Municipal market building with arched brick facade and open shelters – Historic Photograph Print
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Step back in time with Municipal market building with arched brick facade and open shelters, a historic image rich in period detail. It is part of the Snapshots of the Past archive, gathered over 25 years of research.
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Municipal market building with arched brick facade and open shelters
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Arched brick facades and open shelters were a common sight at municipal markets in the late 1800s and early 1900s, when towns built covered halls so farmers and merchants could sell produce, meat, and dry goods out of the weather. The arches give the building its distinctive rhythm, while the open-sided shelters along the front let air move through and let buyers browse without stepping inside. Markets like this one were often the commercial heart of a town, drawing wagons in from surrounding farms on market days. Look closely at the brickwork and the spacing of the openings, which reveal how practical design and civic pride shaped these buildings.
| Original scan | 3,812 × 1,444 px · prints to 13 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
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| Reference | tif12681_MunicipalmarketforcityofEvansv |
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