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Main St., New Richmond Wisconsin

• [ca. 1910] (creation)

1 photograph : print, sepia toned ; sheet 9 x 14 cm (postcard format)

Real-photo postcard with image of Main Street in New Richmond, Wisconsin, showing many pedestrians, wagons, buggies, and horse; electric poles and lines; two American flags; and a single light hanging over the intersection. Business signs are not visible or are too small to read. The photograph was taken in winter judging by some piles of snow and the heavy coats. Hand written on recto: Photo by Winter ~ Sherman. Date from postmark: May 25, 1910; stamp has been removed. Printed on Azo Paper with all four triangles pointing up (used 1904-1918). Message: Addressed to Miss Mabel Parker, 2635 Pleasant Ave. So., Minneapolis, Minn. "Dear Mabel: - How does this town look to you. Pretty good eh! Bob."

Dog-eared in lower left corner; small brown stains on verso near Minneapolis Minnesota

This item is made available by the University Archives & Area Research Center, University of Wisconsin-River Falls, for personal, educational, and research purposes in accordance with the Fair Use provisions of Copyright Act of 1976. Other uses may require permission from the copyright owner.

Cataloged by kdo, 11/07/2016

Purchased October 26, 2016, on eBay from Wolf Creek Enterprises, Madison NJ

Postcards shoe box #2

[New Richmond, Wis.] : Winter and Sherman, [ca. 1910]

• Automobiles -- 1900-1910 Business districts -- Wisconsin -- New Richmond -- 1900-1910 Commercial buildings -- Wisconsin -- New Richmond -- 1900-1910 Dirt roads -- Wisconsin -- New Richmond -- 1900-1910 Electric lines -- Wisconsin -- New Richmond -- Poles and towers -- 1900-1910 Horse-drawn vehicles -- 1900-1910 Main Street (New Richmond, Wis.) -- 1900-1910 New Richmond (Wis.) -- Buildings, structures, etc. -- 1900-1910 Street lights -- Wisconsin -- New Richmond -- 1900-1910 Winter and Sherman (New Richmond, Wis.), publisher

• New Richmond (Wis.) St. Croix County (Wis.)

• Winter and Sherman (creation)