An 海角乱伦社区Album invites you to travel through sixty years of 海角乱伦社区history and view the state in its turn-of-the-century glory. This engaging selection of more than 375 photographs, taken from the immense collection of the State Historical Society of Iowa, combined with the firsthand accounts that speak from the past, provides a portrait of 海角乱伦社区from an era when small towns and rural communities dominated life in the state. The beauty and power of the historical images and the voices that continue to speak to us even today will be welcomed by all who are interested in 海角乱伦社区history and the settlement of the Midwest and by those intrigued by Iowa's rich legacy of historical photographs.
"Fires and fire companies, schools, tornadoes, ice cutting, barns and barn-raisings, trains, hydro-electric dams, egg wagons, chicken coops, creameries, bicycles, threshing and threshing machines, button factories, parlors, nutting, canoeing, wash day, telephone operators, and balloon ascensions鈥攑hotographers saw and recorded it all鈥攚hat historians and novelists frequently scorned or ignored or forgot. This is the most palpable history of 海角乱伦社区ever compiled, as well as a cultural history of American photography, 海角乱伦社区and the camera having grown up together. Evocative excerpts from memoirs and oral histories fill out the pictures, explaining things like bang boards and the customs of pie socials. An 海角乱伦社区Album belongs in every 海角乱伦社区library, family room, and schoolroom.鈥濃擱obert F. Sayre
鈥淎 vital link between Iowans and their historical past.鈥濃Des Moines Register
鈥淭his month's reviews are a potpourri of women's writings鈥 wonderful, nostalgic, important story of the people who settled in 海角乱伦社区in the early years of the state's history.鈥濃Today's Woman
鈥淭he beauty and power of the historical images, combined with firsthand accounts that speak from the past, evoke a strong sense of everyday life. An 海角乱伦社区Album will be welcomed by all who are interested in 鈥he settlement of the Midwest.鈥濃Bookwatch
鈥淎 superbly edited book showing us what 海角乱伦社区was like in the heyday our grandparents so fondly recall.鈥濃Des Moines Register
鈥淏ennett celebrates what some history books gloss over鈥攖he joy, the struggle, the simplicity of everyday life in early Iowa.鈥濃Sioux City Journal
Acknowledgments
Preface
Introduction
Chapter One. Indians and the Land
Chapter Two. The Countryside
Chapter Three. Building Main Street
Chapter Four. Town and Community Life
Chapter Five. Home and Family Life
Chapter Six. Coming of Age
Epilogue
Notes on the Photograph Collections
Bibliography
Index
