Description:
Postcard showing a photo of West Main Street (now West Michigan Avenue) looking east. Note the Interurban Station on the left and the First Presbyterian Church next to it. Note the Post Building on the right and the policeman in the intersection directing traffic. Interurbans were electric light railroads which connected all of the major cities in Michigan from the 1890's into the 1930's when they were phased out due to increased use of automobiles. In the countryside the electric cars were powered by a third rail system and in the cities generally by overhead electric wires.
Caption on front: MAIN ST. LOOKING EAST FROM McCAMLY ST. BATTLE CREEK, MICH 500.
Written on back: C.H.
Sent on: January 20, 1913
Sent to: Miss Nellie King, Grand Rapids, Mich, 318 Bridge St