Old Photo - Model T Era - Walters Minnesota Dirt Main Street

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Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Jay - In Northern California on Monday, July 03, 2017 - 10:21 am:


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Tim Wrenn-Monroeville OH on Monday, July 03, 2017 - 09:55 pm:

One interesting, desolate looking town!


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By John Noonan - Norton, MA. on Monday, July 03, 2017 - 10:11 pm:

Great pic Jay. I have always wondered what the idea was behind the square front facade on all the buildings back then. On a happy note, at least the town has a garage. :-)


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Jason Given - St. Paul, MN on Tuesday, July 04, 2017 - 12:06 am:

There is nothing on main street these days.


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Nicholas Lingg - Tarboro, NC on Tuesday, July 04, 2017 - 12:10 am:

2014


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By David Dewey, N. California on Tuesday, July 04, 2017 - 01:50 am:

That appears to be the next to last building on the left side of the old photo.


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Tim Lloid on Tuesday, July 04, 2017 - 09:53 am:

Wow. Not much there even back in the day. Looks like the small towns that are gone and rotting away all over the USA.


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Erik Johnson on Tuesday, July 04, 2017 - 10:02 am:

Walters, MN has always been a very small town.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walters,_Minnesota

Population peaked in 1940 at 154. It's around 70 today.


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By John Mosher on Tuesday, July 04, 2017 - 10:25 am:

I see just in front of the garage there's some sorta barriers. I guess the store front got driven into. People looking for a mechanic cuz of no brakes. maybe?


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Rich Bingham on Tuesday, July 04, 2017 - 01:57 pm:

My guess is the "barriers" are barrels of oil, maybe even of gasoline. No gas pumps to be seen. They sure could be there to discourage "drive through" brake service though !


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Deke on Tuesday, July 04, 2017 - 02:10 pm:

All those buildings with squared off facades are commercial premises. Maybe the idea was to have the business name up there.

Great pic.


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Jorge Angel López Sánchez on Tuesday, July 04, 2017 - 02:14 pm:

Beautiful picture.


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Richard Eagle Idaho Falls on Tuesday, July 04, 2017 - 02:30 pm:

Lance Sorenson has posted several Minnesota photos with those wonderful false front buildings. I believe this is one of my favorites. It inspired a painting which I hope to share with you in the future. The architecture is very similar.
Rich


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Burger in Spokane on Tuesday, July 04, 2017 - 06:35 pm:

Falsefronts served two purposes:

1. A giant placard on which to attach one's store name and services.

2. It gave the visual appearance of being larger and more imposing.

Banks often employed the latter logic to make their institution appear
more substantial, safe, etc. They often went a step further, taking on
pretentious names like "First National Bank & Trust Co.". The public
subconsciously thinks that sounds more serious and secure than a
name like "Fred's Bank", even if FNB&T really was only just Fred and
a few employees. Same logic worked on the building edifices.


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