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Circa 1906. "Fourth Avenue, Louisville, Kentucky." 8x10 inch dry plate glass negative, Detroit Publishing Company. View full size.
I wonder if these buildings still exist. I just tried google maps/streetview and it seems that they changed the name of the street. The name 4th Ave. no longer exists. Just 4th street.
Waiting to be "Louisville Sluggers" when they grow up.
I've said it before, but the speed with which Nineteenth Century Americans filled the continent with modern cities built from scratch is still remarkable.
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