R.H. Huston Hardware Store in Corvallis sold paint, sporting goods, stoves, plumbing supplies, and farming implements (including plows, wagons, harvesters, and windmills) in addition to typical hardware of the day to individuals, other local businesses, city and county government, and the Oregon Agricultural College during the 1910s.
This postcard image shows Corvallis looking northwest. The original photograph from which the postcard was made was probably taken from the water tower at First and Adams. Photograph was hand colored.
Corvallis Fire Department is shown on Madison Street near the Masonic Building and City Hall. Photo is of the only horse team the fire department ever had.
The parade celebrated the return of the Spanish War Veterans. Graham and Wells building is on the corner at the intersection on 2nd and Jefferson Streets.
Quaint and queer shops line many of the lower east side streets. For the most part, the shops occupy the ground floor and basement, while the upper stories are devoted to residence purposes. Iron balconies and fire escapes are on the street side of the buildings, and are used in a great variety of ways. On hot summer nights, they become sleeping porches, while during gala days and festivals, they are gaily decorated balconies with many a Romeo and Juliet scene enacted.