Category: Shuttered Americana
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Lesterville, Missouri General Store, More Than a Dot on the Map
The First Dawn General Store in black and white, a steady landmark on Main Street. Photographed March 30, 2023 © RJL Creative LLC. Use without permission is strictly prohibited. A Front Porch that still carries the weight of time The First Dawn General Store doesn’t jump out at you with neon or bright colors. Instead,
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The Abandoned Security State Bank of Mounds, Illinois
The words Security State Bank etched above the doorway, a quiet reminder of when business still flowed through these streets. Photographed May 20, 2020 © RJL Creative LLC. Use without permission is strictly prohibited. A gray sky and a hunch I wasn’t planning on stopping in Mounds that afternoon. However, the back roads of southeastern
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