Local citizens converse on the sidewalk in front of stores and businesses in downtown Centralia. 

Photo caption: "Evolution of the hitching rail, a downstate main street (At Centralia, Ill.)."

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On verso: "Dr. A. Cressy. The beloved Physician."]]>
On photo: "My mother's father and mother."

On verso: "My [ ] taken when father came home on his first furlough Galesburg, 1863; Dr. Benjamin Woodward and wife Amanda. US surgeon in US Army of 1861; Grandfather and mother of Charles V. Townley."]]>