Vintage DTM: Main Street 100 years ago

Main Street, Looking East: This image is from a photo postcard showing Main Street in Charlottesville as seen from the base of Vinegar Hill over 100 years ago. Interestingly, Main Street was first paved with bricks. It was a dirt street prior to this. Asphalt would come a few years later and then Main Street would return to bricks in the 1970s as the pedestrian mall we know today. An electric trolley (seen here) ran down the street in the early 20th Century and continued all the way to the University. Today, this is the west end of the Downtown Mall. The brick building on the left with three windows on the second story is where Mudhouse coffee shop is today. This postcard was mailed from Charlottesville to Fishersville, VA on June 4, 1910 at 4:30 pm. This postcard is just one of 100s in the collection of former Charlottesville Mayor Dave Norris. Dave will be joining C’ville Images next Thursday at C’ville Coffee to share some of the amazing photos and stories from his collection. Details at www.cvilleimages.com