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Accession Number:1998-488
Accession Date:
Condition:fair
Location:Archives Photo collection, PubSq. Box 3 folder 33
Keywords:Public Square, 1913 fire, automobile, horse and wagon, pie, streetlights
Area of Origin:Springfield, MO
Period:1913
Category:Documentary Artifact
Object:postcard
Maker:Frank Cooley, 311 Boonville
Description/History:Black and white postcard photo of the 1913 fire on the northeast corner of the Springfield Public Square. A crowd of spectators is assembled on the "pie" as black smoke billows from the buildings. A horse-drawn vehicle is in the foreground as well as an automobile.
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