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Brand: Stanton Chamber of Commerce
Item: Vintage 1974 tourist brochure for Stanton, Iowa, titled \"Stanton, Iowa, \'The Little White City\' Home of the World\'s Largest Coffee Pot.\"
Front cover features a color photograph of the town\'s coffee pot-shaped water tower decorated with Scandinavian-style floral artwork, along with the greeting \"Valkommen\" and the credit line \"Prepared by Stanton Chamber of Commerce 1974.\"
Interior text describes Stanton as the Swedish Capital of Iowa and highlights local traditions, including the Santa Lucia festival, Skona Maj festival, Swedish folk dancing in colorful costumes, and a variety of Swedish foods and candies.
Additional panels promote attractions such as Viking Lake State Park and the Erickson Prairie nature area, with black-and-white photographs labeled Little White City, Recreation - Viking Lake State Park, and Making Potatis Korv - Popular Swedish Bologna.
The reverse side includes a portrait and biographical text on Virginia Christine (\"Mrs. Olson\") connected with coffee commercials, plus a small road map locating Stanton within Montgomery County, Iowa and surrounding communities.
Publication details: Prepared and published in the United States by the Stanton Chamber of Commerce, Stanton, Iowa, in 1974.
Material and style: Fold-out paper brochure printed in black-and-white with a color cover and accent portrait panel; ideal for collectors of Iowa travel ephemera, Swedish-American heritage items, coffee memorabilia, or small-town promotional brochures.
