1860
Looking northeast from the Main and Vermilion
Intersection. The stable is where the Courthouse Annex
is now. Abraham Lincoln’s law office was just left of
the stable.
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1890
Looking east from Franklin Street.
Main Street is a dirt road. Note the mule drawn trolley
car. Power poles on the right do not have any wires on
them yet.
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1900
Looking west from Jackson Street.
Note the brick pavement and the
Meis Building on the
southeast corner of Hazel Street (5 buildings down on
the left).
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1900
Looking east standing east of
Vermilion Street. The single trolley track has been
replaced with the dual interurban railways. Note the
Meis Building on the southeast corner of Hazel Street (6
buildings down on the right).
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1908
Looking west from Vermilion
Street. Note the Plaza Hotel on the southwest corner of
Vermilion Street.
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1930
Looking east from Vermilion Street. Note that cars and
the Interurban rail cars used the same lanes.
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1930
Looking west from Hazel Street. Note that the only stop
light is located at Hazel Street. You can see the Breese
Tower and Plaza Hotel in the distance. The Breese Tower
was built on the site of Abraham Lincoln’s law office.
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1930
Looking at the southeast corner of Hazel Street. Note
the stoplight at Hazel Street and the St. Patrick’s
Church steeple in the distance.
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1940
Looking west from the Norfolk
Southern Railroad. Note that the Interurban railway has
been paved over with asphalt and the power plant smoke
stack.
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1950
Looking east from Vermilion
Street.
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1950
Looking west from Vermilion Street. Note the Plaza
Hotel.
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