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| Date: | 11 01 1896 |
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| Description: | Canal Street less than a year before a fire swept through and destroyed many of these buildings on March 22, 1897, resulting in a loss of about $45,000. Pr... |
| Date: | 1956 |
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| Description: | View across Canal Street with the businesses that were built after the fire. Ford stepside truck is parked along the curb on the left. Businesses with thre... |
| Date: | 1956 |
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| Description: | Store at 1897 Canal Street, with an old car on the lower right. The car is parked in front of a "no parking" sign. |
| Date: | 1905 |
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| Description: | View down Main Street with pedestrians on the sidewalk on the right. A sign painted on the side of the building reads: "F.L. Greer Dry Goods". |
| Date: | 1956 |
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| Description: | The building was erected after a fire which destroyed most of the Bloomington business section in 1897. The bank was acquired by Peter Woodhouse and Patric... |
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| Description: | Photographic postcard of the Hotel Donnelly. Men are standing and visiting on the porch. A sign on the corner reads: "Hotel & Livery." Horse-drawn vehicles... |
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| Description: | A man driving a carriage pulled by two horses is at the curb of the post office. On the street, there is the dentist office of H.H. Hancock, a bank, and J.... |
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| Description: | Shops along Main Street. On the left, there is a Woodhouse and Bartley bank, a hardware store, Greer shoe store, J.B. Ludden general merchandise, a bank, a... |
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| Description: | Shops along Main Street after the rain. On the left, there is the dentist office of S. A. Marlow, August Dreifus and Company Clothing - "shoes for the whol... |
| Date: | 1916 |
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| Description: | View of Main Street from the middle of the street looking down the street. Cars are parked on either side of the street. On the left side, there is a woman... |
| Date: | 1921 |
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| Description: | Cars are parked at the curbs along the shops. The visible shop signs are Guernsey Restaurant, Ludden's, Ludden's Store for Men, Billiard Hall, The Sanitary... |
| Date: | 1921 |
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| Description: | Exterior view of Ludden's Poultry and Eggs from the dirt road. The shop features a porch, gable roof, and fenced yard. There are wooden crates and barrels ... |
| Date: | 1925 |
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| Description: | View down middle of Main Street. The right side of the street features: Bloomington State Bank, Ira Fox Meat Market, C.H. Enke, Sprague's Recreation Parlor... |
| Date: | 1912 |
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| Description: | The facade of Ludden's Big White Store. The building features two bay windows, two stories, and two large display windows. The window displays umbrellas, d... |
| Date: | 1916 |
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| Description: | A hotel, barbershop [?], and post office. The hotel has a roofed porch and chairs. A man stands under the awning of the barbershop, and another man leans a... |
| Date: | 1921 |
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| Description: | The Ford service station. There is graffiti on the interior side of the windows. A car is parked outside. |
| Date: | 1921 |
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| Description: | A group of men stand outside of the post office. There is a parked car at the curb. A building is being demolished and there is a pile of rubble in the str... |
| Date: | 1925 |
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| Description: | The entrance to the Carthwaite Park tourist camp and picnic grounds. There is a sign for a filling station 1 mile ahead. A car is parked inside the grounds... |
| Date: | 1979 |
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| Description: | A mature sycamore tree standing in front of farm buildings and a silo. There is a mailbox and fire number sign at the edge of a road in the foreground. The... |
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