Wednesday, February 22, 2012

Main Street circa 1908 (Random Old Photo)

I have a little backlog of recent purchases to show off. Here is one of them, showing Main Street in Hobart, looking north from Fourth Street, circa 1908.

Main St. North, 7-7-1908
(Click on images to enlarge)

I believe the sender was Reinhold W. Tess, the recipient his mother, Annie (Mrs. John) Tess. The 1900 Census and the 1910 Census show them on Seminary Avenue in Chicago. Reinhold was about 21 when he sent this postcard. What he was doing in Hobart, I have no idea. In 1910 he described himself as a bond salesman.

Main St. North, 7-7-1908 verso

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