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Source: Madras Pioneer
29 YEARS AGO December 1997 The photograph reproduced above is of downtown Madras sometime probably in the late 1930s or early `40s. The picture was taken about the time that Wesley Everet VanWert, great-grandfather of Madras resident Parrish VanWert, was building the Madras Market, current location of the Madras Liquor Store and Thomas Sales and Service. Parrish VanWert came across the photograph in a family album of old photos taken about this time. VanWert said he had not determined who took the picture. He also mentioned that longtime area resident, Helmer Wallen, helped in determining approximately when the picture was taken. The photographer was standing on Fifth Street, facing south, just to the north of the intersection of Fifth and C streets. At the time, as can be noticed in the photograph, Fifth was a two-way street. The bus station at the time was at a building next to the Madras Market store. This was before the bus station moved to the Sangri-La.
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