Photos, videos and docs of PopKulture, with the keywords: "Iowa"

Butt_In_cigars

nobody@ipernity.com (PopKulture) — Wed, 02 Jan 2008 21:00:16 +0000

A simple, line-drawn label adorns this box from a Burlington, Iowa cigar maker. Simple labels like this one stand in direct contrast to their more elaborate, stone-lithographed counterparts popular in the day.

Chili_King_IA

nobody@ipernity.com (PopKulture) — Mon, 28 Jan 2008 08:14:02 +0000

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Chili King Café and Drive-In - Still open for business in Des Moines, Iowa. I stop in on occasion. 2004

Lincoln_Cafe_sign_IA

nobody@ipernity.com (PopKulture) — Wed, 30 Jan 2008 04:53:45 +0000

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For many years, this simple but charming sign has been directing hungry travelers along U.S. 30 to the Lincoln Café in Belle Plaine, Iowa.

From a 35mm print.

PC_Green_Mill_Cafe_IA

nobody@ipernity.com (PopKulture) — Wed, 30 Jan 2008 06:25:38 +0000

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Who wants to join me in the Time Machine for a luncheon at this wonderfully charming café? What isn’t perfect and pleasant about it? We’ll sit at the counter or take a seat in back by the mural – it doesn’t matter.

Bushong_Jewelry_IA

nobody@ipernity.com (PopKulture) — Wed, 30 Jan 2008 20:36:58 +0000

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Dana Bushong Jewelry - Fort Madison, Iowa. 2003

CB_Washtella_IA

nobody@ipernity.com (PopKulture) — Tue, 05 Feb 2008 23:31:25 +0000

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Cigar boxes which feature native American maidens are slightly scarcer than their male counterparts, and no less desirable to collectors. Moreover, they seem to be more light-hearted treatments, as evident on the Washtella brand cigar box from Pella, Iowa.

Ford_Tractor_sign

nobody@ipernity.com (PopKulture) — Mon, 16 Jun 2008 18:21:51 +0000

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A more rural take on the classic Ford logo in northeastern Iowa.

7up_Anamosa_Bowl_IA

nobody@ipernity.com (PopKulture) — Mon, 16 Jun 2008 18:21:51 +0000

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I hope Anamosa has been spared from the terrible flooding currently plaguing Iowa.

Charles_Theatre_IA

nobody@ipernity.com (PopKulture) — Mon, 11 Aug 2008 06:10:39 +0000

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A well-maintained and stupefyingly cool facade in Charles City, Iowa... despite the ubiquitous overcast day. (sigh)

Still, I would have preferred to see it before the marquee was updated, but at least it's being well cared for.

2006.

Town_Theatre_IA

nobody@ipernity.com (PopKulture) — Mon, 11 Aug 2008 06:10:39 +0000

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A hazy day in Waukon, Iowa... but I haven't been back there since, so it was as good a time as any to shoot this old theatre with an interesting turreted marquee. 2006

King Tower Sign

nobody@ipernity.com (PopKulture) — Sun, 30 Nov 2008 03:35:53 +0000

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This great old sign is a Lincoln Highway standout - located at the King Tower Cafe in Tama, Iowa.

King Tower Inn

nobody@ipernity.com (PopKulture) — Sun, 30 Nov 2008 03:36:06 +0000

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Every bit a classic roadside sight, the old King Tower Cafe along the Lincoln Highway in Tama, Iowa.

Still The King

nobody@ipernity.com (PopKulture) — Sun, 30 Nov 2008 03:47:17 +0000

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King Theatre - Belle Plaine, Iowa.

PC_Eagle_Grove_IA

nobody@ipernity.com (PopKulture) — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 06:33:20 +0000

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An uncommon configuration, this antique tri-fold postcard features a nice, sharp pivoting panoramic view of Eagle Grove, Iowa, circa 1912.

Eagle Grove is just down the road from Thor (seriously!) in Wright County, in rural north central Iowa. From this view, it seems like Eagle Grove had all the makings of a burgeoning, medium-sized city, but its recent population has hovered around a quaint 3400.

Dairy_City_IA

nobody@ipernity.com (PopKulture) — Sat, 22 Aug 2009 18:04:09 +0000

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Compare this whimsical, antique "Dairy City" cigar label from the late 1800's to a mechanically printed postcard postmarked 1912 and you'll see many of the same buildings on old Franklin Street, looking north, in Manchester, Iowa.

Manchester is a town of roughly 5,000 people on old U.S. route 20 in Delaware County, eastern Iowa.

The cigar label was printed by the famed lithoghaphers, G.S. Harris & Sons, located in Philadelphia, and came from an old Victorian scrapbook.