Main St. Watrous 1916

Sepia colored real photograph of the buildings on Main Street in Watrous. The street is still dirt. The Manitou Hotel on the corner of Main Street and First Avenue built in 1908 is on the right. During a storm in 1976 the roof was damaged and the top floor of the hotel was removed. By 1910 businesses on Main Street included : Red Cross Drug Store; J. Cumming Real Estate; B. L. Martin Men's Furnisher; Frank Koehler Hardware, Harness and Tinware; Watrous Drug and Stationery Co.; R. B. Davidson, Solicitor, etc.; C. White, Baker and Confectionery; Dadson Bros. Co. General Merchants; Dr. Agar, Dentist; Watrous Trading Co. General Merchants; Jacob Stover; Real Estate; Whitmore's Cafe and Bakeshop; A. Moir, Photographer; Majestic Theatre; Hotel Tourist; Fotheringham and Veitch Furniture; H. Igel, Butcher; Union Bank of Canada; Hiltz Block of Offices; Canadian Bank of Commerce; E. W. Hixon and Co. Druggists; Pool Room and Bowling Alley; Telfer and Goff, Tailors; W. J. Stevenson, Jeweller; A. Lewis, Barber and Pool Room; A. E. McDougall, Notary Public; T. N. Bjorndahl, General Merchants; F. C. Wright, Real Estate. For a modern day perspective see historypin.com: http://www.historypin.com/photos/search/streetview/1/geo/51.672082,-105.469001/yaw/71.52/pitch/12.82/zoom/0/auto_open/6160696