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Business District
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A main street intersection with many stores and shops. The stores include the Bank of Brodhead and A.J. Wagner's drugstore. Three boys stand at the corner. Cars and horses are parked along the curbs.
1912
Gillett, Sherwin
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WHi 84818
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