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Main Street Shopping District
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View of the Main Street shopping district. Storefronts, carts and pedestrians are across a small grassy area with a military monument of a cannon. Signs read: "Sanborn's Coffees" "Gordon & Bennetts A Royal Slave" "Raymond & Sons" "Schloss Clothing" "Socialist Club" "Foster's" "Miller's" and "Ingersoll." Caption reads: "Main Street, Galesburg, Ill."
1900
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