Description
Aurora, Illinois’s bustling Main Street, circa 1950s, is captured in vibrant detail, showcasing its numerous retail and wholesale outlets. The scene includes a mix of cars, a bus, and buildings in muted browns, greens, and yellows. This vintage postcard from Howe and Brueckner, published by Color-View Inc., offers a glimpse into Aurora’s business district looking west on Main Street.
Front Text (cleaned):
NORTH CENTRAL FINANCE LOANS
BOFLING LIGE 62000
SKY CLUB
BLESSED
LUNG
Leon San Lussacr
SPORT Erra
Back Text (cleaned):
MAIN STREET LOOKING WEST – AURORA, ILLINOIS
Aurora's business district looking west on Main Street, showing some of Aurora's 559 retail and 84 wholesale outlets.
Photography by Howe and Brueckner
Pub. by Color-View Inc., 208 N. Main St., Rockford, Ill.
23315
#7509
POST CARD
Address
PLACE
STAMP
HERE
