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Item Description

Title: Burlington Streets: Main Street (Lower)

Photographer

• McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963

Source Document

Description

September 1, 1929 dated photo. Main Street looking west from the easterly side of South Winooski Ave. just before resurfacing with stone filled sheet asphalt paving. Note the old trolley (cable) car tracks and overhead wires which have been abandoned, also note the irregular and worn condition of the old brick pavement. Strong Theatre, Post Office and mansard roofed building (167-169 Main) that once was a place of worship for the First Baptist Church on the left. Retail businesses on the right. Automobiles parked on both sides of the street. In the far right foreground a man leans against a street light pole.

Genre(s): photographs, black-and-white photographs

Subject/topic

• Street-railroad tracks
• Street signs
• Street photography
• Automobiles
• Post office buildings

Subject/geographic

• Burlington (Vt.)

Note [Digital Version]

2007-12-21, Center for Digital Initiatives, University of Vermont Libraries

Type of Resource: still image

Parent Collections

• Louis L. McAllister Photographs

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