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Main Street
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View from sidewalk on the right down a street, with horse-drawn wagons parked on the left and right curbs, and a streetcar in the center. A sign on the right over the sidewalk reads: "Bakery." A note on the reverse of the photograph reads: "Sorenson store at extreme left."
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West Main Street
1905
View along right side terrace, looking down tree-lined West Main Street. Houses are on the left side. Along the curb on the right a woman is standing beside a horse-drawn carriage. Caption reads: "...
Grand Avenue Traffic
1885
View looking up Grand Avenue from 9th Street toward two horse-drawn wagons and a horse-drawn streetcar on the tree-lined street. The wagon on the right is carrying firewood.
Main Street Looking East
View down Main Street. There is a bank on the right and a 5&10 cent store on the left. Horse-drawn wagons and carriages are along the unpaved street. In the far background is a steep hill or bluff....
Downtown Iola
View looking down street towards storefronts. On the left side of the street, horse-drawn carriages and wagons are lined up at the curb, and more carriages and wagons are lined up across the street...
Rail Road Street
View across Rail Road Street with businesses on the right and horses and carts on the left. On the opposite side of the street is a hotel. There are hitching posts in the foreground. On the left at...
Madison St. Bridge
March 23, 1905
Color lithograph of elevated view of traffic along the Madison St. bridge. Streetcars, horse-drawn wagons, and pedestrians are on the bridge. Caption reads: "Madison St. Bridge, Chicago."
