Tag: 1920s
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Capturing the Frozen Past in Midwest Snapshots
“Undated snapshot of an ice storm with many limbs and branches on the street. Possibly taken near the home of Russell and Ruth Kramer and looking north on S. Clay Street from E. Armstrong Street, Frankfort.” 1930. “The front entrance of Tuckway House, owned by Nellie Simmons Meier and her clothing designer husband…
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The Remarkable Story Behind America’s Forgotten Concrete Arrows
When you stumble across one of these (roughly) 150 concrete arrows, they don’t look like much. Four rectangles and a triangle flush against the ground. Some are the size of a Cadillac. Some are the size of a school bus. Almost crumbling edges and surfaces cracked like alligator skin. This isn’t a result of shoddy…
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