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- Central Municipal Pool built in 1979 (8/13/18)
- Hecht's Store founder returns to Main street (8/8/18)
- Land acquired to build SEMO Port (8/6/18)
- St. Vincent's Seminary ends after 136 years (8/1/18)1
A couple of pedestrians are seen looking up at the photographer snapping pictures from a helicopter above the downtown businesses on Main Street in 1976.
Visible signs include, west side: Woolworth's, J.C. Penney Co., Oglander's, Schiff’s Shoes, Sherman’s, PN Hirsch’s, Zickfield’s Jeweler, Personal Finance Loans; east side: Fab-N-Trim, Montgomery Ward, Osco Drugs, OTASCO, Ross Young’s, Lee Optical.
In this previous blog, downtown Main Street is seen at night:
Main Street White Way installed in 1972
Below, in this photo looking south, the Buckner-Ragsdale Co. is on the east side, left; other visible signs include King Optical, Town Pump; west side, right: Hale’s Jewelry, Bib & Tucker, Osterloh’s Books, Libson Shop, Brown’s Shoes, Ossick’s Shoes.
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