Time to share the final collection of pictures I took while harvesting the town signs of Wapello County. Almost all of these are in Eldon. Eldon is a town that is most famous for being the home of the home that makes the backdrop for the most famous American painting to ever be painted. American Gothic. I’ve seen this painting once, at the Des Moines Art Center. It is amazing how tiny it is. It is only 2’5″ x 2’1″. But its impact on American culture can not be measured.

Here are some pictures:

Eldon

The next time we hit the open road to look at auxiliary images from THE TOWN SIGN PROJECT, we will visit Muscatine County.