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1898 Photograph of Long & Flynn Tenet at Free Street Fair in Edwardsville, Illinois

Citation

“1898 Photograph of Long & Flynn Tenet at Free Street Fair in Edwardsville, Illinois,” Madison Historical, accessed October 9, 2025, https://madison-historical.siue.edu/archive/items/show/2422.

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Description

1898 photograph of Long & Flynn tent at a free street fair held in Edwardsville, Illinois. The booth is decorated with American flags. Inside the booth stands a woman in front of lamps and a variety of other goods.

Transcription

  • LONG & FLYNN, BOOTH, DONT FAIL TO REGISTER DRAWING FOR PRIZES SATURDAY AFTERNOON 3 PM AT BOOTH, Free Street Fair—Edwardsville, Ill., October 12=15, 1898

Source

  • SIUE Archive

Subjects

  • Edwardsville
  • culture

Date

October 12, 1898

Language

English

Type

  • Photograph

Format

  • Black and white photographic print
  • jpg

Physical Dimensions

12 x 10 [inches]

Coverage

  • 1890s
  • Edwardsville, Illinois

Identifier

  • GodreyPhoto-P-022
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