The Brown Collection of Photographs

Photograph 38 of 94

1884

The flood of 1884 covered 12th and Main Streets and did enormous damage to commercial establishments. Notice the hundreds of wires leading into the roof of the telephone exchange on the top floor of the People's Bank.

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