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Antique Metro St. Louis Postcards Alton, Illinois CollectionCollection of Scott K. Williams, Florissant, Mo.
Steam railroad engine and scene along the bluff line near Alton. Published by W. F. Hoppe, Alton, Ill. Postmarked 1912.
A two-story cottage on Illini Island in the Mississippi River near Alton Illinois. Published by St. Louis News Co., Circa 1907-1910
Second Street, Alton, Illinois. The Rotograph Co. 1905-1915
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Second street of Alton, Illinois, looking from Market Street toward the grain elevators. Dark building at left is the courthouse. Barth's Drug Store is on right. Arrow on image was annotated by sender as the direction of the main business section. Taken in the 1910's by H.H. Bregstone of St. Louis.
Third Street, Alton, Illinois. Postmarked 1911
This colored image of Third Street is from the same perspective as the real photo image above. Published by Kirby Co.; postmarked 1912.
Third Street, Alton when a steam locomotive crossing. Published by the St. Louis News Company. Postmarked 1908.
Alton Public Square, published by the St. Louis News Company, St. Louis, Mo. Dresden-Leipzig-Berlin, printed in Germany. Postmarked 1910
Aerial View of the Western Military Academy, Alton, Illinois; Linen card, postmarked 1948.
Alton Glass Works. Published by F. M. Kirby Co., postmarked 1911.
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