Credits

Thanks to Nancy Woods for her assistance with this project.

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Web design by Shawn Plank.

 

About the photos 

 

Home page title image, “Oak Tree in Sunrise,” by Linnaea Mallette, public domain license.

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Home page mailbox image: Gerald Scotton mailbox, Page County, Iowa, by Susan Patterson Plank.

 

Home page photo of author and two of her grandchildren (Sam Plank and Kate Morin) by Susan Patterson Plank.

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“Meadowlark.” Photo of western meadowlark by John and Karen Hollingsworth, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, public domain.

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“Beauty.” Cover of Woman magazine, June 30, 1945.

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“Sweet and Savory.” Vintage jars of LePage’s brand paste.

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“Iowa Cave People.” Root cellar at Iowa Living History Farms in Urbandale, Iowa.

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“Affairs on Saturday.” A dental office set up, circa 1950s, from the University of Iowa School of Dentistry. Photo courtesy of the University of Iowa Libraries.

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“Radio Influence.” Postcard showing the Mayfair Auditorium at radio station KMA in Shenandoah, Iowa.

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“Axle Grease and Roses.” Photo of rosebush by Linnaea Mallette, public domain license.

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“Lilac.” Iowa lilac bushes.

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“Death.” Photo of grave marker of Mark and Mabel Scotton, Locust Grove Cemetery in Fremont County, Iowa, just outside Page County.

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“Carstens.” Photo of fried chicken platter, public domain.

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“Fishing.” Photo of rowboat in lily pads, public domain.

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“Farrowing.” Photo of piglets nursing from a sow from the U.S. Department of Agriculture, public domain license.

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“O’Malleys.” Photo of southwest Iowa landscape taken in Page County in October 2005 by Susan Patterson Plank.

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“La Prairie Christmas.” Photo of La Prairie one-room schoolhouse, Page County, Iowa, as it looked in October 2005. Photo by Susan Patterson Plank.

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