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Accession Number:1999-278
Accession Date:
Condition:fair
Location:archives,photo coll.,business,box 4,folder 44
Keywords:Springfield Gas and Electric Co., bath house, Mill St., Main Ave.
Area of Origin:Springfield, Mo.
Period:4/23/1912
Category:Documentary Artifact
Object:Print, photographic
Maker:UK
Description/History:Black and white exterior photo of Springfield's old power house located at the northeast corner of Main Ave. and Mill St. aAsign on top of the power house building reads " Springfield Has It " . There are two chimneys on top of the building. There is a elevated water tank. The building is of brick construction. There are street car tracks along Main Avenue. Main Avenue is still a dirt street. Along the stone curb on Main Avenue is a matched team of horses. Along Main Avenue ils a barber shop. The sign that you can take a bath here. On the window of the barber shop, it reads J.J. Dil. There is a barber pole next to the curb. Next to the barber shop is a one story brick building.
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