Traverse City, MI Downtown c.1890 Open Wire Lines

By Joe Maurath, Jr.; posted June 3, 2008
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Photo taken during the 1890s while a marching band or parade was traversing through this growing Michigan community. Note the hefty number of open-wire telephone circuits on the right. It looks like the electric-lighting lines were on the opposite side of the street.

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