Rochester’s main street has always been lined with small businesses.
Postcard of Main Street, Rochester, ca. 1918 (plane superimposed)
Main Street, Rochester, circa 1918. Men with cattle on the street.
C.W. Case’s Hardware store was a fixture of Main Street from 1890-1968.
1916 Main Street paving, looking south from Fourth
(Courtesy of Tom Case)
Rochester Savings Bank on Main Street, 1916.
Rochester’s main street in the 1940s
Storefronts on Main Street
Looking North from 5th on Main (M-150), October 22, 1957 (Courtesy of Detroit News Collection, Walter P. Reuther Library, Wayne State University)
