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South side of Main Street en fete July 1916: streetscape Southbridge Massachusetts
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| Title | South side of Main Street en fete July 1916: streetscape Southbridge Massachusetts |
| Full Size Image | http://dlib.cwmars.org/cdm4/images/full_size/southbridge/34.jpg |
| Subject | Central business districts--Massachusetts--Southbridge; Historic districts--Massachusetts--Southbridge; Architecture, domestic--Massachusetts--Southbridge; Historic buildings--Massachusetts--Southbridge; Historic buildings--New England; Southbridge (Mass.)--history; Southbridge (Mass.)--buildings; Southbridge (Mass.)--pictorial work |
| Description | Victorian Southbridge resplendent with buntings, banner and flags celebrating the town's Centenary Anniversary, 1916. The view features the Edwards Block (c. 1850s)from Elm Street corner to Memorial Hall (1882); at the corner of Chapin Street, on the south side of Main Street. Banner across Main Street reads "Southbridge Centennial Celebration July 2-3-4" (1916). Early vintage car, as well as a horse and carriage, are standing on the unpaved street. There is a man precariously hanging over the peak of the Edwards Block hanging the banners, one of which is a large picture of George Washington. |
| Publisher | C/WMARS http://www.cwmars.org/ |
| Date | 1916-07 |
| Type | Image |
| Format | image/jpg |
| Identifier | 38136000224657 |
| Relation | Is part of photographic collection at Jacob Edwards Library, Southbridge, Massachusetts. http://www.jacobedwardslibrary.org. Gift of Joseph Capillo, Nov. 1974. |
| Coverage | 42 degrees 04' N 72 degrees 02' W |
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