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(Photo album): Life in Iowa in the Nineteen-Teens Title: (Photo album): Life in Iowa in the Nineteen-Teens Description: Softcover. Oblong quarto. Approximately 12" x 7.25". String-tied leather over flexible card wrappers with wallet-style flap with snaps. Small tears and rubbing at the extremities, else near fine. Contains approximately 156 gelatin silver photographs. Various size images with most some close variation of 4.5" x 2.5". A few small tears, else the images are mostly near fine or better, with a very few captions. A nice vernacular album mostly centered around an Iowa farming community. Images of a rural family, with family images (including a grown man sitting on the lap of his elderly mother), various images from the pig pens, with horses, ducks, chickens, dogs, and rabbits; farmers and their children fishing and posing with their catches, family groups in rustic farm clothing, including groups of children, some with bicycles; several cute babies, a few street images from a small town, a riverboat, families posing with wagons and autos (with Iowa license plates), or in the snow. Another shows a uniformed soldier, presumably in the early days of the run-up to the American involvement in WWI. Pleasing and expressive images of a rural Iowa family and their extended community. Seller ID: 444647 Subject: Americana, Photography Between the Covers Between the Covers has been selling books for more than 30 years. Today we offer a wide ranging inventory, from Modern First Editions to General Used Books to Rare Archival Collections. We are active members of the Antiquarian Booksellers' Association of America (ABAA) and the International League of Antiquarian Booksellers (ILAB) . Terms All orders ship within two business days. Standard mail is USPS Media Mail. Expedited and international shipping are also available. We offer combined shipping on multiple orders. All books are guaranteed to be as described or they may be returned within 30 days of receipt for a full refund. This listing was created by Bibliopolis.