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This photograph shows a view of the businesses along Main Street between 7th and 8th Streets in Russell, Kansas. At the left side of the picture a drug store is visible. Other businesses visible include Butler Brothers Jewelers, a bakery with a sign for ice cream, Ahsing Laundry, W. E. Banks Hardware, Land Office of K. W. Robbins, a law office, a bank, and the Spot Cash Store grocery. Most of the buildings on this block later burned in 1889, except for the ones on the far left end of the block. A few boys are visible standing in front of the businesses, and a few horses are visible in the street. Several wooden crates and a wooden barrel are visible in front of the Spot Cash Store, and a large clock hanging from a pole is visible in front of the Butler Brothers Jewelers store. (The W. E. Banks building and the First National Bank building were rebuilt after the fire, and in 2006 they were nominated for the National Register of Historic Places as virtually unaltered examples of Victorian-era commercial buildings.)
Date: 1885
Item Number: 213773
Call Number: FK2.R8 R.5 MaiS. *13
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 213773
Built Environment - Architectural Style - Late Victorian
Built Environment - Areas of Significance - Architecture
Built Environment - Areas of Significance - Commerce
Built Environment - Areas of Significance - Health/Medicine
Built Environment - Function - Commerce/Trade - Business
Built Environment - Function - Commerce/Trade - Financial Institution
Built Environment - Function - Commerce/Trade - Offices
Built Environment - Function - Commerce/Trade - Professional
Business and Industry - Banking - Banks
Business and Industry - Health care - Pharmacies
Business and Industry - Retail - Bakeries
Business and Industry - Retail - Drugstores
Business and Industry - Retail - Grocery stores
Business and Industry - Retail - Hardware stores
Business and Industry - Retail - Jewelry stores
Collections - Photograph
Date - 1880s - 1885
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Photograph
Places - Cities and towns - Russell
Places - Counties - Russell
Thematic Time Period - Age of Reform, 1880 - 1917
Thematic Time Period - Cattle Drives, 1867 - 1885
Thematic Time Period - Immigration and Settlement, 1854 - 1890
Thematic Time Period - Industrialization and the National Economy, 1870 - 1920
Transportation - Non-motorized - Riding animals
Type of Material - Photographs
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