Eldon, Iowa
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Eldon is a city in Wapello County, Iowa, United States. The population was 783 at the time of the 2020 census. It is the home of the small Carpenter Gothic style house that served as the backdrop for
American Gothic House Eldon Iowa
Eldon Carnegie Public Library
Mc Haffey Opera House
Main Street around 1910
American Gothic
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American Gothic is a 1930 oil painting on beaverboard by the American Regionalist artist Grant Wood, depicting a Midwestern farmer and his daughter standing in front of their Carpenter Gothic style ho
Eldon, Iowa
…at the time of the 2020 census. It is the home of the small Carpenter Gothic style house that served as the backdrop for Grant Wood's 1930 painting, American Gothic. Eldon got its start in the year 1870, following construction of the Keokuk and Des Moines Railway through the territory. It was incorporated in 1872…
Grant Wood American Gothic
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Grant Wood, Self-portrait, 1932, Figge Art Museum