Square South and East side 1881 snow

Title

Square South and East side 1881 snow

Description

Looking toward the southeast side of the Square from in front of Murphy Block 101 N. Benton. Taken the same day as the stereoptican ID 45 but later in the day since the snow is piled higher around the lamppost and an advertising sign for Royal St. John sewing machines has been posted.
100 N. Benton C. S. Kendall Dentist
M. Sherman Jeweler in business on the square from 1866 to 1910. He built Sherman Block in 1893 where the Rathole building sood before it burned in 1893 (only the corner is visible with a man standing under the awning and a barber pole behind him).
101 S. Benton Rathole
103 E. Van Buren J.C. Choate Groceries, Crockery & Glass Ware
105 E. Van Buren Blossom Jewelry & Watches, Clocks & Silverware; bottom business obscured but should be Wheat and Murphy Drugs
107 E. Van Buren I.T. Salisbury Groceries & Provisions
109 E. Van Buren, obscured by Boots display, A. S. Wright Drug store
111 E. Van Buren Bunker Brothers Hardware & Groceries, Stoves and Tin

Date

1881

Citation

“Square South and East side 1881 snow,” Woodstock Public Library Archives, accessed June 12, 2025, https://woodstockpubliclibraryarchives.omeka.net/items/show/384.

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