Description
This vintage postcard shows a charming Rochester, Michigan streetscape, featuring 1970s cars parked outside brick buildings with visible storefronts including “Car Loans Jewelers”. The corner of Main and 4th Streets is depicted, showcasing the historic red Opera House and light yellow Masonic Temple buildings. This postcard, published by Nelson Photography, is from the 1980s.
Front Text (cleaned):
MOS-702
Car Loans Jewelers
TOV 714
Back Text (cleaned):
Corner of Main and 4th Streets – 1981
Rochester, Michigan
The red building on the right corner was the old Opera House, built around 1890. The light yellow building across 4th Street originally housed the Masonic Temple on the second floor. It was built in 1899. Both buildings are now occupied by local businessmen.
Rochester-Avon Historical Society, Inc.
Card Series #2
Rochester-Avon Historical Society, Inc., Box 484, Rochester, MI 48063. All rights reserved.
Pub. by Nelson Photography, Roseville, Mich. 48066
74879-D Photo by Bill Fisk
MADE BY
DEXTER PRESS
WEST NYACK, NEW YORK
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