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General store of Louis D. Sahler, Main Street, Stone Ridge, N.Y. – Vintage Wall Art

General store of Louis D. Sahler, Main Street, Stone Ridge, N.Y. — historic photograph
General store of Louis D. Sahler, Main Street, Stone Ridge, N.Y.. Historic photograph from the General Stores collection.

(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)

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Few images capture their era like this historic photograph of General store of Louis D. Sahler, Main Street, Stone Ridge, N.Y.. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.

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General store of Louis D. Sahler, Main Street, Stone Ridge, N.Y.

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A storefront on Main Street in Stone Ridge, New York, belonging to Louis D. Sahler, is the subject here, though the caption card gives no date for the view. Rural general stores like this one were the center of village trade, selling groceries, dry goods, and hardware, and many also handled the local mail and served as a gathering place for news. The picture comes from the Wittemann Collection, which preserves many small-town business scenes from this period. Its shelves and displayed merchandise offer a useful look at how a country store was arranged and stocked.

Medium1 photographic print.
Notes[no date recorded on caption card]
SubjectsWittemann Collection. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: NY--S- R-; Stores...; BI--Business; Shelf.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,536 × 1,072 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-134290

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