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Dexter Curtis Trunks and Valises
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View from street of two men standing just inside the open doorway of the storefront. Trunks are displayed on pallets set up on the wooden sidewalk. Dexter Curtis, the inventor of the horse collar pad and a manufacturer, operated this business at 206 E. Main Street. In a 1901 directory, his business is listed as "trunks and collar pads."
circa 1900-1909
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