Main Street Yesteryear

A wonderful array of old signage is on full display in this vintage postcard view of Deadwood, South Dakota - late 1950's.

Vintage postcard view of downtown Port Allegany, Pennsylvania, on old U.S. Route 6 through the Seneca Highlands - circa 1960's.

Antique postcard view of Main Street through Aberdeen, South Dakota - circa 1920's. p.s. I want that Schlitz sign!!

It appears the town fathers followed the more western method of platting and laying out a town, as there's certainly room enough here for a wagon to turn around! Antique postcard view of south Main Street in Fort Atkinson, Wisconsin - circa 1910's.

Vintage postcard view of south Main Street in Minot, North Dakota - circa 1940's.

Vintage postcard view of downtown Kingman, Arizona, along old Route 66.

Vintage postcard view of downtown Albuquerque, New Mexico, along old Route 66.

Vintage postcard view of downtown Joplin, Missouri, along old Route 66.

Who among us gets their grubby* little hands on an old postcard like this without marveling at all the signage - straining your eyes to make out the faintest detail? East Second Street and Business District, Casper, Wyoming. Circa 1937. * Well, okay - perhaps you wash your hands before handling ephemera.

Vintage linen postcard view of Howard Street in downtown Hibbing, Minnesota.

Real photo postcard of Main Street through Wautoma, Wisconsin, late 1940's. Plenty of cool signage, once upon a time!