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AT LEFT: c1914 postcard of North Street from Franklin Square. "Denton Comer" is on the left and "Pronk's Comer'" on the right.
AT RIGHT: Similar view as above, taken in 1938.
Middletown's tallest building, the Merchants Bank Building, was opened in 1917. David H. Canfield was the architect.
AT LEFT: c1908 postcard view of North Strect taken just up from the square. Photo taken by Charles A. Ketcham whose stationery store is visible on the right next to Stem's Building. Both Ketcham and Alfred Henry Still were prolific postcard producers.