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Genesee, Latah County, Idaho Territory in the year 1888. Genesee is a garden spot. It is one of the best towns in the Palouse country. It is the largest town on the Spokane and Pacific Railroad. It has six merchandise stores, four hotels, two livery stables, three blacksmith shops, two barber shops, one drug store, two furniture stores, two hardware stores, one tin shop, one millinery, two real estate offices, one butcher shop, one newspaper, three grain warehouses, two breweries, and fine schools, churches, good store buildings and many fine residences. The print [90-4-001?] was given to the News by Mr. Henry Lorang and taken by his uncle, Mr. Thomas Lorang, who in 1890 was a traveling photographer. Main Street is slightly to the left of center in the picture, and shows the old Rosenstein Store and across the street is the old livery stable. The small dark building to the left of the darker building is the depot and the larger building is the old warehouse and grain storage place. The large two story white house on the right belonged to Matt Kambitch, who was in partnership with a man named Gieger who operated the brewery. Barely outlined in the center top of the picture is the old town of Genesee. The population of Genesee at this time was 500 inhabitants.
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Title:
Early Genesee
Date Created (ISO Standard):
1888
Description:
Genesee, Latah County, Idaho Territory in the year 1888. Genesee is a garden spot. It is one of the best towns in the Palouse country. It is the largest town on the Spokane and Pacific Railroad. It has six merchandise stores, four hotels, two livery stables, three blacksmith shops, two barber shops, one drug store, two furniture stores, two hardware stores, one tin shop, one millinery, two real estate offices, one butcher shop, one newspaper, three grain warehouses, two breweries, and fine schools, churches, good store buildings and many fine residences. The print [90-4-001?] was given to the News by Mr. Henry Lorang and taken by his uncle, Mr. Thomas Lorang, who in 1890 was a traveling photographer. Main Street is slightly to the left of center in the picture, and shows the old Rosenstein Store and across the street is the old livery stable. The small dark building to the left of the darker building is the depot and the larger building is the old warehouse and grain storage place. The large two story white house on the right belonged to Matt Kambitch, who was in partnership with a man named Gieger who operated the brewery. Barely outlined in the center top of the picture is the old town of Genesee. The population of Genesee at this time was 500 inhabitants.
Subjects:
bird's-eye views clippings
Location:
Latah County;Genesee
Latitude:
46.550721
Longitude:
-116.925436
Source:
PG 90, Clifford M. Ott Collection, University of Idaho Library Special Collections and Archives, http://www.lib.uidaho.edu/special-collections/
Source Identifier:
90-04-001
Type:
Image;StillImage
Format:
image/jpeg

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"Early Genesee", Ott Historical Photograph Collection, University of Idaho Library Digital Collections, https://www.lib.uidaho.edu/digital/ott/items/ott535.html
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Material determined to be in Public Domain based on date of publication. Material made available by the University of Idaho Library. For more information, please contact University of Idaho Library Special Collections and Archives Department at libspec@uidaho.edu.
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