The card captions a view of Main Street in Rochester, New York, looking down a broad commercial avenue lined with multi-story buildings, awnings, pedestrians, and streetcar tracks; a trolley approaches in the distance. Rochester's Main Street was the city's central retail and business corridor in the early 20th century, served by an extensive street railway system. The image was published by the Detroit Publishing Co., whose photochrom prints popularized color views of American cities.
White border; color photochrom print; printed copyright date 1906 (COPYRIGHT 1906 BY DETROIT PUBLISHING CO.); series 8461; printed caption "MAIN STREET, ROCHESTER, N. Y." Undivided back with "THIS SIDE FOR THE ADDRESS." and a stamp box quoting one cent for United States and Canada, two cents foreign; unused — no message, address, stamp or postmark. Light toning/soiling on cream stock.
Cite this card
Main Street, Rochester, New York, 1906, postcard, c. 1906. PostalPast Collection. https://postalpast.com/postcard/main-street-rochester-new-york-1906. Accessed November 2, 2026.
