Panoramic view showing three sections of the Whitford block, Main Street, Southbridge. This four story building is shown with its circular shaped facade. A distinctive cornice separates the third and fourth floors. The building is adorned with a mansard roof and four chimney stacks are visible on the roof line. Some flat belt signs are attached to the facade such as: Shepard & Co.; Cloaks and Millinery; and Whitford and Stowe over the entrance to the dwelling area. Electric wires are evident in the right corner of the image. Two women are chatting together and a man is leaning against an electric pole. There are six shop fronts with an ingress leading to the domestic dwellings overhead. Around the shop fronts there are retractable awnings.
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Is part of the photographic collection of the Jacob Edwards Library, Southbridge, Massachusetts. http://www.jacobedwardslibrary.org
Image from page 1 of the A.H. Pease album #2
