Main Street in Elliott, Iowa, 1900

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Courtesy of the State Historical Society of Iowa, 1900

Description

This is the panoramic view of Main Street, showing businesses, wagons, and buggies, in Elliott, Iowa, around 1900. According to the 1900 census, Elliott had 516 residents at that time, and in the 2010 census, there were 350 people living there.

Source-Dependent Questions

• Is Elliott, Iowa, urban or rural? Use evidence from the image to support your answer.
• There are a variety of wagons and buggies in this image. What kinds of goods are being transported in them? Use this information to make an inference about daily life in this area.
• In what ways is this "main street" image similar to and different from: "South Water Street in Chicago," main street in Columbus Junction, West 7th Street in Des Moines, "Madison Avenue in Chicago, Illinois" and the aerial view of downtown Chicago?