Main Street Southbridge Massachusetts looking east
Main Street Southbridge Massachusetts looking east
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Title:
Main Street Southbridge Massachusetts looking east
Description:
Bustling downtown Southbridge at the turn of the 20th century. The tracks for the trolley car emerge from Hamilton street going towards lower Main Street. A striped awning protects the merchandise in the store window from the sun. A metal sign advertising a pharmacy hangs perpendicularly from the brick building. Further along the block, another sign in the form of a large scissors hangs from the building. The YMCA, a brick building with a majestic tower, located on the corner of Elm Street, is shown in the background. Groups of people and horse-drawn vehicles are clustered on each side of Main Street. Some citizens are traveling by bicycle. The Whitford building on the left, is intact with four stories. A fire in 1970s destroyed the top floor. A poster covers the base of an large leafless elm tree. Dutch elm disease subsequently eradicated all the elm specimens on Main Street. A picket fence, on the south side of the street, forms the perimeter of one of the residences. Electrical poles and hitching posts are dotted on both sides of the street.
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Notes:
Is part of the photographic collection of the Jacob Edwards Library, Southbridge, Massachusetts. http://www.jacobedwardslibrary.org
Image from page 35 of the A.H. Pease album #2
