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Dubuque: 1940
Submitted by Dave on Sun, 01/27/2008 - 12:25am.
April 1940. "Business section of Dubuque, Iowa. The rich live in houses on the cliffs seen in background." View full size. 35mm negative by John Vachon.
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For Just A Minute There...
Submitted by Treefrog on Tue, 01/29/2008 - 10:28pm.
...you really had me puzzled. I was going to call a technical foul thinking this couldn't really be photo of a mid-20th century midwest American business district. There didn't seem to be a Coca-Cola sign anywhere in sight! But if you go to the full size view and look carefully it is in fact there.
I won't spoil it for you; you'll have to find it yourself. Think of it as a soft drink version of "Where's Waldo?".
Dubuque is a Mississippi River Town.
Submitted by EyeAwa on Sun, 01/27/2008 - 2:46pm.
Dubuque was one of the first settlements in Iowa. This picture is looking west. Downtown is along the river bank. Most of the town today is: "Up on the hill". Great river town.
http://world.nycsubway.org/perl/show?54933
Looking east....today.
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