"A Modern Iowa Farm," 1927

Courtesy of Library of Congress, "A Modern Iowa Farm," Keystone View Company, 1927

Description

This stereograph shows an Iowa farm from 1927. The image shows the farmland, house, barn and other buildings on the property.

Describe the image above. What is this image showing?
How has this landscape been changed by humans?
What human elements have been added to this area?
Compare the landscape in this image to landscape in the "Millions of Acres" advertisement. Over 50 years have passed between these images of the Iowa landscape. What remains the same? What is different?

"A Modern Iowa Farm," Keystone View Company, 1927. Courtesy of Library of Congress