Main Street from 11th, ca. 1905 - Amazing image.

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 "Main Street from Eleventh. Richmond, Virginia," ca. 1905, Detroit Publishing Company glass negative - I came across this image from Shorpy "Always Something Interesting" web site. Lots of neat images at that site. The Detroit Publishing Co. was one of the nation's largest producers of postcards. If you look closely, you will see that they are laying the tracks for the "new" streetcar system.

 The view today.

1400 Block of E. Main St. from 1909

Image from the Sunday, Oct. 17, 1909 issue of the Times Dispatch of Richmond.
From Chronicling America view the PDF of the whole page.

A closer look at that block - Click for a much larger view.

I've blogged about this block before -
Here's a postcard view from about 1907 above - click for a larger view.

As that block appears today.

- Ray B.

Main Street - Over 100 years ago - Old postcard view of the 1400 block of E. Main, c. 1907

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Before it became Richmond’s financial district in the 1910s and 1920s, Main Street was the principle business district. Every Richmond merchant wanted a storefront on Main Street. This image, ca. 1907, shows the 1400 block of E. Main Street. The 1907 Richmond directory notes that this crowded block included over 70 merchants selling a wide variety of goods including

several firms engaged in the manufacture of carriages, buggies, and wagons. For more postcard views of Richmond, buy this great Holiday gift: Greetings from Richmond.

And how does that block look today?