Main Street businesses.

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Title

Main Street businesses.

Subject

Business.; Commerce.; Business enterprises -- Massachusetts -- Watertown.; Commercial buildings -- Watertown (Mass.).;

Description

House at Main and Cross Streets, on south side of Main Street. the building on the left is a grocer, owned by Felice Olivieri. The sign says "Gold Medal Flour" and the other sign is also promoting a different brand of flour - Hodgson? Far right half of the center building is the tailor's storefront -- Morse A. Cohen, at 88 Main Street. It later became a men's wear store. In 1921, William J. Egleston had a repair shop at 86 Main Street but William Egleston died Nov. 21, 1921. this photograph was taken on May 11, 1922. Timothy R. Egleston, the son, continued the shoe repair shop at 82 Main Street. Later two of his brothers would join in the business and Timothy Egleston would make shoes. Should be moved to Business and Industry.

Date

1922 May 11.

Contributor

Watertown Free Public Library

Rights

Management Restrictions apply. See application form at http://watertownlib.org/research/historic-watertown/photographs

Identifier

figure 440

Files

Collection

Citation

“Main Street businesses.,” Digital Commonwealth , accessed May 20, 2013, http://digitalcommonwealth.org/items/show/57150.

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