Main Street
Part of collection: John Margolies collection of travel ephemera (20171116-JT)
Dates
- From the Collection: Creation: 1870-2005
- From the Collection: Creation: Majority of material found within 1920s-1960s
Scope and Contents
This series contains 71 items, including an assortment of brochures, letterheads, receipts, invoices, business licenses related to Main Street businesses. The businesses include beauty shops, markets and a taxidermist. They date from 1872 to 1950s. Box 146
Before the proliferation of shopping malls, the Main Street in any Downtown, U.S.A. was America’s urban marketplace, where people gathered to shop. “Main Street,” whether in a town or city, symbolizes small business and everyday hard-working citizens.
Related item: Signs of our time / by John Margolies and Emily Gwathmey. New York : Abbeville Press, ©1993.
Extent
From the Collection: 45 Linear Feet
Language of Materials
From the Collection: English
Additional Description
Access Restrictions
This collection is open for research.
Repository Details
Repository Details
Part of the Published Collections Repository
