Description
Experience the bustling energy of early 20th-century South Water Street, Chicago, a vibrant marketplace overflowing with horse-drawn carriages, automobiles, and an array of goods from tents and awnings to butter and cheese. GEO. B. CARPENTERS CO. supplied mill supplies, signs, and waterproof covers for this thriving commercial hub. This captivating postcard depicts the scene circa the early 1900s.
Front Text (cleaned):
A Busy Scene on South Water Street, Chicago.
GEO. B. CARPENTERS CO.
MILL SUPPLIES
TENTS, AWNINGS, FLAGS
WIRES, CARRIAGE & COTTON DOCK
WATERPROOF HORSE & RACK COVERS
VEGETABLES
BUTTER
CHEESE
TURNIPS
&c.
SIGNS
GLASS
METAL
OFFICE
BOARD
SIGNS
Bill Edeistem's.
Get The Habit.
Back Text (cleaned):
A busy scene on South Water Street, Chicago.
South Water Street is the first thoroughfare south of the Chicago River, extending from State to Franklin Streets. It is the greatest market in Chicago for foodstuffs of all kinds, between 200 and 300 commission, jobbing, and wholesale concerns being located in 5 blocks. It is said to be the busiest street in the world.
