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A 1960 parade welcoming Republican vice presidential candidate Henry Cabot Lodge Jr. to Danville, Illinois. 35mm slide given to me by a friend. View full size.
on Vermilion Street, looking north from the courthouse. The courthouse's south face is similar but not identical to the west face, which matches the current street view. You have to stroll a ways up Vermilion to clear the trees, but many of the architectural details on the buildings still match those of the 1960 view.
Had to chuckle. Through the many decades of Shorpy photos we can depend upon one constant - a Chop Suey sign.
Between Hazel and Vermillion, looking west. Dramatic change has befallen Danville's Main Street since this photo was taken. The only building remaining that's obvious to me is the courthouse in the foreground to the right, although in the current street view there's a building in the background just past Vermillion that certainly appears easily old enough to have been there in 1960.
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