Main Street, View from City Hall

Image ID: WPC 02:083
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Front:
Color image of Main St in Northampton. Point of view is from the center of the street with the Draper Hotel on the left hand side. Many store fronts on both sides of the street with awnings and signs. Readable signs say: "Hotel," "The Draper," "Simon Cohn's..." and "...Davis Jeweler." Trolley tracks as well as a trolley car can be seen on the road. A few horse and buggies are on the street. First Church of Christ can be seen in the distance on the left hand side.
Message on front reads: "Many thanks for your pretty card, Geo [illegible]."
Back is addressed to: "Miss Eva Gray, / 351 Oak St., / Brockton, Mass."
Date is taken from postmark.

Image Details

Dublin Core
Title
Main Street, View from City Hall
Subject
Cohn, Simon
Description
Front:
Color image of Main St in Northampton. Point of view is from the center of the street with the Draper Hotel on the left hand side. Many store fronts on both sides of the street with awnings and signs. Readable signs say: "Hotel," "The Draper," "Simon Cohn's..." and "...Davis Jeweler." Trolley tracks as well as a trolley car can be seen on the road. A few horse and buggies are on the street. First Church of Christ can be seen in the distance on the left hand side.
Message on front reads: "Many thanks for your pretty card, Geo [illegible]."
Back is addressed to: "Miss Eva Gray, / 351 Oak St., / Brockton, Mass."
Date is taken from postmark.
Contributor
Donation of the Gutterman-Pohlman Family, Northampton. 2017
Identifier
WPC 02:083
Coverage
Northampton, Mass
Still Image Item Type Metadata
Original Format
Postcard
Physical Dimensions
Print size: 3.5" x 5.5"

Citation

“Main Street, View from City Hall,” Forbes Library Images from the Archives (Legacy site: Pre-2022), accessed November 28, 2024, https://images.forbeslibrary.org/items/show/5190.