Skip to main content

click zoom to display a high-res image
Postcards

Main Street

Image

Photographic postcard of Main Street. Businesses line the street, including the Adams Auto Company Dodge-Plymouth, McBride Equipment Company, and McCormick International Harvester Company. There is also a food co-op and a Hudson standard service station.

Date Created:
circa 1940-1949

Publication Information

Date Created
circa 1940-1949

Physical Description

Format
Image
Extent
1 postcard
Dimensions
14 x 9 cm

Collection Information

Digital Collection
History Center
Call Number
PH 2774
Classification
Archives

Copyright Information

Copyright Status
COPYRIGHT NOT EVALUATED
Unique ID
W014FOZ
Legacy ID
WHi 82653

Image

Digital Collections

Explore more than 100,000 collection items online through the Society’s digital collections. For over two decades, we’ve been scanning, photographing, and digitizing materials from our collections, creating a rich and growing digital archive that brings history closer to you.
 
The Wisconsin Historical Society offers an ever-growing digital collection. Digitized materials reflect the full range of items in the collections including photographs, letters, newsletters, films, posters, architectural drawings, menus, and ephemera.

View Our Curated Collections

Attribution

For a credit line: Wisconsin Historical Society, Creator, Title, Unique Identifier. 

The Unique Identifier can be found at the top or bottom of the page for each item. The name of a downloaded file is NOT the unique identifier.

For bibliographic citations please consult the UW-Madison Libraries Citation Research Guide to ensure compliance with appropriate style guidelines.

 

 

Accessing Collections

The vast majority of the items in our collections are not online. The Society owns thousands of archival collections viewable in our Archives reading room. To view and conduct research in our collections, visit us in person.

Plan Your Visit

Postcards
Main Street

Main Street

circa 1910-1919

Photographic postcard of Main Street. People, automobiles, and horse-drawn vehicles line the dirt-covered street and sidewalks. A Gold Medal Flour billboard and a Ford automobile sign are on the si...

View
Postcards
Street Scene

Street Scene

circa 1940-1949

Photographic postcard view down center of street towards a commercial district. There are car dealerships, gas stations and other businesses, with automobiles parked at an angle at the curbs.

View
Postcards
Street Scene

Street Scene

circa 1940-1949

Photographic postcard down road toward a building on the right. Signs indicate that the Post Office and Fire Marshall can be found within. Two automobiles are parked outside. A group of people and ...

View
Postcards
C.&N.W. Depot

C.&N.W. Depot

circa 1910-1919

Photographic postcard of the Chicago and North Western Depot. A group of children are in front of the depot near a cart, and two men work nearby.

View
Postcards
Main Street

Main Street

1940

Text on front reads: "Main Street, Whitewater, Wisconsin." The downtown area with buildings, storefronts and sidewalks along Main Street. Automobiles are on the street and parked diagonally.

View
Postcards
Main Street Looking North

Main Street Looking North

1940 - 1949

View of Main Street with automobiles in the street and parked along the curbs. Caption reads: "Main Street Looking North, Fond du Lac, Wis."

View
Go to top
Wisconsin Historical Society
Search Dropdown