Street Scene | Postcard | Wisconsin Historical Society

Postcard

Street Scene

Street Scene | Postcard | Wisconsin Historical Society
The printed inscription identifies this scene, "Looking South on Main Street, Montello, Wis." A woman is standing on the sidewalk at left near a parked buggy and wagon. There two-story brick building on the left with painted signage on the wall is O.E. Kehlet's Montello Mercantile Co. store. Other commercial buildings with large awnings line that side of the street. Toward the far end of the street, on the right, is the Marquette County Courthouse, a two-story building with a hipped, standing seam metal roof. A hanging sign identifies the Tremont House hotel, with its open porch and covered artesian well. There are two buggies in the street on the right.
DESCRIPTION
The printed inscription identifies this scene, "Looking South on Main Street, Montello, Wis." A woman is standing on the sidewalk at left near a parked buggy and wagon. There two-story brick building on the left with painted signage on the wall is O.E. Kehlet's Montello Mercantile Co. store. Other commercial buildings with large awnings line that side of the street. Toward the far end of the street, on the right, is the Marquette County Courthouse, a two-story building with a hipped, standing seam metal roof. A hanging sign identifies the Tremont House hotel, with its open porch and covered artesian well. There are two buggies in the street on the right.
RECORD DETAILS
Image ID:120363
Creation Date:circa 1906
Creator Name:Kaufmann, Lucy A.
City:Montello
County:Marquette
State:Wisconsin
Collection Name:
Genre:Postcard
Original Format Type:digital file
Original Format Number:1510000016
Original Dimensions:4585 X 2857 pixels
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Postcard loaned for scanning by Thomas Freitag.
SUBJECTS
Women
Hats
Porches
Central business districts
Sidewalks
Outdoor photography
Dresses
Horse-drawn vehicles
Streets
Wagons
Clothing and dress
Trees
Public utilities
Signs and signboards
Carriages and carts
Horses
Brickwork
Commercial buildings
Courthouses
Hotels

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