Main Street in Columbus Junction, Iowa, 2003

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Courtesy of Library of Congress, Margolies, John, "Main Street, Columbus Junction, Iowa," 2003

Description

This map is a bird’s eye view of Main Street in Columbus Junction, Iowa, in 2003. This image is part of the John Margolies Roadside America Photograph collection at the Library of Congress. This documentary study featured commercial buildings along main streets and highways throughout the United States over a span of about forty years. Columbus Junction’s population in 2000 was 1,900.

Source-Dependent Questions

• Is Columbus Junction, Iowa, a rural area or an urban area? Use evidence from the image to support your answer.
• Compare and contrast this image to main streets in Elliott, Iowa, in Des Moines, on Madison Avenue in Chicago and in downtown Chicago?

Citation Information

Margolies, John, "Main Street, Columbus Junction, Iowa," 2003. Courtesy of Library of Congress