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Main Street West, Frederic, Wisconsin

• [ca. 1922] (creation)

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

Real-photo postcard with image of several businesses on Main Street in Frederic, Wisconsin. Also shown is a wagon and team with two men; a single-horse buggy from the back off in the distance; five automobiles parked on the right side of the street (one partially blocked from view), and a gasoline pump. Businesses shown include the Frederic Merc. Co. Department Store, the H. & Son General Merchandise & Drugs store (plus Dry Goods, Groceries), and a number of businesses whose signs cannot be read. There is a banner across the street that cannot be read because it is crumpled. Date from postmark and message: Jul 1, 1922; mailed from Frederic Wisconsin; green 1¢ Washington stamp. Message: Addressed to A.J. Archambo, 302 Oak Grove, Minneapolis, Minn. "7/1/22 Dear folks: Am here ok. Trip uneventful so far. We rode out in a Ford touring - crowd! Love Bob." Added at the top: "(My add. is c/o Laura Larson, Trail's End, Frederic, Wisconsin)"

Used (postal stamp/cancellation and writing)

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, 10/28/2016

Purchased October 21, 20166, on eBay from bathyspere1934, Hesperia CA.

Postcards shoe box #2

[United States] : [Publisher not identified], [ca. 1922]

• Automobiles -- 1920-1930 Business district -- Wisconsin -- Frederic -- 1920-1930 Commercial buildings -- Wisconsin -- Frederic -- 1920-1930 Dry goods stores -- Wisconsin -- Frederic -- 1920-1930 Electric lines -- Wisconsin -- Frederic -- Poles and towers -- 1920-1930 Frederic (Wis.) -- Buildings, structures, etc.--1920-1930 General stores -- Wisconsin -- Frederic -- 1920-1930 Horse-drawn vehicles -- 1920-1930 Main Street (Frederic, Wis.) -- 1920-1930

• Frederic (Wis.) Polk County (Wis.)