11. CAPITALISM ... AND INDUSTRIAL GROWTH
THE LAST GLORY DAYS OF RURAL AND SMALL-TOWN AMERICA
America's countryside is still holding out as the nation's "heartland"
America's urban life – but closely connected
to rural America's needs
A picture album of Junction City, Kansas – a typical American town
Other scenes of typical small-town American "middle class" life
Note: this page includes no textual material – but is simply a grand collection of pictures from the era
AT THE TURN OF THE CENTURY, AMERICA'S COUNTRYSIDE WAS STILL HOLDING
OUT AS THE NATION'S "HEARTLAND" |
Kansas State Historical
Society
Kansas State Historical Society
Kansas State Historical Society
Kansas State Historical Society
Kansas State Historical Society
Kansas State Historical Society
Kansas State Historical Society
Kansas State Historical Society
Kansas State Historical Society
Kansas State Historical
Society
Kansas State Historical Society
Minnesota Historical Society
AMERICA WAS LONG FAMILIAR WITH URBAN LIFE – BUT
ON A SMALL SCALE ... AND CLOSELY CONNECTED TO RURAL AMERICA'S NEEDS |
Atlanta Historical Society
A
PICTURE ALBUM OF JUNCTION CITY, KANSAS – 1910 (POPULATION
5000) ... A TYPICAL AMERICAN TOWN SERVING RURAL
AMERICA
Loeb and Hollis Drug Store
in Grand Junction
Pennell Collection, University
of Kansas
Frey's New Cafe on main street
in Grand Junction
Pennell Collection, University
of Kansas
Park Meat Market in Grand
Junction
Pennell Collection, University
of Kansas
Latham's Grocery in Grand
Junction
Pennell Collection, University
of Kansas
The Pegues, Wright Department
Store in Grand Junction
Pennell Collection, University
of Kansas
Rudy Sohn's barber shop in
Junction City, Kansas
Pennell Collection, University
of Kansas
OTHER
SCENES OF TYPICAL SMALL-TOWN AMERICAN "MIDDLE CLASS" LIFE IN THE EARLY 1900s
Ladies' sewing circle – Black
River Falls, Wisconsin
Historical Society of
Wisconsin
Washing Dishes
The ice man – Cleveland,
around 1910
Cleveland Public
Library
Life on the Eire Canal -
1905
An American classroom – around
1900
Schoolchildren's social studies
display of Eskimo life
Minnesota Historical
Society
Fire department No. One,
Woodbine, New Jersey
The Independent Order of
Odd Fellows – Kerkhoven, Minnesota
Minnesota Historical
Society
A Sunday-school picnic in
Industry, Illinois – 1911
(my
grandmother is front-center, my grandfather to the left with overhauls, his brother between
them!)
courtesy Miles Hodges
Keeping up with the latest
fashions in rural Industry, Illinois – 1911
(my grandmother is second from the left)
courtesy Miles Hodges
Go on to the next section: Rising Social Tensions
Miles
H. Hodges
A
PICTURE ALBUM OF JUNCTION CITY, KANSAS – 1910 (POPULATION
5000) ... A TYPICAL AMERICAN TOWN SERVING RURAL
AMERICA |
Pennell Collection, University of Kansas
Pennell Collection, University of Kansas
Pennell Collection, University of Kansas
Pennell Collection, University of Kansas
Pennell Collection, University of Kansas
Pennell Collection, University of Kansas
OTHER
SCENES OF TYPICAL SMALL-TOWN AMERICAN "MIDDLE CLASS" LIFE IN THE EARLY 1900s |
Historical Society of Wisconsin
Cleveland Public Library
Minnesota Historical Society
Minnesota Historical Society
(my grandmother is front-center, my grandfather to the left with overhauls, his brother between them!)
courtesy Miles Hodges
(my grandmother is second from the left)
courtesy Miles Hodges