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Main Street
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View down Main Street. On the left are two children standing on a stoop near a large drinking fountain. Down the block is a man standing in front of a 5&10 cent store. Next door is an auto supply store and a gas pump, with a delivery truck and an automobile parked in front at the curb. On the right is a restaurant and a man standing near another parked car. In the far background is a tree-lined bluff.
1925
Gillett, Sherwin
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