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Turner Building and the site of Brainard House, corner of Church Street and Main Street, Willimantic.

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Title	Turner Building and the site of Brainard House, corner of Church Street and Main Street, Willimantic.
Place	Church Street (Willimantic, Conn.) Main Street (Willimantic, Conn.)
Topic	Commercial buildings Hotels Building sites Clothing trade Laundries Advertising Stores, retail
Theme	Environment
Description	Brick commercial building on the right has striped awnings, brackets beneath the roof and a ball finial on the central gable. Signs read: "Turner / 1877 / Building" "The Windham" "The / Hotel / Windham" "Hunt & Co. Clothiers" "685 - H.L. Hunt & Co. - 685." Signs on other buildings read: "... Lee / Laundry" "Coffins & Caskets." A hanging sign reads: "W.L. Williams / Successor / to / D.H. Clark / Livery." Horse-drawn wagons are on the side street. Men, women and girls are on the sidewalk. Some women use umbrellas as parasols. A fire hydrant is on the corner. Utility poles and wires line the street. A board fence surrounds the construction site on the left. Advertising signs on the fence read: "Fair" "Excursion / Rocky Point" "Chew / Virgin Leaf / Tobacco" "Chew / Virgin / Leaf" "The Ideal Brain Tonic Delightful / Soda Water Beverage / Coca Cola / For Headache Exhaustion / at Soda / Fountains." Scaffolding, a brick wall, barrels and rubble are behind the fence. Inscribed on back: "Turner Building showing / where the Brainard / House stood and replaced by / H.C. Murray Bldg / Cor. Church & Main St. / Willimantic, Conn."<br>
Date created	[189-]
Physical format	1 photographic print ; 12 x 17 cm.<br>
Digital format	image/jpeg
Identifier	Accession number X.2000.35.249<br>File name 2822 img0038.pcd<br>
Source	The Connecticut Historical Society.
Rights	Reproduction and copyright information regarding this image is available from The Graphics Collection, The Connecticut Historical Society, Hartford.
Sub-collection	Photographs

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