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Main Street
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View down center of Main Street which is unpaved. A young girl wearing a bonnet is standing in the road on the right, near another child standing at the corner. A group of men stand near a ten cent store in the background on the right. On the left side of the street is a barbershop, restaurant and livery. Horses and wagons are parked along the curbs.
1909
Gillett, Sherwin
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