Back Home in Indiana:123

Bryant, Indiana. (click on image to enlarge)

Back Home in Indiana: Elevator Roofline

Still walking around Bryant, Indiana. (click on image to enlarge)

Back Home in Indiana: Hoops

Bryant may not have retail business but, as in most of the Indiana, there is basketball. (click on image to enlarge)

Back Home in Indiana: Bryant

Good News - Bryant has a grain elevator. Bad News - As with everything else in town, it is closed and boarded up. (click on image to enlarge)

Notice

Due to health issues, I will be off line for a bit. Hope to return next week. Check in then.

Lost in the Midwest: Poneto Bank

Doorway of the Bank of Poneto. (click on image to enlarge)

Lost in the Midwest: Smith's Garage

One of perhaps two open and operating businesses in Poneto, IN. A grain trucking company with the facilities to maintain and repair their vehicles. (click on image to enlarge)

Back Home in Indiana: Poneto

Poneto is an incorporated place with a population of less then 250. Folks have asked me , why are you photographing what you are photographing? My answer-the Midwest has had and is having a hard time. These discarded buildings/locations show people that the hard times are not something recent, but have been in place for some time. Small towns once had a lively economy-banks, retail stores with goods and services. Today these midwest communities provide few, if any goods and services. Jobs are almost nonexistent. Russell Lee, FSA photographer, told the people of Pie Town, NM, you are having a hard time, people need to know that you are and these photographs will show that you are. It is in that spirit that I photograph what I photograph. (click on image to enlarge)

Lost in the Midwest: McLean

Standing in the center of the town is the library-now a community center- and the usual-for the corn and bean belt-a grain elevator. (click on image to enlarge)

Lost in the Midwest: McLean, IL.

McLean is a small community of about 820. Building on the left was originally a bank-now the home of a photographer-and on the right is the former home of the Lunde Implement Co. (click on image to enlarge)

Lost in the Midwest: Strand

Strand Lutheran cemetery is located adjacent to the church (see previous post). This is the last of the Iowa images for a bit. Tomorrow a quick stop in Illinois and then it's "Back Home in Indiana". Stay tuned. (click on image to enlarge)

Lost in the Midwest: Dunbar, IA.

Dunbar is a community or populated place located in Marshall County. Like many small communities in New Mexico, the church is the only public building. In the southwest, the church is the center of a central plaza. This provides a feeling of unity and closeness. In Dunbar, the church is located on the top of the highest point in town. This sense of place is one of isolation and power. (click on image to enlarge)

Lost in the Midwest: Maynard, IA.

Car repair and flowers. (click on image to enlarge)

Lost in the Midwest: Sumner Sunset

Clint and Kaitlin a nice double bill..

Lost in the Midwest: Sumner Pha macy

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Lost in the Midwest: Sumner

From the Sumner web page:
"Sumner is a well-kept secret in Northeast Iowa. Located within an hour's drive of five colleges and universities, education has always been a top priority. The restored 100 year-old former Sumner High School building now houses an educational museum. Sumner prides itself on its safe, family-friendly environment, well-kept homes, manufacturing and jobs, many churches and parks and a modern hospital. A new public library and aquatic center complete the picture." (click on image to enlarge)

Lost in the Midwest: Sumner, IA.

Along the main street of this community of some two thousand. (click on image to enlarge)

Lost in the Midwest: Colo, IA.

Colo is a town of less then 900. In July the community hosts the Crossroads Festival. There will be a parade, pig wrestling, outhouse races, rides, children's tractor pull, music, and food. (click on image to enlarge)

Lost in the Midwest: Westgate Chevrolet Sign

In the spirit of W. E. (click on image to enlarge)