Title	Madison Main Street
Subject	Madison, Indiana; Main Street; Madison Businesses
Description	This is a photograph of Madison's Main Street in 1852. Main Street was then called Main Cross and the first intersection of streets is Mulberry Street. Some of the businesses pictured are the A. (Aaron) Marks clothing store on the northwest corner; the Arthur Orr Clothing Depot; and the Wood and Cornett Dry Good and Carpet Store on the northeast corner. Notice the wooden sidewalks and unpaved streets. Also, you can see that the hills around Madison had been cleared of almost all trees and vegetaton. The trees had been cut for lumber and fuel, an indication of the expansion and growth of the city.
Creator	Joseph R. Gorgas, photographer
Contributors	Madison-Jefferson County Public Library; Jefferson County Historical Society
Date	Photograph taken 1852
Type	Photograph
Format	Original: tif, scanned at 1200dpi with a MicroTek ScanMaker 9800XL. Online: jpg, saved at 72dpi.; Scan from black and white photograph.
Identifier	"MJCPLmain5002"
Source	Madison-Jefferson County Public Library Madison City Directories
Rights	Permission to reproduce this image for other than personal use must be requested from the Director of the Madison-Jefferson County Public Library. Please contact at 420 W. Main St., Madison, IN 47250 (812) 265-2744.