Title
Business District
Subject
Central business districts
Banks and banking
Small business
Storefronts
Commercial buildings
Description
Four storefronts face the main street in the central business district of an unidentified town.
On verso: "1. Was built for a bank. Howard Hartsook has his office in front. Mason and Stan have upper floor. 2. Used for a locker 3. Now vacant. E. L. Housh built it and carried a grocery and hardware 4. Blacksmith shop; E. L. Housh died in Virginia at Chester's his son. Leona also died here. Both were brought back to Maquon and buried. Lafe had white whiskers and looked just like my grandpa Ouderkirk. Chester runs a turkey farm. Spoon River Summer Days (except wi(n)dow had restaurant where says bank)."
On verso: "1. Was built for a bank. Howard Hartsook has his office in front. Mason and Stan have upper floor. 2. Used for a locker 3. Now vacant. E. L. Housh built it and carried a grocery and hardware 4. Blacksmith shop; E. L. Housh died in Virginia at Chester's his son. Leona also died here. Both were brought back to Maquon and buried. Lafe had white whiskers and looked just like my grandpa Ouderkirk. Chester runs a turkey farm. Spoon River Summer Days (except wi(n)dow had restaurant where says bank)."
Publisher
Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum
Date
n.d.
Format
jpg
Language
eng
Identifier
402995
Reed Collection
Original Format
postcard
b&w
1
Physical Dimensions
9 x 14 cm