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Many of these cards were purchased on ebay, some were donated by classmates, and others were shamelessly plagiarized from unsuspecting ebay sellers who were demanding a king's ransom for them.
Cards in this gallery range from the late 1800's to the late 1930's. A few may be of unknown dates, but appear old, so by default they ended up in this gallery.
Here's how to view them; click on the Thumbnail Panel numbers to select which set of thumbnails that you would like to view, then just click on the thumbnail image and the full-sized image will be displayed below. Postcard descriptions and captions will be displayed at the bottom of the full-sized image. To select a different decade, click on the Postcards icon in the upper right-hand area of the page and select a different one: |
This is not a postcard. It's an 8 x 10 enlargement purchased on eBay.
This is not a postcard. It's an 8 x 10 enlargement purchased on eBay.
This is not a postcard. It's an 8 x 10 enlargement purchased on eBay.
This is not a postcard. It's an 8 x 10 enlargement purchased on eBay.
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Notice the absence of homes around the new post. Mostly open fields.
Written on the back, "I am having a nice time, grandpas is right acrost the road from this - Vance"
  
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Taken by J. Stutsman of an 'Igloo' snow house in front of McCoy's Saloon. This later became the state liquor store. The billboard was between the saloon and the telephone building.
Note the cannon in the center background.
 
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Note the tree stumps in front of the building.
There's a horse and wagon behind the telephone pole and still 'Hitching Poles" along the street later replaced by Parking Meters.
A good look at the big dime store, Sugar Bowl, Berry Drug Store and the A&P store. It must have been a Saturday morning with that many cars. Everyone came to town to shop on Saturday.
Shows Cooks Department Store, Star Theater & Drug store.
Notice the 'Buggy Dust" behind the horse and buggy on the right side of the card.
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Handwritten on End: " Burned Sunday am. May 27, 1906"
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Notice "The BIJOU" restaurant and the horse-drawn tank wagon in the background. If you look closely you'll spot three adults and two little girls in the gazebo.
This was next to the old "stone" gym.
The postmark on this card was damaged. Only the year 190? was readable.
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Courtesy of Rich Mackowiak.
BUILDING COLLAPSES ON MAIN ST. MONDAY -New Implement Building of George Ford Crushed in by Weight of Snow. Total Loss – Following a rain, which began twenty hours before, the new farm implement display building belonging to the Ford Hardware & Implement Co., collapsed Monday afternoon from the weight of snow on the roof, and as the roof fell, the entire front of the building was pushed out and fell, a mass of debris. There was about a foot of snow on the roof, which absorbed much of the water from the hard rain which had been falling for about twenty hours, and the strain was too much, the building giving suddenly in the middle, and as it fell, it completely demolished the front. A few minutes before the accident, Nels Jensen, an employee, had put the truck within the building, and Frank Shipp was on his way there to place his care in it, being but a block away. Mr. Ford’s private car, the car of Mrs. Cribbs, and the one of A J. McDougall were in the building. Mr. McDougall’s car was crushed flat, being in the center of the building, while Mr. Ford’s and Mrs. Cribbs’ cars were pretty badly damaged. Fortunately, no one was in front of the building when the front fell across the walk. This building had been erected less than a year and a half, and had a 44 foot frontage. There is nothing left standing but the two outside walls and the old building at the rear, and is almost a total loss, as well as many of the farm implements in it being damaged.
The Herald Times January 27, 1938
Notice the person on a bicycle on the right and a camera-shy individual hiding behind a tree on the left.
No postmark, but the photo is so clear that you can see the year on the vehicle's license plate at high-resolution.
 
Notice the 20's-era car on the right tucked into the bushes.
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