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1898 Photograph of Main Street in Edwardsville, Illinois, Showing Utility Poles and Street Fair Tents

Citation

“1898 Photograph of Main Street in Edwardsville, Illinois, Showing Utility Poles and Street Fair Tents,” Madison Historical, accessed October 1, 2025, https://madison-historical.siue.edu/archive/items/show/2373.

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Description

1898 photograph taken from a second story showing tents on Main Street of Edwarsdville, Illinois, during a Free Street Fair. The E. A. Keller Co. tent is visible.

Transcription

  • Front
    Free Street Fair—Edwardsville, Ill., October 12-15, 1898 E. A. Keller Co. Quick Meal Gasoline Stoves
    Back

    Main St. The Leland Hotel present location of Edwardsville National

Source

  • SIUE Archive

Subjects

  • culture
  • industry
  • Edwardsville

Date

October 1898

Language

English

Type

  • Photograph

Format

  • Black and white photographic print
  • jpg

Physical Dimensions

10 x 12 [inches]

Coverage

  • 1890s
    Edwardsville, Illinois

Identifier

  • GodfreyPhoto-P-007
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