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1898 Photograph of Wm. C. Kriege & Co. Tent at Free Street Fair in Edwardsville, IL

Citation

“1898 Photograph of Wm. C. Kriege & Co. Tent at Free Street Fair in Edwardsville, IL,” Madison Historical, accessed October 1, 2025, https://madison-historical.siue.edu/archive/items/show/2391.

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Description

1898 photograph of WM. C. Kriege & Co. tent at a free street fair, in Edwardsville, Illinois. The tent displays a variety of goods including buggys, bicycles, and stoves.

Transcription

  • WM. C. KRIEGE & CO. Regular price 2.50 Price this Week 2.00 Cresent Bicycles. "Hi Cully Haint we in it" Free Street Fair - Edwardsville, Ill., October 12 - 15, 1898

Source

  • SIUE Archives

Subjects

  • Edwardsville
  • culture
  • industry

Date

1898-10-12-15

Language

English

Type

  • Photograph

Format

  • Black and white photographic print
  • jpg

Physical Dimensions

12 x 10 [inches]

Coverage

  • 1890s; Edwardsville, Illinois

Identifier

  • Gardner_Juan_O_0001
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