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Segment of DeKalb County History Center’s companion exhibition featuring “What Is Rural?” photography contest entries.

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“We would travel to town on Saturday night. Mom went grocery shopping, Dad and the kids went to the movie, no TV, we would watch the newsreels. My favorite movies were with John Wayne.”
— Gerry Sanderson

“On the farm, most families would move in March. March 1 is the big moving day, moving to another farm.”
— Tom Fenstermaker

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A Bicentennial Crossroads: 200 Years of Continuity and Change in Rural Illinois Copyright © 2023 by Illinois Humanities is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, except where otherwise noted.

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