Description
This colorized postcard captures a vibrant Chicago street scene, circa 1900, overflowing with horse-drawn carts laden with new wool, broom corn, apples, and potatoes. South Water Street bustles with vendors and pedestrians amidst the muted browns, greens, and reds of the buildings. This fascinating glimpse into Chicago’s past showcases the city’s bustling produce market, a “novel sight” supplying a vast territory.
Front Text (cleaned):
NEW WOOL
CAR LOTS
BROOM CORN
APPLES
POTATOES
ROTERMELORS,
STREET SCENE
SOUTH WATER STREET,
CHICAGO.
Back Text (cleaned):
993
STREET SCENE, SOUTH WATER STREET.
CHICAGO.
South Water Street is considered throughout the world as one of the novel sights of Chicago. The buildings are occupied by produce and fruit commission firms, supplying not only Chicago with these commodities but a very large territory of several hundred miles in all directions. The ever-crowded condition of the street is a sight to behold, though by personal police regulations passage for man and animal is maintained.
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