 dpi |
| Library of Congress title | Webster City, Ia., birdseye view |
| Reference | IA Webster City, birdseye view 1907 |
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