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Retail Rochester: 1904

Rochester, New York, circa 1904. "East Main Street at South Avenue and St. Paul Boulevard." A sartorial crossroads anchored by Garson's Clothiers. 8x10 inch dry plate glass negative, Detroit Photographic Company. View full size.

Rochester, New York, circa 1904. "East Main Street at South Avenue and St. Paul Boulevard." A sartorial crossroads anchored by Garson's Clothiers. 8x10 inch dry plate glass negative, Detroit Photographic Company. View full size.

 

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Below is the same view from September of 2019.

Sales kiosks?

What are the tall round things in front of Garsons? They look like clothes dryers for newspapers.

[Display cases for Garson's wares, in this case, dickeys, collars and ties. -tterrace]

Granite is no guarantee

against conflagrations, as the so named building on the far right, which housed the Sibley, Lindsay & Curr Company department store was gutted on February 26, 1904, along with the rest of the block in Rochester's worst fire to that time:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sibley_fire

http://www.gendisasters.com/new-york/7988/rochester-ny-fire-sweeps-downt...

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