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New Ulm, Minnesota, circa 1899. "Main Street." Showcasing the latest in electric illumination. 8x10 inch glass negative, Detroit Photographic Co. View full size.
More canvas on those storefronts than on your average clipper ship.
I notice poles with large sets of insulators on them, but that do not appear to have wires. I wonder if this is because individual telephone lines have been replaced with some sort of switching system.
[Wireless telegraphy, maybe? Actually the wires are there (below). - Dave]
Best-illuminated horse droppings this side of Edina.
More or less unchanged!
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