Stores at the corner of 5th and South Streets, Lafayette, Indiana, circa 1871

Description:	Signs can be seen for Samuel T. Woollens Groceries and Provisions, a drugstore that also sold liquor and cigars, Joseph Welschbill Saloon, New York Millinery and Dressmaking, and F. M. Carson Fashionable Millinery.Handwritten on the back is Lafayette Ind. Showing cor[ner] of 5 & South. Taken by P. W. Wolever some[time] between 1869 & 1872. 1869 Steam & Gas fitter was Henry Bly as listed in the City DIrectory. 1870 Shaw steam & gas co. beginning 1870 Shaw run by Carson. New buck (?) as S. W. cor[ner] 5 & South built 1872. So this had to be 1870-1872. Plank across side in distance was Columbia Fire Station from about 1848 to 1910. Printed from original glass negative by me 10-29-60 A. D. Bailey.
Origin:	1871, circa
Created By:	Wolever, Peter W.
Source:	http://indianaalbum.pastperfectonline.com/photo/A65CC5D9-16DA-4C2C-B65A-385488320938
Collection:	Indiana Album
Rights:	http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/CNE/1.0/
Geography:	5th and South Streets, Lafayette, Tippecanoe County, Indiana, United States
Subjects:	Commercial streets Stores & shops Drugstores Millinery Grocery stores Lafayette (Ind.) Tippecanoe County (Ind.)

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