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Driving Hogs Through Town

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Description: Bill Payne driving a herd of large hogs through town on Main Street, possibly on the way to Adam Best's Butcher's Shop. Storefronts identified, from left t...
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Businesses Along Main St.

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Description: Men and children pose in front of retail businesses and from a second story window, and look out into the street.
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Three Woman on Main Street

Date: 1895
Description: Three women (Jennie Parsons Kelly, left, and Lena Eisenback Post, center, and an unidentified woman on the right) on Main Street in front of Yep Ah Sing's ...
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Men Outside of American Express Company Office

Date: 09 1896
Description: Four unidentified men posing standing in front of office buildings. Sign in the window of the American Express Company Office shows a horse and advertises ...
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Men Posing Outside Local Businesses

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Description: Seventeen men and boys are posing in front of the storefronts on a sidewalk on the north side of Main Street, between First and Second Streets, including O...
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Men in front of Local Stores

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Description: Sixteen men and boys posing in front of the building holding the J.W. Cole & Co. Drugstore and W. Elmore & Sons Store on the northeastern corner of Water a...
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Main Street

Date: 1959
Description: View of Main Street, lined with the fire department, city clerk's office, and Pugh's Battery - Electric Shop.
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Snow-Covered Main Street

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Description: Wagons and sleighs on a snow-covered Main Street. Looking west on Main Street toward the intersection of the Main Street and First Street. Storefronts, fro...
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Main Street from 1st Street Intersection

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Description: Main Street as seen from south sidewalk east of 1st Street. View of the Spire on the Baptist Church and the tower on the Court House. Storefronts, from le...
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Barrel and Box on Main Street

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Description: Barrel and box on the Main Street, looking west up the street. Large barber pole on the left side up the street, and Tollack and [?] storefront on right st...
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Main Street Storefronts

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Description: Main Street lined with horses and wagons, with a large crowd of people gathered at the intersection. Storefronts, from left to right: City Barbershop, owne...
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Intersection of Main and First Streets

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Description: Buildings on the southwest section of Main Street at the intersection of Main and First Streets. Storefronts, from left to right, include A.F. Werner, A. M...
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Intersection of Main and Second Streets

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Description: Main Street storefronts, identified from left to right as: The Fair ["Bargains in Everything" on the awnings], and Eckern Jeweler. Banner across Main Stree...
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Intersection of Main and First Streets

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Description: Intersection of Main and First Streets, showing storefronts including, from left to right, August Frederickson Saloon/Poolroom, Palace Bakery/American Expr...
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Elevated View of Main Street Intersection

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Description: Elevated view of busy intersection of town, looking northeast across Main Street on First Street. Persons walking, and horses and carriages. Storefronts in...
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Man on Telephone Pole near First Street

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Description: South First Street and the intersection with Main Street. Men on corner looking at man on telephone pole. The man hanging from the pole is probably Ernest ...
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Intersection of First and Main Streets

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Description: Intersection of Main and First Streets, shows southwest section of intersection, with street lamp, storefronts, pedestrians, and carriage. Taken from Empt...
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Intersection of First and Main Streets

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Description: Man leaning on electric street light. Buildings and ornamental street light show post-flood developments. Building on northwest corner of intersection in p...
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Intersection of Main and Water Streets

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Description: Northwest corner of Main Street and Water Street. Woman with an infant in a buggy and a boy walking on Main Street in front of stores and M. Weber Restaura...
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City Bakery on Main Street

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Description: Three men leaning and standing in front of the City Bakery. Large blocks of ice on the board sidewalk. Poster in the window is advertising the Jackson Coun...

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