First Post Office
| Description: |
Photo of a drawing of the first Elkhart post office building (that is, built to be a post office), from an unknown publication. Located in 100 block of West Jackson Blvd., on north side of street. (Still stands as Martins Pet and Garden Center.) Two-story brick building with sign on side reading Daily Review and outside staircase. Men standing on sidewalk. Woman and child in horse-drawn buggy. Man on horse. In this building the Elkhart Observer, edited by Edward and Emma Molloy, also was located in the 1870s.; Postal Services; Elkhart Post Office |
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| Origin: | 1877 c |
| Source: |
http://indianamemory.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/p16066coll63/id/2188 |
| Collection: |
Elkhart County Historical Society Collections |
| Rights: | http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/ |
| Subjects: |
Post offices Buildings Horses Streets Carts & wagons |
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